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MercuryGate & Convoy Now: Helping Shippers Navigate Market Volatility and Improve Lead Time

Greer Lynch

Earlier this year we launched Convoy Now, a program that gives shippers, Transportation Management Solution (TMS) providers, Managed Transportation Providers (MTPs), and other logistics companies direct access to Convoy’s automated real-time pricing and guaranteed capacity. Together with leading TMS provider MercuryGate, we deliver Convoy’s automated real-time rates to their shippers, providing savings in the cost […]

The 2020 Outlook for the Freight Industry

Aaron Terrazas

This week Convoy hosted a webinar looking back at the key market forces driving the freight industry in 2019, and explored how unresolved questions from the past year might shape the market going into 2020. There remain substantial uncertainties about the economic outlook for the coming year. To some degree, there always are. But for […]

Announcing direct-from-shipper loads, enabling carriers to access 10x more spot freight

Ling Bao

Convoy has launched direct-from-shipper loads nationwide, a new capability that provides carriers access to 10x the amount of spot freight from America’s largest shippers.  One of the biggest problems that carriers face is having to call and work with many different brokers to find the best next load to haul. It is very time consuming […]

Automated Reloads Are Reducing Empty Mile Carbon Emissions by 45%

Arpan Sinha

Today, Convoy is proud to share that bundling loads through our Automated Reloads program is yielding a 45% decrease in CO2 emissions from trucks running empty less often. Launched nationwide in June, Automated Reloads algorithmically groups multiple full-truckload shipments for carriers — minimizing empty miles, eliminating time wasted between loads, and lowering the resulting unnecessary […]

Introducing: Convoy Connect. The free Transportation Management System that gives shippers immediate access to capacity and reduces time to tender by half

Lindsay Watt

We are excited to announce Convoy Connect, a free Transportation Management System (TMS) that comes pre-configured with access to Convoy’s network of high-quality carriers. Convoy Connect allows shippers to manage all of their existing carriers, but unlike other alternatives, Connect also gives you instant access to Convoy’s capacity with guaranteed, real-time pricing. Customers such as […]

Convoy Launches ‘Convoy Now’ to Open API Access to the Convoy Network and Provide Automated Real-Time Pricing and Capacity for Live and Drop Loads

Rene Miller
Convoy Now Announcement

Today we’re thrilled to announce Convoy Now, a program that gives shippers, Transportation Management Solution (TMS) providers, Managed Transportation Providers (MTPs), and other logistics companies direct access to Convoy’s automated real-time pricing and guaranteed capacity for both live and drop-and-hook loads. This includes a suite of application programming interfaces (APIs), developer tools, and pricing programs […]

Convoy Partners with TMS Provider BluJay to Bring Instant Market Rates to Shippers Nationwide

Rene Miller

Today, we’re proud to announce a partnership with BluJay Solutions, a leading supply chain software and service provider.   This partnership provides shippers with direct access to Convoy’s instant market rates with guaranteed tender acceptance no matter the market conditions, via BluJay’s Transportation Management dashboard.  This direct integration has already begun to roll out with […]

Asset like performance and safety – in a digital freight network

Lorin Seeks

Historically, shippers have relied on brokers for flexible carrier capacity but looked to asset-based carriers to manage risk and improve service quality. Shippers were forced to make an either/or decision. But Convoy delivers the best of both, offering the flexibility of a broker while also providing the safety and quality typically associated with asset-based carriers. […]

Sixpoint Brewery’s Focus On Supply Chain Innovation Means Better Service and Better Beer

Anna von Clemm

Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Brewery is known for its delicious blend of art and science (“mad science” for brew fans in the know). The beverage producer brings fresh and sometimes funky flavors to life for craft beer lovers all across the country. Over the past year, Sixpoint has released over 40 different formulations to local and national […]