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uShip Tops $125M in Bookings, Continues In-Country Localization

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:24 PM
Back in 2004, when uShip launched, we set out to connect people and businesses with feedback-rated transporters to make moving more affordable and efficient. In just five short years, we’ve not only done that but we’ve also hit a significant milestone: Read More...

uShip Pricing Tools Now Available on AutoTrader Classics and LeaseTrader.com

Posted by community@uShip.com at 2:03 PM
One of uShip’s most popular categories is vehicles . At any given time, thousands of cars are listed on the marketplace – and with two new partnerships, that’s about to increase. AutoTrader Classics and LeaseTrader have now incorporated uShip’s Shipping Read More...

Does “Fast, Cheap, or Good” still hold true?

Posted by community@uShip.com at 4:14 PM
The old adage says “fast, cheap, or good. Pick two”. You want it done quick and cheap? Well the quality will suffer. You need it good and fast? You better be willing to shell out the big bucks. But does it really apply anymore? Before the internet, it Read More...

Pet Costume Contest Winner & New Contest for TSPs!

Posted by community@uShip.com at 4:01 PM
The uShip Pets Costume Contest has come to a close and we are happy to announce the winner: By day she is Mizu, walking around the house, digging holes in the garden, and sniffing at your ankles,…but at night she’s known as the Bark Knight, the Canine Read More...

uShip Enhances Service for Members in Australia and Throughout Europe

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:19 AM
uShip has just enhanced its localized services in Australia and the 27-country European Union (EU). As with the recently improved services in the UK and Canada , it is now easier than ever for uShip members in Australia and across the EU to list and find Read More...

Top Five uShip Tools Service Providers Need to Know

Posted by community@uShip.com at 2:12 PM
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 Read More...

Halloween Pet Costume Contest- Submit Your Photos!

Posted by community@uShip.com at 10:29 AM
Thousands of pet owners and breeders have discovered that uShip is a safe and affordable option for transporting pets. In an effort to expose more pet lovers to the benefits of feedback-rated transporters, uShip is proud to announce our recent partnership Read More...

How a Great uShip TSP Helped Deliver 500 books to the Troops

Posted by community@uShip.com at 4:11 PM
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 Read More...

Join us For Convoy for the Cure

Posted by community@uShip.com at 1:02 PM
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 Read More...

Ever Transported One Million Fruit Pies?

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:50 PM
A canceled grocery store order has 1,090,000 million frozen mixed fruit pies up for sale on eBay UK. The fruit puffs have attracted nearly 150 bids and currently stands at over £125,000 (or about $200,000). Now that’s a lot of berries. In fact, if all Read More...

uShip Enhances Support for Users in Canada and UK

Posted by shawn@uship.com at 12:06 PM
Over the past five years, moving and transport jobs on uShip have gone into and out of nearly 100 countries and regions around the world. Although uShip in based in the U.S., we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to localize our services to support Read More...

Top Truck Ads Selected in Germany

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:11 PM
As we were researching last week’s post on Truck Art , we stumbled upon the Rhino Awards for Truck Advertising . The Rhino awards celebrate the most creative trailer advertisements and are held every two years in Germany. All of the ads are submitted Read More...

Holy Guano, Batman!!

Posted by community@uShip.com at 2:40 PM
At uShip, we've had our share of buzz-worthy shipments -- a life-sized Frank Sinatra figure , a real dinosaur skull , and a trailer full of caskets but we just came across one that may be difficult to touch: 4 pallets of bat guano , or excrement from Read More...

Finding a Household Mover -- Better Online or Offline? Part II: Fraud and Moving Scams

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:31 PM
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 Read More...

Transportation News for Sept 1st to Sept 18th

Posted by community@uShip.com at 2:13 PM
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. Read More...
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