This article appears in the Aug./Sept. 2011 issue of iTECH, published in the June 13 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Truckers and freight brokers who use ...

Trucks seeking freight. Freight seeking trucks. Matching the two up used to mean considerable phone time with brokers or carriers and then even more time waiting for the right match to come along — ...

Truckload freight volumes tumbled in July from their highs in June—and the spot market continues its summer slump, DAT Freight & Analytics reported this week. “Demand for van and reefer services ...

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.

An open letter sent out over the wires from Haines City, Fla.-based Truck It Smart load board President and CEO Nick Shaughnessy revealed the No. 1 question the board gets from independent ...

One of the nation’s leading truck manufacturers is getting into the load board business. Mack Trucks this week launched what it calls Load Finder, a digital load board created to help carriers reduce ...

Load boards have always been a paradox of choice. Thousands of loads scroll by every hour, but for most carriers, only a small fraction are actually viable. For heavy haul operators, that mismatch isn ...

Pricing accuracy has become increasingly important as carriers navigate tighter margins, higher operating costs, and continued volatility in freight markets, according to Truckstop.com. Truckstop.com ...

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, ...

Upstarts Uber Freight and Convoy continued to gain market share among freight-matching rivals, as more traditional load boards saw their market share ebb in the face of more heavily digitized ...