Uber Freight, the newly spun out Uber business unit, will push out an upgraded app in the coming weeks with better, more intuitive tools to help truck drivers connect with shipping companies. The ...

Uber recently spun off its Uber Freight trucking service into a separate company, and now it’s giving the Uber Freight app an overhaul. Uber believes trucking could be a major source of future ...

Digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs, such as Uber Freight have entered asset-light truck brokerage over the past few years. It’s early in their evolution, but most DFMs hope to reinvent the ...

Large fleets typically have been the first to benefit from the spread of technology in trucking, but digital freight brokers are working to extend some of the same advantages to smaller carriers and ...

SAN FRANICSCO — Uber Freight, which officially launched in May as a way for short-haul truckers to more easily book their loads, is making a big national push after a test run in Texas. Truckers will ...

Uber Freight, the Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, said Wednesday it’s launching the app in Canada as part of its global expansion plan. The move into ...

Uber Freight, an app matching owner-operators and small fleets with loads to haul, launched with much fanfare recently. Yet the use of computer technology to match up freight with trucks that can haul ...

This story appears in the May 22 print edition of Transport Topics. After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next ...

Freight brokerage has historically been characterized by costly overhead and littered with inefficiencies. This environment has led to suppressed carrier revenue and oversized shipper expenses.

Uber today revealed its new app: Freight, a spin-off of the popular ride-sharing service aimed at long-haul truckers. If the promotional video is anything to go by, Uber Freight works similarly to ...