Upstart Digital Truck Brokers Not in the Fast Lane to Disrupt Moatworthy Incumbents
Because of high investor interest, we took another close look at the upstart digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs. A few have changed course, but most are still trying to disrupt the traditional truck brokers, supported by a spike in venture capital funding. Uber Freight, Convoy, and Transfix have emerged as front-runners, at least in terms of gross revenue, but we suspect net revenue run rates remain low and operating margins are negligible. DFMs are trying to penetrate asset-light truck...Schneider National is a transportation and logistics services company providing a portfolio of truckload, intermodal, and logistics solutions and operating for-hire trucking fleets. The company categorizes its operations into the following segments: truckload, which consists of freight transported and delivered with equipment by the company's company-employed drivers in company trucks and by owner-operators; intermodal, which consists of door-to-door container on flat car service by a combination of rail and over-the-road transportation; and logistics, which consists of non-asset freight brokerage services, supply chain services (including third-party businesses), and import/export services.
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