Convoy Platform News Today

The Flexport company opened up its new Convoy Platform to brokers, officially exiting the broker game and distancing itself from the model that sank the original Convoy, leaving carriers unpaid.

Convoy Platforms new owner, Flexport, stands accused of wrongly charging millions in detention and demurrage to the two shippers. In other news: I-95 back open fully after deadly tanker explosion and temporary repairs; latest Highway Angel.

Hercules Capital, who owns Convoys accounts receivable, might be on the verge of settling with Convoys unpaid carriers, according to one debt collector.

Flexports Convoy relaunch has achieved a shocking success: Recruiting carriers that Convoy had stiffed in October.

Truckers are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for IKEA shipments brokered by Convoy, but no one knows who owes whom.

Flexport bought Convoys technology and intellectual property after the digital freight network collapsed late last year. Also: Teamsters call on Kentucky senators to stop autonomous truck bill; New York-based fleet acquired by 3PL.

Flexport has launched a platform that provides global shippers with access to a marketplace of small carriers and owner-operators.