The app, scheduled to launch in summer 2017, is designed to make it easier for truck drivers to find shippers that need goods moved, much like the way Uber connects cab drivers with riders.

Read more: Oracle is joining Amazon and Uber in the race to digitize the 'antiquated' $800 billion trucking industry And before that, truck drivers started downloading apps like Convoy (founded in ...

App-based transportation company Uber is suing the city of Seattle in federal court to halt a new law from taking effect that will regulate when drivers may be booted from its platform.