Haulage Exchange 'regular runs' service now running

Commercial Motor

December 2, 2008

Haulage Exchange has launched a regular runs service aimed at operators looking for collaborative work in the contract logistics market.

The service marks a shift for the online freight exchange, which has focused on the 'spot market' for ad-hoc loads and vehicle movements. Now hauliers have a chance to post their regular runs in a timetable format, with the system spotting cargo matches like passengers on a train.

Lyall Cresswell, managing director of parent company Transport Exchange, tells Commercial Motor: "This is going to create a timetable of journeys by hauliers. People really have very specific timings because of serious business needs so with this time table you can utilise all the available space of that run."

Meanwhile, rival Teleroute claims UK hauliers could be about to embrace fully the idea of online freight exchanges.

Adrian Samuel, UK and Ireland sales manager at Teleroute, says the concept has traditionally been more popular in Continental Europe. However, he believes the situation will change due to the weaker pound and need for UK hauliers to find different ways to win business due to the economic downturn.

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