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October 2007 - Posts

The Ship Happens Halloween Special: The 5 Scariest Truck Drivers in a Movie

Posted by seth@uship.com at 3:30 PM
Growing up, I always loved Halloween, so when I was asked to write a blog post this week, I knew that it had to be something special. Although the uShip community is filled with nice, normal service providers, Hollywood has created some pretty villainous Read More...

Transportation and the Internet

Posted by matt@uship.com at 5:57 PM
I just read a Forbes article entitled Ten Markets Transformed By The Internet . Included are some obvious industries - Media, Banking, Stocks, Retail, Travel, etc. What industry is notibly absent from this list? You guessed it, Transportation. Let's face Read More...

Online Auctions & Classifieds Driving Demand for Transport Services

Posted by pstrohl@uship.com at 12:04 PM
In my role in Business Development at uShip, I get to spend lots of time talking to interesting companies about how transportation services fit into their business plans. I thought it would be interesting (hopefully I’m not the only one) to speculate Read More...

uShip Team Gets Out in the Community

Posted by mickey@uship.com at 3:49 PM
Community involvement is a big part of our culture at uShip. Several times a year we take time, as a team, to get out in the community and try to make a difference. This past Friday, our entire team joined up with the Entrepreneur’s Foundation of Central Read More...

Good Times on the Road

Posted by jessica@uship.com at 5:25 PM
As I was heading to the office this morning, it occurred to me that I rarely travel in my car without some form of entertainment. This led to me think about the Service Providers on uShip. They spend countless hours on the road…don’t they get bored? If Read More...

Marketplace Improvements: Listing Duration and Book it Now

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:00 PM
In order to both better align our shipment listings with customers’ shipping needs and to improve responsiveness and communication between customers and transportation service providers, uShip has made two very important changes: shorter listing durations and improvements to Book It Now Listings. Read More...

Introducing My Rates for Service Providers

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:57 AM
uShip is pleased to announce a new marketplace tool, My Rates, which allows you to input and save your preferred booking rates directly into uShip. This new feature is designed to help you book new business faster and easier, acting as a new way for Service Providers to calculate bids, save time, and win more jobs. Read More...

Optional Listing Upgrades

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:54 AM
uShip is excited to announce that we recently launched two optional upgrades, Featured Listings and Urgent Listings, for members who list a shipment in the uShip marketplace. Prices for each upgrade vary depending on the category. Read More...

Rising Fuel Costs Raising Issues

Posted by mark@uship.com at 10:25 AM
While gas prices fluctuated greatly during the past two years, they consistently remained over $2 a gallon during this period. Higher gas prices overall and uncertainty in what the next month will bring makes creating fuel saving strategies and technologies Read More...

The new challenges of port security

Posted by mforoobar@uship.com at 4:15 PM
Port security became a household term in 2006 when Americans across the country learned of Dubai Ports World. DP World—owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates—acquired P&O Navigation Company, a British shipping and logistics company. Read More...