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  • Reduce risk in minutes with a carrier watch list

    Protect your company against risk by automating verification of carrier authority, safety and insurance coverage. It's easy - and it's free! - with the CarrierWatch service that is included in 3sixtyTM Freight Match and DATconnect.com. Create a carrier watch list, and TransCore will monitor your selected carriers. Your list will be updated ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on July 30, 2008
  • Do's and Don'ts of Hiring Safe, Reliable Carriers

    DO: Exercise due diligence in hiring carriers. Check the insurance, operating authority and safety rating. Get a copy of the carrier's insurance certificate, and check to be sure that the name on the policy matches the company name on the operating authority. Sign a broker-carrier agreement that specifies that the carrier will comply with ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on July 30, 2008
  • Agent-based brokerage Network FOB minimizes risk with CarrierWatch

    “We did not have a single uninsured loss,” said Tim Taylor. Taylor, founder and President of Eagan, Minnesota-based freight brokerage Network FOB, was reviewing his perfect record for the 18 months since Network FOB began monitoring carriers with TransCore’s CarrierWatch SM. Taylor relies on CarrierWatch, along with other TransCore products and ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on July 30, 2008
  • NEW 3sixty Freight Match: Better truck searches and built-in carrier monitoring

    Brokers who don’t exercise “due diligence” by thoroughly investigating carriers before hiring them could be at legal risk. Tools like our CarrierWatch monitoring system do that work for you, without adding extra administrative staff. In our opinion—shared by many others—carrier monitoring is critical to the long-term success of the broker ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on December 17, 2007
  • Meet October's Broker of the Month: National Carriers Logistics

    Accepting the award: Dennis Baxter, director of logisticsCompany: National Carriers LogisticsLocation: Springdale, ArkansasWeb: www.nationalcarriers.comContact: 800-835-9180Started: Company founded in 1974, broker division started in 2001Employees: About 200 people, not counting drivers. Logistics team: 20 Business size: 1,500-1,800 ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on October 21, 2007
  • Brokers: Can (should) you enforce carrier safety?

    In a recent survey of trucking companies monitored by CarrierWatch, TransCore’s powerful carrier monitoring system, we found the following: ·         74 percent have never received a safety rating ·         20 percent of awarded safety ratings are more than ten ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on October 16, 2007
  • Brokers: Are your carriers putting you at risk?

    If you’re a broker, you’ve probably heard of the infamous Schram case.  It was the first case of its kind where a freight broker was held liable for negligent hiring of a motor carrier that was involved in a catastrophic loss.  Because reducing broker risk is a critical piece of our CarrierWatchSM ...
    Posted to BrokerBlog (Weblog) by Editor on June 15, 2007
  • Brokers: Are your carriers putting you at risk?

    If you’re a broker, you’ve probably heard of the infamous Schram case.  It was the first case of its kind where a freight broker was held liable for negligent hiring of a motor carrier that was involved in a catastrophic loss.  Because reducing broker risk is a critical piece of our CarrierWatchSM ...
    Posted to 3sixty Views (Weblog) by Editor on June 11, 2007