--- title: "dexFreight Updates: October 2018" description: Successfully tested Minimum Viable Product, received massive media attention for dexFreight's first truckload shipment using blockchain technology image: https://blog.dexfreight.io/hubfs/dexfreight%20updates%20october%202018.jpg --- ![dexfreight logo ](https://blog.dexfreight.io/hs-fs/hubfs/dexfreight%20logo%20web.png?width=521&height=183&name=dexfreight%20logo%20web.png) ![dexfreight logo](https://blog.dexfreight.io/hs-fs/hubfs/dexfreight%20logo%20web.png?width=521&height=183&name=dexfreight%20logo%20web.png) [![LOG IN](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4662265/94d558f3-ceb1-4513-bb8a-1c0ce6be21a3.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4662265/94d558f3-ceb1-4513-bb8a-1c0ce6be21a3) - [Crowdfunding](https://hubs.li/H0TrCq00) - About - Blog - [Blog](https://blog.dexfreight.io) ###### 2 min read # [dexFreight Updates: October 2018](https://blog.dexfreight.io/dexfreight-updates-october-2018) By [dexFreight Team](https://blog.dexfreight.io/author/dexfreight-team) on Nov 1, 2018 ###### Topics: [dexFreight](https://blog.dexfreight.io/topic/dexfreight?hsLang=en) [newsletter](https://blog.dexfreight.io/topic/newsletter?hsLang=en) ![dexfreight updates october 2018](https://blog.dexfreight.io/hubfs/dexfreight%20updates%20october%202018.jpg) So much is happening at dexFreight! We prepared a summary to keep you up to speed: - Successfully tested dexFreight’s minimum viable product. - Received massive media attention for dexFreight’s [first truckload shipment using blockchain](https://blog.dexfreight.io/dexfreight-completes-first-truckload-shipment-using-blockchain-technology?hsLang=en) technology. The shipper and carrier directly connected, negotiated rates, and scheduled pickup and delivery. - Blockchain on Ice: Ledger Tech Enables Frozen Seafood Shipment - [The Wall Street Journal](https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2018/10/30/blockchain-on-ice-ledger-tech-enables-frozen-seafood-shipment/) - Blockchain-Based dexFreight Completes First Truckload Shipment - [Transport Topics](https://www.ttnews.com/articles/blockchain-based-dexfreight-completes-first-truckload-shipment) - First shipment made using blockchain - [Trucknews.com](https://www.trucknews.com/technology/first-shipment-made-using-blockchain/1003088230/) - Logistics Platform Completes Blockchain-Based Shipment Using Smart Contracts - [International Business Times](https://www.ibtimes.com/logistics-platform-completes-blockchain-based-shipment-using-smart-contracts-2727406) - dexFreight Coordinates Frozen Food Shipment Using Blockchain Technology - [Food Logistics](https://www.foodlogistics.com/transportation/news/21028827/dexfreight-coordinates-frozen-food-shipment-using-blockchain-technology) - Logistics Firm Completes First Truckload Shipment Using Bitcoin Smart Contracts - [Yahoo Finance](https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/logistics-firm-completes-first-truckload-002548874.html) - Invited by the [Inter-American Development Bank](https://www.iadb.org/en) to co-host a blockchain workshop for the [Foromic Event](http://www.fomin-events.com/foromic/2018/web/) in Barranquilla, Colombia. This meetup was intended to discuss the potential offered by this technology, in the development of the city. Other collaborators included: [RSK Labs](https://www.rsk.co/), [ConsenSys](https://consensys.net/), [Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem](https://alastria.io/), [Everis](https://www.everis.com/global/en), [iobuilders](https://io.builders/), and [Universidad Autonoma del Caribe.](https://www.uac.edu.co/) Thank you for all the support. Please help us spread the word about dexFreight. #### About dexFreight dexFreight is simplifying logistics for a better world with an open logistics market network for freight companies to handle shipments from booking to payment in one place. 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