Besttransport Partners With Connectship For Comprehensive Freight And Parcel Shipping Solution

September 9, 2015 - Columbus, OH - BestTransport, a leading provider of cloud-based Transportation Management (TMS) solutions, today announced that it has signed a formal partnering agreement with leading Parcel Shipping provider, ConnectShip, a solely owned subsidiary of UPS. The agreement enables BestTransport to integrate ConnectShip's comprehensive cloud-based parcel shipping solutions with its Gartner-noted TMS software.

An industry leader in multi-carrier parcel shipping solutions, ConnectShip is an ideal partner for BestTransport. "Both companies focus on providing highly capable shipping functionality," said Mike Dolan, BestTransport CEO. "BestTransport is recognized for comprehensive TMS solutions for truckload and LTL freight shipment. By partnering with ConnectShip we can seamlessly support our customers' shipping needs regardless of type or carrier requirements. We're delighted to be teaming up with them."

About BestTransport
BestTransport is a leading provider of cloud-based Transportation Management Solutions (TMS) which enable manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and freight and parcel carriers to efficiently plan, execute and manage all aspects of their shipping transport operations. BestTransport's TMS can reduce a company's overall transportation spend, enable tighter cost management and expense avoidance, provides enhanced shipment visibility, benchmarking and facilitates collaboration between shippers and carriers. BestTransport's customers move more than a billion dollars of freight to and from thousands of domestic and international locations using our TMS software as their backbone for shipping their goods to customers.

BestTransport has leading shippers moving multi-modal freight on its network, including industry leaders Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies, Worthington Industries, Olin Brass and Groupe Saint-Gobain. More information is available at www.besttransport.com.

About ConnectShip | iShip
ConnectShip, Inc. and iShip, Inc. are wholly owned, independent subsidiaries of UPS that provide on-premise and off-premise multi-carrier shipping solutions for enterprise and mid-sized companies under one brand. The companies extend patented multi-carrier technology to third-party transportation solution providers and large-volume shippers through North America and Europe. Twenty percent of the top 100 Fortune 500 companies rely on ConnectShip |iShip to provide carrier compliant labels, documentation, and electronic manifesting for small package, LTL and freight shipments. Backed by the financial security of UPS and with more than 35 years of experience in shipping and software development, ConnectShip I iShip provides a single source solution for multi-carrier shipping optimization. More information is available at www.connectship.com.