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Aug 10, 2017

TRUCKERS !! ... 7 days PAYMENT * USA: By UBER

Uber Freight disrupts trucking industry by guaranteeing 7-day payments

--- Uber Freight is in the process of radically disrupting the U.S. trucking industry by eliminating standard 30-90 day delayed payment terms with a guaranteed 7-day driver payment... Uber Freight and its competitors like Doft, Convoy, and Transfix launched apps over the last eighteen months aimed at being more efficient than traditional logistics brokers in matching the 350,000 U.S. owner-operator truckers with shippers... But the biggest problem for independents and the 400,000 small trucking companies in the U.S., that operate an average of 6 trucks, has been the shippers’ terms of payment, which usually involve 30-90 days for payment terms or accepting a 10 percent factoring discount for quick cash... But the selling point for the new Uber Freight app is committing to making driver payments in 7 days... 
(Photo: Uber Newsroom)  --  Newport Beach, CAL, USA - The Bretbar Store, by CHRISS W. STREET - 5 Aug 2017

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Aug 5, 2017

UBER FREIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA * USA

* Uber Freight expands trucking service to California and other states

 
(Video from USA Today: It's Uber's latest attempt at expanding its user base)

 --- Edwin and Minnie Gilmore opened their own trucking company, Gilmore & Long Enterprises, a couple of years ago after Edwin had put in decades driving for other companies. Now he drives his Freightliner Cascadia cab with a 53-foot box trailer throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, while she handles bookkeeping and dispatching from their Katy, Texas, home... Finding freight for him to haul involves looking at “load boards” online, calling brokers, negotiating rates, and seeking to match up inbound and outbound loads, a process that might take close to an hour each time, Minnie Gilmore said. But since March they’ve been trying out Uber Freight, a service from San Francisco’s Uber that connects truck drivers to loads, The Gilmores can simply look at the Uber Freight app, view loads with set pricing, and select one that matches Edwin’s preference to stick to about 600 miles from home... Uber’s been testing Freight since May, largely in Texas. On Thursday, it said it would expand to new markets, including California, Arizona, Chicago and the Midwest, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Uber Freight will now cover more than a quarter of U.S. drivers and freight, the company said. Uber Freight is also adding more personalization features to the app so it can suggest loads to drivers based on their preferences...
(Photo: The Uber Freight app displays loads and pricing) 
... Uber Freight makes money through an arbitrage-like system. It negotiates rates, often via long-term contracts, with shippers. Then it prices individual loads based on market dynamics — similar to its well-known surge pricing for rides when demand is high. It pockets the difference between long-term contracts and spot rates... Another selling point for truckers: Uber pays drivers quickly, rather than making them wait for 30 days or more, as is typical in the industry. Minnie Gilmore said she hasn’t yet used that feature, as she’s signed up with another service that provides quick payments — but charges her a 3 to 5 percent fee... 
San Francisco, CAL, USA - SFGate, by Carolyn Said - August 3, 2017

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Jun 26, 2017

UBER TROUBLES * Australia - The "facilitator” may be considered an employer

* NSW - Apps may be link in chain of responsibility

--- Chain of Responsibility Laws could also extend as far as ride share giant Uber, which last month launched its flagship logistics app, Uber Freight, in North America... Aussie-owned Channel 40 reported more than 2000 registered and active truck users... However the problem of ambiguous definitions in a digital world that faced the taxi industry could also face heavy vehicle enforcement agencies when it comes to legislating the role these apps play in the Chain of Responsibility... Depending upon the employment relationship, the "facilitator” may be considered an employer, which may prove to be an interesting legal debate to be had in the near future... 
Sydney, NSW, Australia - Big Rigs - 21st Jun 2017

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May 25, 2017

UBER FREIGHT * USA: No with autonomous UBER's trucks

* California - Industry observers surprised: Uber Freight was not launched concurrently with a fleet of autonomous trucks

--- Uber Freight launched Thursday without a component many in the transportation industry expected to see: autonomous trucks. Uber’s freight brokerage and autonomous vehicle ventures are separate, and are likely to remain so, a company official said... There are good practical reasons for keeping the two initiatives separate. For one, the retrofit autonomous truck technology envisioned by Uber is still being developed and tested, and is years away from widespread deployment. Secondly, a truckload freight brokerage needs a national footprint, and there’s no national regulatory footprint for autonomous vehicles... This it's Uber Freight’s target. “Automating the process is something that can spread a lot faster and a lot quicker and have an impact on small carriers all over the country,” Berdinis, senior products manager at Uber Freight, said. “We’re doing this now in Texas and we believe it will spread quickly over the next few years. Self-driving trucks have challenges that will take decades to work out... 
(Photo: Uber freight has officially arrived)   --  San Francisco, CAL, USA - JOC, by William Cassidy - 22 May 2017

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May 20, 2017

TRUCKS BROKERAGE ... OUT ??? * USA: Through UBER hands ?

* California - With Uber Freight takes on trucking
---  In its quest to dominate transportation, Uber dreams of the day when everyone gets around in flying cars and self-driving taxis. But its plan doesn’t hinge entirely on a robo-revolution. Today, the delinquent decacorn of Silicon Valley announced Uber Freight, a bid to bring the ride hailing model to trucking... The service, which quietly launched in Texas late last year, connects truckers with stuff that needs trucking, much like the app connects drivers with people who need driving. It’s like Uber, but for freight... And it gives the company a way into an industry that touches 70 percent of American goods. And, of course, that magical Uber revenue... With the Uber Freight app in hand, drivers can find loads sorted by destination, deadline, and required equipment (a refrigerated trailer, for example). When they find one that suits them, a few finger taps on their phone confirms the job. Uber promises to pay them within a week or so of delivery, so drivers don’t find themselves waiting for customers to cough up cash. To ensure the people hauling all those chickens, or TVs, or whatever, actually know what they’re doing, Uber requires drivers to hold a commercial license, possess a clean record, carry the required insurance, and adhere to federal regulations...
 (Photo by JASON HAWKES/GETTY IMAGES)   --  San Francisco, CAL, USA - Wired, by ALEX DAVIES - 18 May 2017

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May 19, 2017

FREIGHTFRIEND * USA: Logistics fundamentally a relationship business

* Illinois - FreightFriend is not the Uber for trucking — and that's by design

--- While technology has a definite role to play in streamlining communication in the shipping industry, logistics is fundamentally a relationship business... At least, that is the thesis behind FreightFriend, a relationship-based exchange for the logistics industry founded by Echo Global Logistics veteran Noam Frankel... FreightFriend is an online platform where shippers and carriers can match up with each other. But unlike a public “load board,” where equipment availability and requests can be accessed by anyone, FreightFriend only displays postings to contacts the poster has already worked with... The company has been bootstrapped since 2011, and Frankel said it has more than 15,000 users and an established revenue stream... 
 Chicago, ILL, USA - Built in Chicago, by Andreas Rekdal - May 17th, 2017

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UBER's freight system * USA: Trucking industry question rates

* California - Independent truckers eye Uber Freight app
--- Truckers are intrigued by the launch of Uber Freight, but they want a lot more details about pricing and how the cloud-based, on-demand, full truck-load freight brokerage will work before signing up... Independent truckers told Trucks.com they would like to be able to negotiate rates – something Uber doesn’t allow for now – and they want to know if the division of the ride-hailing service will expand beyond traditional trailers to include flatbed and step-deck freight... Jimmy Nevarez, an owner-operator from Chino, Calif., said he believes using apps like Uber Freight to book loads will help keep his two-truck operation running... When truckers open an account on Uber Freight, they’re added to a database of freight haulers. When shippers need a load moved that matches a driver’s equipment and location, details about the load show up in the driver’s Uber Freight account. The driver can then click a button on the mobile app to accept... 
 (Photo by Jimmy Nevarez - Jimmy Nevarez of Angus Transportation signed up for Uber Freight’s new load matching app)  --  Chino, CAL, USA- Trucks.com, by CLARISSA HAWES - MAY 19, 2017

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May 16, 2017

UBER FREIGHT - USA - The long-haul trucking project

* California - Uber Freight's plans include ambitions to own a fleet of semis


--- The UBER's CEO, Travis Kalanick, posted a photo over the weekend of a large semi that appears to be the first look at its long-hauling truck effort, Uber Freight... Uber Freight stems from the company's acquisition of Otto, a self-driving truck start-up it purchased for $US680 ($926) million... Uber Freight's plans now appears to include ambitions to own a fleet of semis — which, of course, would be a costly venture. Still, the project has had some successful public demonstrations; last October, an Otto truck completed a 193km beer delivery run. But it's not clear how many tests have been conducted since. In February, Car & Driver revealed Otto was operating without a permit in California, a familiar point of contention for Uber... Otto has been registered with the DOT and with the California Department of Motor Vehicles to haul freight as a carrier – not a broker - since last year...
 (Image by Travis Kalanick: A large semi that appears to be the first look at its long-hauling truck effort, Uber Freight)  --  San Francisco, CAL, USA - Gizmodo/Jalopnik, by Ryan Felton - May 10, 2017

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