Load boards are one of the most misunderstood tools in trucking. Too many carriers treat them like their main source of business instead of what they really are—a tactical tool to bridge the gap, not ...
With the freight market bottoming out, and rates from many brokers on popular load boards like DAT looking increasingly unpleasant to owner-operators, it's never been more important to work ...
A recent report from load board Truckstop shows freight fraud of all types has jumped 130% in 2023, from 945 reports in 2022 to 2,178 in 2023. Those numbers reflect reports from Truckstop's users, and ...
Most drivers aren’t taught how to negotiate. They’re handed a truck, told to book freight, and shoved out into a market where brokers are often trained—literally trained—to protect the margin. You?
If your entire week is shaped by whatever pops up on the load board that morning, you’re not running a plan—you’re reacting. That approach is what keeps carriers in the cycle of inconsistent weeks, ...
Whether you’re a shipper, freight broker or motor carrier, freight matching is the linchpin of business profitability. Even minor mistakes are costly given the value of time and the expense of labor, ...
The pressure for carriers to quickly find and secure the right load is high. But too often, carriers get stuck in the daily grind of manually searching multiple load boards and entering the same load ...
My Virtual Fleet (MVF) allows drivers to use their app to mark when they are onsite and when they are loaded; the difference between the two is driver detention time. Using the MVF app, shippers and ...