It’s been a productive and eventful year for us here at Trucker Tools and as 2022 winds down, it’s the perfect time to take stock of the last 12 months and preview what the upcoming new year will hold. In 2022, we launched a number of new programs, features and tools for truckers, carriers and freight brokers and formed integration partnerships with leading…
You read that right – Santa is coming down the chimney this holiday season with a special offer from Trucker Tools just for truckers. We know it can be a stressful time of year in trucking, which is why we’ve put together this holiday offer for truckers like you. All you need to do to take advantage of our Santa Special…
In our ongoing Employee Spotlight blog series, we’re introducing you to members of the Trucker Tools team, the people who are often working behind the scenes on our executive, sales, marketing, engineering and support teams. This newest blog in the series is all about David DeKoskie, Trucker Tools’ Onboarding Manager. David joined the Trucker Tools sales team in 2019 and today oversees new…
Welcome to the newest edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free freight report for carriers and owner operators. Looking ahead to the coming week, you can expect demand for reefer and flatbed capacity to remain high in several distribution markets, while power only and dry van demand will be relatively muted. In fact, today’s Top Five Hottest Markets list is dominated by reefer…
While the demand for truckload capacity has softened considerably over the last few months, competition among freight brokers is higher than ever. With lower freight volumes due to lower demand for physical goods, the pressure is on you as a freight brokerage to elevate your shipper service game to keep the customers that you have — and to attract prospective customers. One…
In this ongoing Broker Tip blog series, we’re providing freight brokers like you with insights into how to be more productive and effective in your day-to-day work. This newest blog in the series is dedicated to the powerful, time-saving Carrier Matches feature in our digital freight matching platform, Smart Capacity. Once you’re on the phone with a dispatcher or ready to send…
We recently caught up with Georgia-based owner operator/entrepreneur Larry Cothran to get his take on what 2022 has been like for owner operators. For the last two years, Larry has been leased on to a small company that works directly with shippers. He currently is transporting dry van hazmat loads for the company and, like many owner ops and carriers right now, is…
Happy Friday and welcome to the newest edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free freight forecast for fleets and drivers. In each and every issue of our free freight forecast, we provide you with data-driven insights on where freight demand and rates will be highest and lowest across the United States and Canada over the next week. In today’s freight forecast,…
As 2022 winds down, it’s the perfect time to preview what might be coming in 2023 and to review the highlights of the last year. We recently had the chance to catch up with Chris Jolly, aka The Freight Coach, to do just that. Chris is a freight broker turned consultant who has been around trucking and transportation his entire professional career.…
A few weeks ago, Trucker Tools launched the transportation industry’s first customizable driver loyalty program that encourages relationship building and loyalty between drivers and freight brokers. Our new Driver Loyalty Program allows freight brokers to create customized reward levels within the Trucker Tools driver app. When drivers complete these specific tasks in the app, they earn TruckerPoints that are redeemable for free gift…
