Transporters are busy people with many places to go, people to see and things to do. In all your busy-ness, we thought it would be helpful to pull together a list of some of uShip’s coolest tools that you may not have discovered on the site – and how
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We love hearing our users’ success stories about uShip, but it’s even more rewarding when we hear that our Highway to Help program is helping generous people and service providers to work together for a good cause. Recently we heard from Paul Malmont
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If you’re in the Central Texas area this weekend you should join us for the 1st annual Convoy for a Cure at Willie's Place. Convoy for the Cure is an event set up for truck drivers to come out in support of the fight against breast cancer. The convoy
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uShip CEO & Founder Matt Chasen takes a look under the hood of moving and shipping to see how it’s evolving and the innovations shaping how customers and transporters do business. This series addresses the recent NPR Marketplace piece entitled, Online
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A bit of good news for truck drivers in Maine next year : Maine Turnpike Authority plans to develop 30 new parking spots and equip them with devices that provide air conditioning, heating and electricity, and possibly cable TV and Internet connections.
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The Special Olympics is once again hosting the World’s Largest Truck Convoy to help raise money for its events. We’re always happy to hear about members of the transportation industry who go out of their way to help others. The Special Olympics has long
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Virginia Tech Study shows texting while driving 23 times more dangerous than regular driving, 3 times more dangerous than drunk driving. The controversy over texting-while-driving has growing recently as “smart phones” get more popular and we send over
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see more Fail Blog Maritime ventures need to be well played and wisely timed, especially during Hurricane Season. Erika, Fred, Grace and Henri and the rest of this season’s blowhards are sure to follow Danny, which is currently breathing down the neck
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uShip CEO & Founder Matt Chasen takes a look under the hood of moving and shipping to see how it’s evolving and the innovations shaping how customers and transporters do business. On a recent NPR Marketplace piece, Online competitors move in on shippers
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uShip.com now gives users more options when placing and reviewing bids. Service Providers can now offer additional services to shipping customers through the new Bid Options feature. This streamlines the bidding process, allowing Service Providers to
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In an effort to help our Service Providers give the best service possible, we compiled a list of our top 10 tips for setting up a great Service Provider profile on uShip.com. 1. Fill out your profile completely! The first tip toward setting up a great
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“I had the hammer down on the way home-20 to my better half and the ankle biters, but now this baby-bear is taking pictures so I’m going double-nickel.” While the words may be in English, I may as well be speaking a different language: Trucker. Most truckers
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On March 19, 2009 we published a brief post about the four finalists for Goodyear’s Highway Hero award . Here we follow-up with one of the finalists, Jorge Orozco-Sanchez, as he recently got back on the road. Eight months ago Jorge Orozco-Sanchez came
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Spend thousands of hours on the road and you'll see some wondrous sights. Beautiful sunsets and glowing streets are just part of the job. Luckily for those of us stuck behind a desk instead of behind the wheel, there are some incredibly talented drivers
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The Maine Professional Drivers Association held their annual Professional Truck Driving Championship last week in Bangor, Maine. Trucks come from across Maine to show their driving skills with rigs of all different sizes: from step vans to twin trailers.
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