{"id":211372,"date":"2017-05-19T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T06:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=211372"},"modified":"2017-05-19T08:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T06:06:31","slug":"uber-freight-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/211372-uber-freight-unveiled.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber Freight unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uber has unveiled its new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/05\/18\/uber-is-ready-to-help-truck-drivers-find-cargo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Freight app<\/strong><\/a>, which matches trucking companies with loads to haul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take the guesswork out of finding and booking freight, which is often the most stressful part of a driver\u2019s day,\u201d said Uber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat used to take several hours and multiple phone calls can now be achieved with the touch of a button.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vetted users download the Uber Freight app, search for a load, and tap to book it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe send a rate confirmation within seconds, eliminating&#8230; whether or not the load is really confirmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Uber Freight also assists with payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen trucking companies get paid, they typically have to wait 30 days or longer, enough time to sink a small business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Uber Freight is committed to paying within a few days, fee-free, for every single load.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen things don\u2019t go as planned or drivers have to wait longer than expected, we pay for that too. These accessorial rates are published right on our blog and website,\u201d said Uber.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORfz2UunRs4\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/210472-ubereats-launched-in-pretoria.html\">UberEATS launched in Pretoria<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber Freight is an app that matches trucking companies with loads to haul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":211374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20853,43282,43284],"class_list":["post-211372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-uber","tag-uber-for-trucking","tag-uber-freight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211402,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211372\/revisions\/211402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}