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Uberization postscript, with Truckstop.com head Scott Moscrip

“The transportation industry is kind of like the Middle East, there’s always turmoil.” –Truckstop.com President and CEO Scott Moscrip on neverending broker-carrier-shipper back-and-forth on rates, unlikely to change with so-called “Uber-style” brokerages…

April 16, 2015

The Truckstop.com live data feed as of 3 p.m. CDT April 16, 2015.

DAT’s premium Power load board updated

DAT Solutions today announced the availability of its updated, web-based DAT Power load board, delivering results faster, reducing clicks and keystrokes, and containing unique teamwork features.

April 10, 2015

McCollister noted that dynamic sliders to refine search results “are available to users… Every time you move a slider the results are updated immediately … as fast as data travels across the Internet.” Broker reviews have likewise been brought into results. “Carriers can receive review score for a broker or shipper before picking up the phone – they can also rate their own network of their favorite brokers or shippers,” he added.

Internet Truckstop launches re-branding effort at MATS

Internet Truckstop has a new look. The brand and online freight-matching service, operational for two decades, has become Truckstop.com. Chat negotiation features, also, is rolling out to board subscribers.

March 26, 2015

Internet Truckstop banner at MATS2015

DumpTruckLoads.com board launches

A new construction industry start-up from Pennsylvania has launched a dump-truck-specific load board as an online service, accessible from both desktop and mobile browsers, that enables members to find trucks or loads. Dump truck owners can receive real-time load notifications via e-mail and text message from DumpTruckLoads.com, allowing them to work with contractors outside of their network […]

February 20, 2015

New free load board on the way

Apex Capital pitches its new NextLoad.com load board as unique in delivering robust filtering/alert/search capability in a free board.

February 10, 2015

‘Hotshot on steroids’: Straight Forward Transportation of Ohio

Sue and Kevin Nelson’s 2012 single-drive-axle Freightliner Columbia is Straight Forward Transportation’s “hotshot on steroids,” says Sue Nelson, acquired to augment a business founded the non-dually drive axle of a Ford F250 pickup, still in operation.

December 4, 2014

Sue Nelson – Copy edit

Riding the spot market boom

Higher than typical volumes on the spot market coupled with tight trucking capacity are improving the rate landscape. Independents: Identify high-demand freight situations and negotiate for top dollar.

October 1, 2014

Rising rates as of August 2014

Rates, lanes on Labor Day weekend and beyond: A new resource

Where’d you load Friday? As owner-operator Chad Boblett of the Rate Per Mile Masters Facebook group and Rates and Lanes podcast notes, the answer probably had a lot to do with the rate you were able to negotiate for the long weekend.

August 30, 2014

DAT 8-23-14 line haul rates

POLL: What freight-matching service do you use most?

August 19, 2014

Pipe load shuts down bridge

The ups and downs (mostly the former) of self-dispatch

“So tomorrow we set out, for parts unknown, on a self-dispatch journey that doesn’t include a regular run….”

May 10, 2014

Find more photos of the 2004 Freightliner Coronado George and Wendy got running earlier this year, leasing to Landstar, in the gallery in this linked post.

DAT launches RateView

DAT’s new RateView revamp of the Truckload Rate Index with several new features can be helpful for owner-operator load, lane and price analysis for profitable load planning.

August 13, 2013

DAT RateView also provides 13-month rate histories, information critical to seasonal trend analysis and for quick and easy RFP response. The simple-to-use lane bulk-download feature can reduce the time necessary to respond to RFPs from hours to minutes.

New owner-operator crowd-sourced info service starts up

Company cofounder Roseanne Stanzione is an NYC-based former Wall Street analyst who calls herself an “accidental champion of fair pricing for drivers.”

June 18, 2013

One of the features currently available at goBoxSmart.com determines best-margin lanes in various segments based on aggregation of public load postings.

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