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Before “Freight Tech” Was a Category: 2018 to 2020 and the Founding Class

Nominations for the 2027 FreightTech 100 close August 31. Nominate your company here. There was a time, and it was not long ago, when telling someone at a shipping conference that you worked in “freight tech” would get you a blank look. The freight industry had technology, of course. It had transportation management systems, some […] The post Before “Freight Tech” Was a Category: 2018 to 2020 and the Founding Class appeared first on FreightWaves.

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