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newsworthy
Yale Materials Handling Corp. has announced the recip-
ients of its 23rd annual Dealer of Excellence award,
recognizing top-performing dealers who have exhibited
focused leadership and continuous commitment to cus-
tomers. The complete list can be found at www.yale.
com. … The National Association for Business Resources
has named Redwood Logistics one of “Chicago’s Best
and Brightest Companies to Work For.” This is the fourth
consecutive year Redwood has made the list. … EY (for-
merly Ernst & Young) has recognized Gregory J. Owens,
IronPlanet chairman and chief executive officer, as a
finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 award in
Northern California. … XPO Logistics Inc. has moved up
to number 191 on the Fortune 500 list. Last year, Fortune
magazine ranked the company 353rd and named XPO
the fastest-growing company. … Dollar General has
honored Averitt Express as its LTL Carrier of the Year.
… Crown Equipment Corp. has awarded Pennsauken,
N.J.-based Material Handling Supply and Evansville, Ind.-
based Crown Lift Trucks its highest honor, the James.
F. Dicke Pioneer award. The companies received the
award for being Crown’s best-performing dealer and
branch, respectively. … Forbes
magazine has named transpor-
tation and logistics services pro-
vider Schneider National one of
the best employers in America.
Schneider was included in the
magazine’s ranking of the top 500 employers in the
“large companies” category.… EnerSys has earned the
2016 Leaders in Sustainability award from Call2Recycle
Inc., a not-for-profit organization headquartered in
Atlanta. In other EnerSys news, the company’s design
and manufacturing facility in Warrensburg, Mo.,
has received a Gold Award from the Missouri Water
Environment Association for the 10th consecutive year.
… Supply chain automation specialist Barcoding Inc. has
been named to CRN Magazine’s CRN Solution Provider
500 list, which recognizes the top channel partners in
North America. … Home improvement chain Lowe’s
has named supply chain solutions provider NFI Carrier of
the Year. NFI was also honored with CargoNet’s Best in
Cargo Security award in the “large motor carrier” category for its cargo theft prevention efforts.
accolades
SCHNEIDER
Uber Freight expands into
West Coast, Midwest,
Southeast markets
Uber Freight has expanded its digital freight brokerage services into the West Coast, Midwest, and Southeast, a sign
the broker unit of ride-sharing pioneer Uber Technologies
Inc. is undeterred by increasing competition from both
new and established rivals in the huge but fragmented
brokerage space.
The San Francisco-based Uber division, which launched
in May in Texas, will now start assigning loads in California,
Arizona, the Chicago-Midwest region, Georgia, South
Carolina, and North Carolina, the company said in a blog
post.
To accompany the expansion, Uber Freight is adding
features to its app that will record drivers’ preferences and
make load recommendations. The app will analyze drivers’
personal histories and suggest loads to each driver based
on which routes they like to drive, what types of loads they
prefer, and where they want to go, the company said. By
providing personalized recommendations, Uber Freight
said it intends to “level the playing field” for truck drivers,
who have traditionally had no leverage in choosing the
loads or routes they prefer.
The firm’s expansion came after analyzing feedback from
drivers and mapping the locations of shippers that visit
Uber Freight’s site to request trucks, Eric Berdinis, Uber
Freight’s product lead, said in a phone interview. The unit
has not disclosed figures on the number of shippers booking loads through its app or the number of drivers who have
downloaded the app to their phones.
Uber Freight will continue to focus on serving independent drivers and firms with small fleets, Berdinis said. He
said the segment is underserved, with a large supply of
truckers and inadequate access to loads. “If we were a traditional brokerage and we had to make a phone call or e-mail
to book a load, it wouldn’t be worth it to call someone with
go figure …
10–20%
The estimated percentage reduction in total truck
miles once the upcoming electronic logging device
(ELD) mandate ends the manipulation of paper logs
and forces many drivers to cut back their miles or park
their rigs to avoid being cited for running illegally.
SOURCE: TUCKER COMPANY WORLDWIDE
