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Showing posts with label Load board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Load board. Show all posts

Friday, July 6, 2012

Suain Logistics is going to make a sea change in logistics and transportation industry in India by introducing load board concept to match load and truck online


SUAIN Logistics Pvt. Ltd. is incorporated under Indian Companies Act. The company is launching load board concept first time in India. Load board concept is widely used in America and Canada for making the transportation system more advanced and speedy. SUAIN brings innovation, technology and concept which would take Indian Logistic Sector to new heights.

Load board is an internet based portal where transporters, Truck owners, brokers, intermediaries and Corporate can exchange information regarding their day to day transactions.

Through a online load board transporters, vehicle owners can be connected directly to avail loads on daily basis and all through the day (24x7). Previously all these transactions were performed manually through phone calls, network and brokers. It was a time consuming process and involve the risks of being fraud. The idea of load board is to take all these information about loads, trucks, routes, rates etc. on internet, so that every demand and supply appearing in the Industry on all India basis are matched.   

Through our online portal transporter like truckers and carriers can get tons of loads for various routes, both full and LTL, to schedule backhauls or to pack empty trucks. At the same time you can find availability of empty vehicles for various routes on real time basis. Our call centre provides 24/7 support to get right loads and vehicles.

Our online portal will facilitate thousands of truck owner operators and trucking companies to keep their equipment loaded with freight for every mile covered. Our online portal will help owner operator or company to get rid of the problems like empty miles or deadheading which can lead to out of business. The independent contractors and trucking companies, will get the ability to find a back haul: a load that will get them back home or at least back into a better freight lane.

Our service is available
to users 24/7/365 for the lowest monthly fee on the internet!. Our easy to use web interface makes it fast to find exactly what you are looking for whether you are a freight broker, transporter, trucker, shipper or freight forwarder. Some of our special features contain instant alert of matched loads or trucks over mobile and email. All searches can be printed in a print friendly format, and all searches can be downloaded into an excel format. All listings are integrated into map quest for easy pin-point directions and mileage calculations. This is extremely important for budgeting trip. We supply Wi Fi Hot Spots and Gas Stations and Truck Stops that are equipped with internet access so you can find loads anywhere and avoid having deadhead miles.

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For getting more details about our services, please visit our website at http://www.suainlogistics.com

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Enhance your transportation system by integrating PC miller with load board


PC miller is a routing, mileage and mapping software that can be integrated with load board to enhance the effectiveness of today's transportation industry.
PC miller has been utilized by 98% of the leading 50 logistics service providers, motor carriers and the freight transportation firms.
PC miller can make the routes through which a transporter is sending loads as efficient as possible.
The newest version of PC miller alias PC miller 26 product line has just been released by ALK technologies with some new advancements like interactive map features, rapid routing, RouteSync functionality and data enhancement.
PC miller 26 offers the possibility to work together with PC miller RouteMap to create more efficient route visualization and customization. PC miller 26 includes the updated features like the option to observe satellite imagery, new map styles useful for customization of the maps and additional zoom levels. With the features like drag routing and through point management PC miller 26  can transform the route customizable and facilitates generating preferred routes.
PC miller 26 generates synchronized and historical traffic information, to avail the quickest route to the destination. The routes become less These routes may be longer in distance but are less jam-packed with comparison to the standard PC miller Practical and shortest routes. PC miller 26 also offers actual time, prognostic and historical traffic speed data that can be utilized for more perfect transmit time and ETAs involving all routing types.
RouteSync make sure operational reliability connecting dispatched routes and actual routes and convey the guidance to drive the miles that are being billed. RouteSync minimizes non-revenue mileage, get betters load profitability and enhances driver contentment.
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Posted by
Rajib Dey
Business Executive
email : rajib.dey@suainlogistics.com
website : www.suainlogistics.com
Want to know more about load boards, then go through the following to join our group "LOAD BOARD IN INDIA" in linkedin.http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Load-Board-in-India-4475000?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr




Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Load Board brings efficiency in freight marketplace


In recent years freight load boards keep a stronghold on the transportation industry. Freight Load Board is a useful internet based medium for the companies to be connected with each other for taking part in the open freight market. The open freight market contains all the freight loads and is the biggest part of the truck load freight industry.
Internet based load board is just like a website intended to provide information on open market freight loads. The Load Board facilitates the freight brokers to have a better chance to distribute information on their loads which they are attempting to cover through the world wide web. Previously carriers would have to sign some contracts for freight to be headed for other states where no customers were available, will now be able to easily seek out accessible freight in those states returning to their base state.

Most of the loads posted on freight load boards may cover a mileage of 500 miles or more. The load sizes may vary from full truck load (FTL), or less than truckload (LTL). These types of loads are considered as standard freight required to be hauled in a regular 53' van trailer, or freight necessitating specialized equipment like refrigerated, flatbed, curtain side, drop deck, bulk hopper, or some other trailer purposely considered for the type of cargo hauled. The carriers who are looking for freight to haul can search by location, distance, and freight type through a freight load board.

Monday, June 18, 2012

uShip load board can provide a huge benefits for small truck and LTL freight business


uShip is an online portal for shippers that provides a total load board solution for autonomous carriers, over-the-road truck drivers, and third party logistics providers. uShip correlate people with carriers to ship difficult-to-ship items, as well as LTL and FTL freight, cars, motorcycles, heavy equipment and household moves.
uShip contains numerous loads that range from loads for flatbed, drop deck, lowboys and vans. Under the system the carriers will be able to find out shipments along any route in the world containing over $12,000,000 in obtainable loads at whatever time and a market exceeding 1M shippers.
uShip contains an accurate transactional exchange which surpasses the conventional load board model. Here all loads will be posted with fixed-price offers by means of competitive online carrier bidding and tendering. Pre-qualified carriers can acquire a load at the posted price or opt for bidding alongside other pre-qualified carriers in an online auction format. As soon as the carrier recognizes a load at the posted price or gains the bid, the load is tendered to the carrier and the rest of the transaction is accomplished online. With the help of this exchange approach, brokers get the ability to cut down costs and carriers achieve fair market value for the loads they move.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

How to use a load board – some useful tips


Load boards contain extensive databases in which shippers and brokers post freight. O/O and Trucking companies can post availableness of trucks.
The new owner operators find it difficult to deal with a Load Board. Load boards are very helpful tools which can solve the problems associated with cheap freight and also brokers departing from business and not disbursing drivers at all.
One should be aware on how to efficiently utilize a load board. The following guide lines will help you to get accustomed with a load board.
  • Focus on to pay of related freight in the area
  • Get suggestions from other drivers concerning load boards
  • At all times make an effort to settle a healthier rate than what has been posted
  • Observe what regions of the country reimburse high and low and when
  • Make a extensive study on the brokers or company posting the load

Some Information to be searched through a load board
Most load boards offer several types of membership fees for utilizing them. Consult with drivers and acquire feedback on their satisfaction level with the load board. Many drivers prefer Internet Truckstop, Get Loaded, and DAT. Uship is the most updated load board that becomes popular now-a-days. Uship is a free loadboard that permits freight to be posted and haulers from independents to trucking companies to bid on the loads.
It contains the following features :-
  • Traffic and weather in route to destination of load
  • Existing back haul loads
  • Reliability or credit rating of company posting
  • Routing of the load
  • Capability to post the truck
  • Capability to post the freight

Some trucking load boards similar to Getloaded contains cell phone applications to aid matching you with freight. 
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Posted by
Rajib Dey
Business Executive
email : rajib.dey@suainlogistics.com
website : www.suainlogistics.com
Want to know more about load boards, then go through the following to join our group "LOAD BOARD IN INDIA" in linkedin.http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Load-Board-in-India-4475000?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Friday, June 15, 2012

New Load Board Technology will provide great benefit for Trucking Industry


Numerous truck owner operators and trucking companies always feel that their equipment should be loaded with freight for every mile covered.  Too many empty miles which are also known as deadheading can lead to huge monetary loss & hamper business for an owner operator or company.  Several autonomous contractors and trucking companies, particularly the minor size ones are acutely facing the problem to locate a back haul i.e.  a load assisting them to return home or at least back into a improved freight lane.
Drivers applying truck stops, set with load boards, an internet screening portal utilized to interchange information among shippers and the trucking industry, often remain idle for long time struggling to select and pick from the freight listings to facilitate a feasible, well organized and gainful trip.  Several minor motor carriers have great faith on these load boards for back hauls. But it can take prolonged time of work for organizing the loads and arranging some kind of reasonable route to decrease deadhead miles to some extent.
The Load Post has increased the efficiency of all load boards and made a sea change in the process of business for trucking industry.  Owner operators and companies are benefitted with The Trip Planner™ for making proper plan for their trip at least a week beforehand, even before leaving for their destination.  The Daisy Chain of Reloads™ can bring all probable reloads in their database, in addition to get all loads to be fitted in the premeditated running area that will be applied for back hauls.
This upcoming technology will provide a week worth of planned loads earlier providing the motor carrier or independent driver the extra advantage for minimizing deadhead miles, additional fuel cost savings and layovers.
The Load Post is an easy to use system to discover loads for trucks and vice versa, reducing the need for the middle-man and enhancing the bottom line. Motor carriers and small fleet owners also benefitted with the simplest and most dominant search capabilities accessible of any load board by managing their fleets in a superior way. Motor carriers and shippers will be able to post their loads to The Load Post without any charge.


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Author's Bio :
Name : Rajib Dey
Email : rajib@suainlogistics.com

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How to utilize a Trucking Load Board


Get the accurate load for your trailer easily and smoothly with Trucking load boards. Trucking load boards can facilitate trucker or vehicle owner to find loads across any area.
There exists many online load board and one has to investigate thoroughly for checking the legitimacy of  the load board. Some of the load boards are free and others are paid. If anyone go with the free load board, he cannot find extensive selection of loads. Most paid load boards charge more or less than $20/month and contains unlimited selection of loads covering major areas.
For utilizing a paid load board, sign up for the load board by providing some basic information like name, address, email address, phone number along with a credit card for payment.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Freight Matching Load Board - a mechanism to enhance the effectiveness for almost all types of companies in the industry.


A freight load board is designed for shippers, brokers and other mediators similar to manufacturer’s facilitating them to get proper idle trucks or back hauls carriers for transporting the freight load that needs to be moved. Freight Load Board consists of loads which are placed by freight brokers and freight shippers in a distinct location on the internet. In some cases the trucking companies post their trucks and services and load brokers & others (who gather loads to be delivered) can easily look for them on the load board. So it may be said that a trucking load board provides a mechanism to enhance the effectiveness for almost all types of companies in the industry.
In recent years, the companies and Courier Brokers members are benefitted with internet freight load boards to recognize freight that would otherwise becoming inactive from one destination to another and , in that way helping dead head returns.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Advantages of Load Board


A load board offers a sequence of services designated for the trucking association. It is the gateway to an online system of trucking resources which includes the posting of loads to ship and trucks necessitating cargo. It is a trouble-free and unique ground of a place to locate carriers and loads, a place to discover work. It provides a place to list and find trucks and loads.
The system has been improved over time and contains all the tools and technologies required for planning and management of a successful trip.
The most vital aspect of Load Board is to provide a wide array of information that ranges from ratings for trucking lanes, locations for support services and truck stops, automatic matching for trucks and loads, backhaul planning, accurate mileage reports, weather and road condition reports, and credit information for freight holders along with other things. These types of information are very useful for trip planning.
Load boards are utilized to accumulate the information collectively and making it easy to get to, and providing the tools to apply it successfully. The most recent improvements are that the service of Load Board can be achieved from a cell phone as well as through the internet. This facilitates a trucker to gather essential information from an extensive geographic area.
Load Board is the ultimate planning tool, involving technology that facilitates you to create multi-leg trucking routes, rate shipping lanes, and search for truck stops and support systems. A load board also focuses on all of these factors as for example plan your trip, and then move with the punches and modify your plans from the road. A carrier can easily face with a challenging economy with the flexibility and comprehensive ability of a Load Board for providing useful information.
Online load boards are an easy and convenient way for independent truckers to search for available loads for haul, as well as a place to post their truck's availability. Often truckers will haul a load from Point A to Point B, but when it comes time to circle back they're left with an empty truck - this is called deadheading. Online load boards offer ways to avoid deadheading so that freight haulers can make the most out of their miles on the road.
Having a service offered online where freight haulers can check for available loads and post their truck's availability also comes with great benefits. For starters, because the service is offered online the access is 24/7 which means that no matter the hours you're logging in, the boards will always be ready for you to log into. Online load boards are designed so that you can quickly find the information that you are looking for and head back to the open road. Previously, truckers were equipped with their telephones and not much else in the way of access to available freight information - you can imagine the significant time that needed to be invested, and the money cost while trucks are sitting idle.
When you do match freight, be sure to check into the companies that you are dealing with too. You'll want to make sure that they are reputable and have a clean payment record so you're not engaging in any sort of risky relationship. The online load board that you choose should have this information readily available, and hold the companies that post freight on their website to a standard of decency.
Avoid costly deadheading and truly make the most money out of the miles that you are traveling by considering all the features and convenience that online load boards have to offer. With these services you can truly be independent and manage your own business easily, right from the road.


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Posted by
Rajib Dey
Business Executive
email : rajib.dey@suainlogistics.com
website : www.suainlogistics.com
Want to know more about load boards, then go through the following to join our group "LOAD BOARD IN INDIA" in linkedin.http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Load-Board-in-India-4475000?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Be aware of load board scams and take preventive measures

Online load board scams are causing threats to trucking industries to a great extent. With Load board scam the victims are suffering a huge monetary loss. The companies should conduct extensive research on their transportation providers and undertake preventive measures against scams.
As the shippers and brokers have to undergo a huge cost, they often does not pay attention to scrutinize the background of the transportation providers available on load boards. A company that fails to provide a yearly subscription to a credit agency, is chargeable up to $50 for each enquiry.
As soon as evaluating the cost of carrying out due diligence aligned with the cost of being scammed, one will at all times appear ahead by providing a simple credit check. One should also validate the address and phone numbers of carrier as well as safety record, and insurance policy.
In order to find out the authenticity of a carrier, one should confirm the active operating authority that facilitates carriers to haul commodities for other businesses. If a company's authority is active surpassing one year, one can consider it as legitimate.
Shippers and brokers can get help from various online resources to judge the legitimacy of the carrier. The companies can join online monitoring services and the Transportation Intermediaries Association to get deep understanding of their business partners and get access to carrier watchdog services that report poor performance.
In order to make sure that the information is authentic, shippers should go through on all online research and get in touch with the company's office and its insurance representative directly.
In June 2011, the Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act of 2011 was launch focusing on numerous policies to formulate more efficient transportation directive as well as growing the surety bond for brokers and freight forwarders from $10,000 to $100,000.
Increased bond liability is created with the increased bond amount that builds sureties stricter and elevates the bar for freight brokers. This will facilitate to get rid of scammers who are acquiring active authority. This will useful to defend shippers, brokers, and carriers.
In order to defend themselves from load board scams, the best solution is that the shippers, brokers, and carriers should collaborate with a third-party logistics (3PL) firm. With this partnership the shippers will be benefitted by utilizing the 3PL's trusted carrier base, and get the protection for being connected with a financially stable organization.
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Posted by
Rajib Dey
Business Executive
email : rajib.dey@suainlogistics.com
website : www.suainlogistics.com
Want to know more about load boards, then go through the following to join our group "LOAD BOARD IN INDIA" in linkedin.http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Load-Board-in-India-4475000?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Internet based load boards are adopting new technologies for increasing their effectiveness


Internet-based load board has made a sea change in the freight and logistics sector. Previously carriers from all over the country set up much-needed backhauls by providing notes in writing on truckstop bulletin boards. Brokers utilized those same boards to trace trucks.
Within a load board a huge collection of products and services are available to assist shippers, brokers, and truckers for organizing transportation and diminish the number of empty miles driven. Load boards keep record of existing freight, and truckers looking for the loads convenient for their preferred destination, equipment compatibility, and price.
In order to make superior level of competence, the online are adopting the following techniques :
Interaction with Social Networking Sites : Load boards are integrating with social networking sites to facilitate shippers and brokers for handling shipments and carrier capability more professionally in a closed, secured network. The new type of load service mingles the well-known method of social sites through important freight technology products for bringing more positive, essential, and realistic features to online freight marketplaces.