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Trucking is a commodity, service is not

Trucks on the road. (Photo: saferoads.org)

I have been around trucking for 42 years – literally my whole life. My grandfather and father began trucking companies. I began to learn about trucking when I was very young, because I grew up in a trucking family. Family dinners and vacations revolved around trucking. It would be unusual for my family to go through a single dinner without something about trucking coming up. 

I learned about economics from my father, but rather than talking about the broader economy, his lessons about the...

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LoadBoard Network builds on PostEverywhere capabilities

Solutions provider LoadBoard Network LLC announced Monday the launch of its foundational product, the LoadBoard Network shipment posting aggregation software, which automates load-posting operations for shippers and brokers that utilize various applications to find their transportation capacity.

The Hebron, North Dakota-based company was founded in 2022 by its president, Mark Draeb, the former co-founder of PostEverywhere, a load-posting service acquired by Truckstop.com in 2018. Truckstop.com...

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Tucker rising to top position at Truckstop.com, replacing retiring Cole

Truckstop.com is getting a new CEO as current leader Paris Cole steps down: Kendra Tucker, the company’s chief operating officer.

The Boise, Idaho-based company, known primarily as a load board but which describes itself as a “neutral freight marketplace,” announced Thursday that Cole would retire as CEO effective April 1. He will remain on the company’s board of directors.

Tucker joined Truckstop.com in August 2020 as chief revenue officer. A little more than a year later, she became COO with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tucker-rising-to-top-position-at-truckstop-com-replacing-retiring-cole

Loadshop helps carriers fill their trucks — and keep them full

Carriers are inundated with many ways of finding freight. They can utilize traditional brokers, digital brokers, freight boards or connect directly with shippers to get the freight they need, fill trucks and keep drivers moving. With all these available options, carriers must weigh the pros and cons to make the best decisions for their business. 

Working with traditional brokers – and to some extent digital brokers – can mean constant negotiation with an agent, with varying degrees of success...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loadshop-helps-carriers-fill-their-trucks-and-keep-them-full

Forager launches transparent cross-border load board

The transportation industry’s growing willingness to embrace technology has empowered carriers to make better decisions about which loads they are willing to move. Dozens of innovative tools aimed at helping carriers find quality domestic loads have entered the market over the past several years. Carriers moving cross-border freight, however, have largely been left out of the revolution.

Leading cross-border freight expert Forager is working to fill that opportunity gap with the launch of its...

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Truckstop.com earns 2021 FreightTech 25 distinction

Truckstop.com placed 11th on the 2021 FreightTech 25 list — holding this rank for the second year in a row. The internet’s largest neutral freight marketplace didn’t skip a beat as the New Plymouth, Idaho-based company continued to innovate and serve its customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its third year, the FreightTech 100 awards recognize some of the most outstanding companies in logistics, including both startups and legacy companies.

Companies join the ranks of this distinguished list...

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FMCSA seeks comment on proposal to eliminate ‘bad-actor’ brokers

Federal regulators are now considering opposing petitions on rulemakings affecting how brokers conduct business in the latest development of a regulatory battle between brokers and independent owner-operators.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will publish on Wednesday a request for comment on the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) petition to overturn a rule that allows parties involved in a brokered transaction to review records related to the transaction — a...

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BulkLoads TMS product for bulk commodities will be integrated into Barchart

BulkLoads.com, the online load board to match truck capacity to haulers needing to move bulk commodities like grains, has signed a deal to have its transportation management system (TMS) built into a third-party platform.

Jared Finn, the operating partner with BulkLoads, said his service will be built into the commodity offering of Barchart, known as cmdtyViewPro. The third-party channel agreement is the first for BulkLoads.

By doing so, as Barchart said in its prepared statement announcing the...

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Love’s offers AscendTMS free to its factoring customers

Love’s Family of Companies has signed a co-marketing agreement with InMotion Global to make available to all its factoring customers the AscendTMS transportation management system software at no cost.

The agreement will give all Love’s Financial customers access to a full premium subscription of the AscendTMS for free. This includes carriers, freight brokers and third-party logistics providers, the companies said in a joint release.

“AscendTMS is already the most widely used TMS software in North...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loves-offers-ascendtms-free-to-its-factoring-customers

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