MyRiteLoad shipper-carrier freight platform ‘reboots’
MyRiteLoad hopes to fulfill the promise of what has been called the “elusive holy grail” of load matching, providing load-board-like spot market connections for independents and small to direct shippers rather than brokers.
BigRoad launches in-app load matching platform
The ELD/digital logbook provider has built its on-demand freight-matching service in partnership with brokers, load boards, and digital freight platforms, bringing together loads in a simple package, the company says,
Carriers’ ‘magic eraser’ role in compounding uncompensated-detention issue: Rico Muhammad on the e-log shift
As a trade-off for the ultimate hassle of mandated e-logs, in this Overdrive Radio podcast Muhammad’s hopeful owner-operators can both individually and collectively use the change as a cudgel to their advantage when dealing with brokers, shippers, rece…
New app puts tracking/delivery confirmation in the hands of independents
FreightPrint is out with a smartphone app and tracking service that harnesses the GPS and cellular communication capabilities of smartphones in order to put tracking tools and service into the hands of independents and small fleets.
Rates up: A result of last week’s ELD protests?
Rates haven’t been as good as they were last week since the Snowpocalypse of 2014, notes DAT’s Ken Harper. But before you attribute that to the number of owner-operators who shut down last week in solidarity with ELD protests around the country, consid…
Spot market rate, volume gains in the last week — dry van, reefer at record volumes
Up, up, up: Spot market volumes hit an all-time high on the top 100 van lanes last week. And at $1.94 per mile, the national van rate is the highest it’s been in two and a half years – 16 cents higher than the overall August average.
‘Predictive’ freight matching from Trucker Tools
Available to carriers at no cost, Smart Capacity optimally recommends loads for drivers and assets within a carrier’s network of 3PL/broker partners to improve visibility and operational efficiency.
‘Predictive’ freight matching from Trucker Tools
Available to carriers at no cost, Smart Capacity optimally recommends loads for drivers and assets within a carrier’s network of 3PL/broker partners to improve visibility and operational efficiency.
Fast-changing economy could upend trucking, analyst says
The U.S. economy is in the midst of major shifts in the way consumers buy and receive goods, and some of the largest segments of the economy — such as prominent freight-producing sectors like the food and automobile industries — will be upended in the coming decades, said forecasters at the FTR Conference.
KeepTruckin ELD offered at discount for 1 year
Freight broker Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has partnered with smartphone logbook and electronic logging device provider KeepTruckin to offer discounts on its ELD solution for TQL-contracted carriers.