Business Trend: Ride Share for Big Trucks. Bonjour Regulatory Fight.

Which company is looking at a ride share for trucking? Amazon

Business goal for trucking:  global freight broker

How would ride share for rucking work?

  • App based 
  • Capable of matching available trucks to shipments
  • Could move cargo from a seaport hub to a distribution center or move cargo from a warehouse to a parcel-delivery facility.

What other transportation moves has Amazon made in 2016?

  • Leases on 40 cargo jets
  • Registered to arrange ocean cargo
  • Build out of its last mile delivery service

Wall Street Journal | Amazon Looks to Develop an Uber-Like App for Booking Truck Freight