It's alleged that Amazon is looking toward creating an 'Uber for trucking' sort of app for the market. The app would be able to match truck drivers with a number of shippers and this would only go to further strengthen their position within the trucking industry.

They are scheduled to launch their app by the summer of next year.

The new trucking app will make it easier for truck drivers around the country to be able to find shippers that can help them to move goods. The app is going to operate much in the same way that an Uber app would, in a peer-to-peer fashion. The new app is also going to provide real-time pricing for the drivers and also give them driving directions. Not only that, but it would also give truck stop recommendations, and more.

The new app is part of Amazon's rumored initiative to become a full-fledged logistics company and they want to control every part of the delivery cycle in the market. And this truck delivery app is going to help them to achieve that goal. Amazon has already purchased thousands of trailer trucks and many cargo planes, making them well suited to carry-out their ambitious delivery plan.

It's been predicted that Amazon's package volume will pass FedEx in roughly 3yrs time, followed by surpassing UPS in at least 7 years.

The trucking industry is one that offers revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars and Amazon is expected to grow and take hold of a large portion of that pie. But they'll have a lot of competition.

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sources:
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-building-uber-for-trucking-app-2016-12
http://www.srr.com/article/trucking-industry-update
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/amazon-shipping-trucking-online/2016/12/15/id/764220/