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Picture this: a shipper calls on a Thursday afternoon with an urgent load that needs to move Friday morning. No excuses, just capacity when it counts. At Amazon Freight, we’ve built our business around making that scenario routine rather than remarkable.
Before shifting gears into 2026, we’re looking back. In this 2025 recap, you’ll learn how we helped our customers improve load visibility with smart trailers, cut costs through consolidation, and streamline planning with predictive technology.
For us at Amazon Freight, transportation technology doesn’t mean anything if it doesn’t deliver for customers. FreightWaves recognized that dedication this week when it named Amazon Freight to number six on their FreightTech 25 list.
At Amazon Freight, we’re getting ready for the peak holiday season and helping our customers plan ahead. Here’s what else we’ve been up to these past few months.
Where can you quote and book that LTL load to an Amazon facility quickly and easily? The Amazon Freight online portal. It’s your one-stop shop to get rates for your route, track your loads on the road, and get 24/7 support. Here’s how easy it is to get an LTL load going.
We’re more than halfway through 2025 and it’s been a year of uncertainty. What
is for certain? The next few weeks will have a lot of shipping demand with Amazon Prime Day set for July 8-11. We’ve had a lot happening the past few months, including new milestones for our trailers and intermodal containers.
Shipper tips
Freight logistics goes beyond moving goods from A to B. When your bottom line is built on successful deliveries, middle-mile efficiency and communication are essential to business operations. This is why many shippers want more than a transactional relationship with their freight provider.
For most businesses today, technology is no longer a
want. It’s a
need that drives results. This new freight-tech frontier is poised to improve the supply chain ecosystem and help shippers transport goods more efficiently, securely, and predictably.
From mobile ordering and one-click purchasing, consumers have come a long ways in their adoption of ecommerce. But elsewhere in the supply chain, similar technology developments have made the transportation network faster and more efficient.
Dry van features make them the most important box in shipping for a good reason—shippers can put almost anything inside. But what are the capabilities and limitations of what they can haul?
One of the first decisions shippers face when booking a load is whether to schedule a less-than-truckload—LTL—shipment or a full-truckload, known as FTL. Both play an important role in the movement of goods, but there are distinct differences between the two.
When you have freight that is too big for small parcels but won’t fill a 53-foot trailer, less-than-truckload shipping can be the best option to move your goods. But what is LTL exactly?
Customer stories
If you’re exploring freight options, chances are Amazon Freight has crossed your radar. But what do shippers actually think about Amazon Freight? Here is what real customers have to say.
If you work in logistics at a company that sells water bottles, there’s no humor when your operations experience a “bottleneck.” Such backups send kinks throughout the supply chain. That’s what Joel McAllister of
HydroJug faced on a weekly basis before they started using Amazon Freight.
When you work in the world of logistics, some days are filled with chaos and uncertainty. Hanna Xu is familiar with those type of days as a project manager for JW Fulfillment. With Amazon Freight, she’s found a provider that is a sense of calm in the storm.
When people want their coffee, they usually want it now. That’s the challenge Intelligent Blends faces each week. That means their freight provider has to be on point, says Adam Bartell, their manager of operations.
Bryan Cuevas, CEO of C Group Logistics, knows the feeling of watching a trailer leave his yard. “You need confidence it’s going to get where it needs to be.”
Before turning to Amazon Freight, Calgary-based Specialty Laminates had a major barrier, and that was freight.
People
Meet Bobby Bailey, an Amazon Freight Dedicated Transportation Consultant who helps his customers’ freight orders get to their destination as planned, while also looking around corners to help solve customer pain points.
At Amazon Freight, we believe in the power of people to drive innovation and excellence in customer service. Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Tamika Durham, a Program Manager for Service Excellence. Her role is crucial in shaping our customer-centric approach.
As the General Manager of Amazon Freight, Ari Silkey oversees the Amazon Freight business that leverages the Amazon network and technology to enable external businesses to tap into them. We sat down with him to get his thoughts on his vision for the organization.
Meet Brent Kreider from Amazon Freight. He works closely with some of the biggest companies in the world to optimize their shipping and tap into Amazon’s network.
Colleen Crewe works closely with some of the biggest companies in the world to optimize their shipping and tap into Amazon’s freight network.
Meet Amazon Freight’s Chidi Onwuka, a pricing expert, who shares his experience in the field and insights into what impacts freight rates and how he works with shippers.