Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Jim Allen, Freightwaves. From public boards to private portals and niche freight co-ops, each load board serves a different ...
When you’re a one-truck owner-operator or a small 3–5 truck fleet, your morning rhythm is clockwork: coffee, pre-trip, open the load board, refresh, refresh again, stare at the rates, call brokers, ...
While a necessary part of business for many, load boards and brokers have challenges. Two industry executives offer advice on how to avoid them. While load boards are a necessary part of the trucking ...
Volvo Trucks North America has launched Load Finder, a free load board service developed with Canadian technology company Class8, joining subsidiary Mack Trucks in offering the digital ...
Smaller fleets that rely heavily on load boards earned $800 more per truck per month compared to those that that use the freight matching services less frequently, according to a new survey. According ...
Longtime expediting small fleets and, to a lesser extent, one-truck owner-operators will know the Sylectus transportation management system platform and its load board, a stalwart in that niche for ...
Hours-of-service compliance was the original intent of the electronic logging device (ELD) rule but shipment visibility could be the most valuable outcome, at least for shippers and freight brokers.
Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at ...
“I’m not some college kid coming into a big cubicle farm office. I came in from a driver’s seat.” –Brian Hardman, Fulmer Logistics I had a chance to catch up with the go-to broker from my owner-op ...