Load boards are one of the most misunderstood tools in trucking. Too many carriers treat them like their main source of business instead of what they really are—a tactical tool to bridge the gap, not ...

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 ...

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.

As spot rates remain mostly flat, Truckstop.com has introduced a new dry van-only load board at a lower monthly cost to owner ...

Volvo Trucks North America has launched Load Finder, a free load board service developed with Canadian technology company Class8, joining subsidiary Mack Trucks in offering the digital ...

More owner-operators are leaving their laptops at home and doing business on the road – including load-finding – exclusively from their smartphones and tablets. When 4B Transportation owner-operator ...

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 — ...

Load board fraud is gaining attention after The Wall Street Journal reported Truckstop, a leading load board provider, found reports of fraud increased 400% from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022, the highest level ...

The Wall Street Journal ran an article on April 26 detailing the load board fraud crisis and the proliferation of double brokering. As the Journal reported, leading load board provider Truckstop found ...

McLeod Software customers using PowerBroker and LoadMaster can now use Qued's load scheduling tools, view everything on one screen, and eliminate some of the manual entry tasks. With the explosive ...