News / Uber Freight officially parks in the marketplace, but only taking full loads

19/05/2017

Uber Freight has finally announced its launch – although it has been operating in Texas for some time, according to Wired.

It does exactly what you might think: a free app connects drivers and loads; there is upfront pricing; and drivers get paid within a week, ...

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Sergey K
May 30, 2017 at 1:05 pm
Well! Uber came to the “uber of trucks” market. And it is really interesting, because their competitors have already launched (Doft, Coyote, Convoy) or are preparing to launch (Amazon) their mobile solutions. Still no one of them has conquered the market. IMO it is so because the truckers prefer to deal with brokers mainly because of the negotiation possibility. Still the 7 days payment Uber provides can be a good hook to attract the drivers.

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