Detention is a major gripe among truckers because it costs them money, lots of it. Truck drivers lose an estimated $1,281 to $1,534 per year because of wait times at loading docks, costing the industry an estimated $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion in income annually, according to a Department of Transportation office of inspector general audit. Of …
Load visibility for the past couple of years has been talked about as if it’s a just-discovered feature driven by e-commerce, which is driven by Amazon. A recent article in CCJ is a typical example. The implicit argument–a correct one–is that the long-haul trucking industry is lagging behind e-commerce, in which customers often can check …
LoadExpress just launched its Automated Brokerage services today. What is it? A classic brokerage service based on our integrated freight matching and transportation execution platform. Why? Because our customers want us to. We offer it as a choice to those customers who, for various reasons, are not ready to use the platform to deal directly with …
With the freight industry being one of the largest contributors to the U.S. economy, it is imperative that it makes way for technology infusion. San Diego-based startup LoadExpress is looking to disrupt the way logistics is handled in the industry right now. LoadExpress is a digital freight matching and transportation execution platform, says Ken Liu, vice president of business …
We are growing. We’re looking to hire a seasoned sales professional with own book of business of shippers and carriers with a minimum of 5-years verifiable track record in the truck freight industry. Experience and business with 3PLs/freight brokers a strong plus. Candidate will focus on small/medium commercial and private fleets and shippers which can …
LoadExpress has implemented the latest government closed-area data for Houston into its mobile app so truckers can be rerouted to minimize disruptions and enable them to deliver critical shipments in the relief effort. The data will be updated daily. Example below: Fig.1: Data Showing I-10 West of Downtown Closed in Various Points Fig.2: LoadExpress Reroutes …
With this release, owner-operators and fleets can book loads, get paid immediately, and manage their business without brokers and factors. They can basically make use of the full functionality of the LoadExpress platform on their phones and iPads. They can also provide the most accurate load tracking status to shippers and dispatchers compared to other …
The standard MO for many brokers is to get a customer’s load at low–and unsustainable–rates, and then try to cover the load at that rate by haggling with carriers. If it can’t be done, broker can give back the load or take a loss on it. The hope is to hook that customer for future–and …
We’ve just deployed another simple but powerful tool to make LoadExpress the most automated and comprehensive freight marketplace in the industry. The LoadExpress Express Load Builder is a simple template (see below) where a shipper can fill out some basic info, email it to postloads@loadexpress.com, and voila, that load is automatically populated in the LoadExpress …
As we talked with our users on both sides of the market, particularly carriers, some perceive our auction model as unfamiliar or unworkable. After some explaining and clarifications, then they get it. Why? The main reason is they don’t realize they are already engaged in an auction every day with a broker. When a broker …
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