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Is this like an Uber for freight?
by wehadfun 11y ago
Is this like an Uber for freight?
- seanlinehan 11y agoBloomberg called us that[0], but the ocean / air / rail freight business has a fundamentally different set of constraints and challenges. [0] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-11/flexport-wants-to-be-uber-of-the-oceans http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-11/flexport-w...
- sanne 11y agoIt's better to see it as a travel agent for cargo. Complexity is that cargo doesn't have legs nor a passport. The scheduling and booking is similar to Uber's dispatching. Value chain is much longer. In short: hard problem