by Free Freight Search | Jul 10, 2017 | General
Uber Freight, the new mobile app and platform for matching drivers and loads, takes the popular alternative to taxis to the trucking business model. Call it Uber for trucking industry: the ability to bypass dispatchers and brokers to move freight. This Uber for... Read more
by Free Freight Search | May 8, 2017 | General
The most recent Forbes Magazine “Deadliest Jobs List” puts truck driving at #8 in the top ten, after jobs in the following industries: fishing, logging, aeronautics, garbage collections, roofing, steel work, and farming/ranching. For trucking industry groups, from... Read more
by Free Freight Search | Feb 6, 2017 | General
With today’s smartphones, information is real-time and instant: two key triggers that meet the trucking industry’s demand to keep freight and trucks on the move. Online load boards and specialized apps for iPhones, Androids, and tablets help independent owner... Read more
by Free Freight Search | Dec 19, 2016 | General
While the reindeer pulling Santa Claus’s sled know the way to the homes of good little boys and girls, trucking companies depend on more than someone with a red nose to deliver holiday gifts this season. With today’s GPS (global positioning system) and GIS (geographic... Read more
by Free Freight Search | Dec 5, 2016 | General
Whether you are an independent owner-operators who drives his own truck or you own a fleet of 20 trucks, you know how much damage major vehicle repairs can do to your financial plans. You also know what a big bite today’s projected increases in fuel costs could take... Read more
by Free Freight Search | May 16, 2016 | General
Cargo theft in America is a huge, expensive problem. It’s an issue that hurts motor carriers and shippers and it contributes to rising insurance costs. Recently we are seeing greater collaboration between motor carriers and law enforcement in addressing this problem.... Read more
