New owner-operator crowd-sourced info service starts up

The folks at the startup BoxSmart company have a big goal in mind with what they're set up to do with crowd-sourced information from drivers and independent owner-operators rating shippers, brokers, and lanes by experience ...

Load by phone: An automated future for online load selection?

New Freightopolis automated freight booking engine A brand-new service based in Canada but covering U.S. markets as well is Freightopolis, which is selling itself as "eliminating the broker" from the carrier-shipper transaction with an online-database-based solution to ...

Load by phone: Legacy boards add access tools

More owner-operators are leaving their laptops at home and doing business on the road – including load-finding – exclusively from their smartphones and tablets. Cody Blankenship's Kenworth tractor and reefer trailer When 4B Transportation owner-operator Cody ...

uShip testing no-bid load alerts, ‘Shipping Wars’ star at booth

'Shipping Wars' owner-operator Marc Springer will be appearing at the uShip booth #66141 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Friday, March 22, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and again Saturday at 11 ...

Truck-racing at the DAT booth

Winners roll balls into a series of holes to advance their truck for a t-shirt or hat at DAT's MATS booth #65188 in the West Wing. Check out the video below for snippets of ongoing ...

Poll: How do you use online load-matching services/tools?

Getloaded introduces e-mail alerts

With Getloaded E-Mail Alerts, the load board's account holders can save a load search and receive alerts via e-mail any time a new load is posted that matches their search criteria. The feature's specifically designed ...

Are you ready to go independent?

Two upsides to getting your authority are the potential to make more money than a leased-operator and the almost complete freedom with how you run the business. This may sound wonderful, but with freedom comes ...