Nolan Transportation Group & Transportation Insight Introduce New Beon Carrier Web & Mobile App

April 6, 2022

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ATLANTA – April 5, 2022 – Transportation Insight Holding Company ("TI Holding Company" or "the Company"), a leading provider of non-asset, tech-enabled logistics and brokerage solutions in North America, today announced the rollout of a new carrier web and mobile application. Part of the Beon™ Digital Logistics Platform, the new carrier web and mobile app gives a network of 80,000 carriers direct access to intelligent tools that increase flexibility across carrier operations, from searching loads to modifying payment options.

The web and mobile app provides carriers a direct integration point to Nolan Transportation Group (NTG) & Transportation Insight’s (TI) digital freight and warehousing networks, and access to over $15 billion in transportation spend across sma ....

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