Doft in PressOptimizing Delivery Logistics in an Economic Downturn
In a downturn, optimize rather than just cut back. Here's how AI, digital brokerage, and last-mile planning keep logistics efficient and customers happy.
Doft in PressHow Trucking Can Promote Inclusion and Close the Gender Gap
Hiring and supporting more women drivers can help solve the driver shortage. Here's how the trucking industry can become more inclusive.
Doft in PressHow Improved Truckload Rates Are Key to Alleviating Driver Shortages
Strong demand and tight capacity keep squeezing freight. Here's how better truckload rates and new technology can ease the driver shortage.
Doft in PressDigital Brokerage Is the Long-Term Answer to Supply Chain Issues
Digital freight brokerage connects shippers and carriers through smart, paperless platforms. Here's why it's the long-term fix for supply-chain bottlenecks.
Doft in PressThe Trucking Driver Shortage: What's Driving It and How Tech Can Help
The driver shortage, rising costs, and labor pressures are reshaping trucking. Here's how technology and a focus on drivers can ease the crunch.
Doft in PressHow to Fix the Current System of Long Supply Chain Contracts
Long-term static freight contracts no longer hold up in a volatile market. Here's how dynamic pricing and digital platforms can fix supply-chain contracting.
Doft in PressHow AI-Driven Logistics Optimization Can Cut the Transportation Sector's Emissions
Smarter logistics powered by AI can reduce empty miles, fuel waste, and emissions. Here's how the transportation sector can pollute less.
Doft in PressWhy the Current System of Long Supply Chain Contracts Is Broken
Static, annual freight contracts no longer fit a volatile market. Here's why supply-chain pricing needs to go dynamic and digital.
Doft in PressHow Food and Beverage Businesses Can Mitigate the Driver Shortage and Supply Chain Crisis
How food and beverage businesses can mitigate the driver shortage and supply chain crisis — from digital supply networks and applicant tracking to building driver loyalty.
Doft in PressDmitri Fedorchenko Of Doft: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Began Leading My Comp
Doft CEO and co-founder Dmitri Fedorchenko shares the story behind the freight-matching marketplace and the five lessons he wishes he'd known before leading a company.
Doft in PressDoft Taps Machine Learning to Give Shippers Rates 4 Weeks in Advance
Doft's Rate Forecast uses machine learning to show shippers real-time market rates for specific routes up to four weeks ahead - like a flight-booking engine for freight.
Doft in PressDoft Partners with CarrierCheckup
Doft integrates CarrierCheckup's carrier-vetting data, pulling safety ratings, insurance and authority info into the load-booking flow to reduce hiring risk for shippers.
Doft in PressDoft Integrates CarrierCheckup for Smarter Carrier Vetting
Doft now pulls CarrierCheckup safety, insurance, and authority data into every load booking, giving shippers real-time transparency into carrier hiring risk.
Doft in PressWhy Fast Carrier Payments Are Reshaping Trucking
Long 30-90 day payment terms have squeezed owner-operators for years. Faster, guaranteed payouts are changing how carriers get paid.
Doft in PressConvoy, an Uber Freight competitor, receives new round of funding from Bill Gates
**Dive Brief:**Convoy Inc., a two-year-old Seattle creator of trucking transport software similar to Uber Freight, received fresh funding of $62 million from Bill Gates's Cascade…
Doft in PressUber Keeps On Trucking: Self-Driving Hype vs. Load Matching Reality
Behind the driverless-truck headlines, the real fight is over load matching, faster pay and lower broker fees for carriers.
Doft in PressIndia's freight market revolution starts with baby steps
*Forget Big Data or AI, fright brokering in India remains a game of phone calls, personal connections and paperwork.* Digitalisation and Big Data have kick-started a revolution in…
Doft in PressUber Enters the Freight Trucking Market With an On-Demand Service
Uber Freight brings upfront pricing and fast pay to load matching, and analysts weigh whether the on-demand model really fits the complexity of freight.
Doft in PressUS Online Freight Trucking Networks Combine to Drive Efficiency in Drayage Market
Doft's integration with PostEverywhere streamlines freight posting, letting drivers see thousands of loads and shippers post freight directly to Doft's platform.
Doft in PressWill Uber take control of the market for freight matching services?
Freight matching has gone digital, with cloud platforms matching shippers and carriers in real time. How it works and why trucking is harder to disrupt than ride-hailing.
Doft in PressHow Small Business Owners Can Save Time and Money on Ground Shipping
Instead of eating into profits using expensive air-delivery services, how can retailers send cargo more cost-effectively?
Doft in Press6 Break Out Apps Disrupting the Trucking Industry
The trucking industry is ripe for innovation, and apps aimed at the market are able to avoid competing among the sea of inbox organizers, chat, and photo-editing apps.
Doft in PressFriday Freight and Logistics News Round
GERMANY - KUWAIT - [Volga-Dnepr Airlines](http://www.volga-dnepr.com/) completed the urgent delivery of a 57-tonne generator rotor from its manufacturing site in Germany to Kuwait…
Doft in PressInvestors Push a Paperless Trucking Future
Finding a truck to haul something across the country isn't as easy as hailing a taxi or ride-share service, but it may be getting closer as peer-to-peer trucking apps start to…
Doft in PressUber for Trucking Apps: How On-Demand Freight Matching Works
A look at the apps and marketplaces, including Doft, that let shippers book trucks in seconds and help drivers find loads and get paid faster.
Doft in PressThere's an App for That: Trucking in the App Era
From parking and fuel to dispatching and digital freight matching, a look at how mobile apps are helping carriers and owner-operators work faster and smarter.
Doft in PressHow Disruptive Will Uber Freight Be for Trucking?
Three freight-matching companies, including Doft, weigh in on instant load matching, faster pay, and what really separates a true matching app from a mobile load board.
Doft in PressDoft Brings Transparency and Speed to Freight Transactions
Doft is a load-matching platform that connects owner-operators and small fleets with shippers, with loads that stay valid only while they're available.
Doft in PressUber Brings the Smartphone App to Freight Hauling
Uber Freight applied the ride-hailing model to freight, letting truck and van operators match with shippers on a mobile app with fast payment.
Doft in PressUber Jumps Into Trucking With Uber Freight
Uber Freight brought one-click load booking and fast carrier payment to freight, validating the on-demand matching model the whole industry was building toward.
Doft in PressHow Doft Increases Efficiency for Independent Truckers
Doft connects owner-operators and freelance drivers directly with shippers, cutting empty miles and helping small carriers keep trucks loaded.
Doft in PressCan Uber Freight Disrupt the Freight Industry?
Uber Freight brought app-based matching and fast carrier pay to dry van and reefer loads, but winning over a traditional industry is the real challenge.
Doft in PressThis Weeks Appointments in the International Freight and Logistics Industry
**Staff News Throughout the Transport Industry** HONG KONG - After recently announcing a host of changes to the senior managing team of Cathay Pacific, the airline has taken the…
Doft in PressUber Freight and the Rise of On-Demand Freight Matching
On-demand freight platforms connect shippers directly with owner-operators and small carriers, cutting empty miles and outdated brokerage steps.
Doft in PressAppointments and Departures in Freight and Logistics Start with Death of Shipping Magnate
Followed by a Look at Where the Supply Chain Talent is Headed GREECE - A sad start to our weekly roundup of staff changes in the freight and logistics sector with the death of…
Doft in PressUber Freight Launches for Owner-Operators, Small Fleets
With the official launch of Uber Freight, an app that matches trucking companies with loads to haul, Uber is looking to transform the world of freight transport much as it has…
Doft in PressUber tackles trucking with launch of new Uber?
SAN FRANCISCO - Now that Uber has thoroughly disrupted the taxi industry, changing transportation as we know it, the ride-hailing startup has its eyes on a something much bigger -…
Doft in PressDoft Releases a Service App to Assist Truckers
[Doft](http://doft.com) is a new app, available for iOS and Android devices, addressed to truckers to find work. The company considers itself as the number one service in the…
Doft in PressNO FREIGHT BROKERS - NO PROBLEMS
**Doft - best solution for owner-operator truck drivers** Ask any owner-operator truck driver what are some of the unnecessary costs that they face daily and I am sure that all…
Doft in PressNext Billion-Dollar Logistics Technology StartUps of Future
Who are the Logistics Startups that will mark the future of the logistics industry in the world? Here are 12 logistics operation management startups in 9 countries that could be…
Doft in PressThe real gorilla in the trucking business room
On its Google listing, [doft.com](http://doft.com) calls itself 'The First Real Uber for Trucks.' They're about a dozen startups too late for that claim. App-based services for…
Doft in PressWhy Launching Your Startup In A Crowded Market Might Actually Be A Great Idea
If your space is only occupied by early-stage startups and bigger players are staying away, it might not be as hot as you think. **BY ALIYA SALAKHOVA** No one likes waiting in…
Doft in PressLogistically Minded: FedEx won custody over TNT, but UPS was right all along
Supply chains are constantly changing as new rules, technologies, resources and market trends transform operations. Here's a skim of the week's indexes, technology announcements,…
Doft in PressKeep on Rollin! - Doft Launches On-demand Truck Sharing Service, Connecting Truckers and Shippers
**New on-demand offering Doft connects freelance and owner-operator truckers with shipping services in under two minutes. The platform has also secured $500,000 in funding**…
Doft in PressAnother startup enters freight-matching market
A technology startup is adding its name to the recent influx of on-demand freight matching services, saying its business specifically targets owner-operators. [Doft, which stands…
Doft in PressYour March 6 Pre-Trip: Chao considers tolls to raise infrastructure funds
Here are five things worth knowing today: **1. Chao considers tolls to raise infrastructure funds** According to a Washington Post report, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao…
Doft in PressUber-for-Trucking: Doft Brings On-Demand Freight Matching Nationwide
How Doft applies an on-demand app model to freight, cutting brokers, tracking shipments end to end, and helping drivers fill empty return trips.
Doft in PressDoft Matches Owner-Operators With Loads, Ridesharing-Style
A look at how Doft connects freelance truckers and small shippers in minutes, cutting brokers and keeping trucks loaded in both directions.
Doft in PressDoft Launches On-Demand Truck Sharing Service
Doft connects owner-operators and small shippers directly, cutting out brokers and reducing the empty miles that eat into driver pay.
Doft in PressHow the trucking industry is responding to driverless delivery disruption
Driverless delivery is coming, but carriers and owner-operators who treat automation as a tool to find more loads and cut empty miles will stay ahead.
Doft in PressDoft, transporta mercancías de una manera fácil y segura
Doft es una startup fundada por dos compañeros de clase, ambos grandes empresarios con más de 10 años de experiencia en el mundo de la tecnología de la información. Sin embargo…
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