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 — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Jim Allen, Freightwaves. From public boards to private portals and niche freight co-ops, each load board serves a different ...

Load boards help carriers find backhauls, explore new lanes, and secure freight without a pre-existing network. Advanced filters and alerts let carriers quickly find loads by trailer type, lane, rate, ...

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.

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 ...

Digital freight broker Uber Freight recently announced it would open up a new platform it calls Broker Access, allowing fellow brokers to post loads and have its freight-matching technology work its ...

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 ...

Load board company Cargado gained $12 million through a recent funding round with the aim of bolstering its cross-border freight marketplace, the company announced April 7. The startup firm, which ...

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 ...

DAT Freight & Analytics has released “significant” updates to its DAT One load board, the company said. The new updates will help carriers find quality loads quickly, negotiate better rates with ...

Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at ...

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 ...