Last Friday Phil Strohl, uShip’s new Director of Business Development, and I (an associate in uShip’s business development group) were in Dallas, TX to attend GATS, the Great American Trucking Show . GATS is noted as being the fastest growing trucking
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Here at uShip we spend a lot of time thinking about marketplaces, how they operate, and where they are headed. First, a definition…. mar·ket·place (mär'kĭt-plās') n. An open area or square in a town where a public market or sale is set up. The world of
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I recently read that red-light cameras are currently undergoing a pilot program at two intersections in Austin (uShip’s hometown). Though drivers aren’t being ticketed yet, the vendors of these enforcement cameras are doing a test run to determine how
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I came across a recent post in the forums that makes a good point regarding transportation of animals. I cannot stress enough how important it is for both Service Providers and Shippers to take animal safety very seriously. A TSP should be aware of the
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UPS's Freight chief retires Freight activity dropped slightly in June Though international air freight was up in the same month FedEx Kinkos looking to expand their operations to compete with UPS British Columbia's Trucking Association makes some suggestions
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If you haven’t already read about it, you will probably want to make yourself aware of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling regarding Hours of Service rules for truckers. The court ruled unanimously to reduce the maximum hours
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Reuters has published an interesting profile on women truckers in the United States. The tremendous growth in the transportation industry has left some firms grasping to hire enough drivers. This means that these companies have started to heavily recruit
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Effective Aug. 1st, uShip will change the “Amount to Me Calculator” on each bid page. It will now be a tool that allows a TSP to enter any "Amount to Me" that they wish to earn on that job and the tool will calculate and displays the Total Bid, before the TSP actually submits the Total Bid to their customer. This will let you know, before you bid, exactly what price the customer will see when they receive your Total Bid.
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