FreightCenter

FreightCenter
Company type	Private
Industry	Logistic Services
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Tampa, Florida, United States
Area served	North America
Key people	Matthew Brosious (CEO & President)
Products	Freight Forwarding Services Third-party Logistics
Number of employees	130 (2017)
Subsidiaries	American Freight Companies
Website	freightcenter.com

FreightCenter is a privately owned, non-asset based 3rd-party logistics provider (3PL) with headquarters in Palm Harbor, Florida, United States. FreightCenter acts as a conduit between freight carriers and commercial or residential shippers located in the United States and Canada. As a conduit, shippers use the provider's online freight quote calculator to calculate freight costs for less than truckload, truckload, rail, ocean and air freight.

History

James and Matthew J. Brosious founded American Freight Companies, the parent company to FreightCenter,^[1] in September 1998. The company operates under MC 444954-B and offers $100,000 surety bond protection under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act legislation.^[2]

In 2010, FreightCenter and Go Daddy.com, LLC partnered on an integration of the provider's API Web services and Go Daddy's Quick Shopping Cart application.^[3] Users use the API to consume freight rates, quotes and booking data. The FreightCenter API is compatible with any business software, OMS, WMS, CMS, TMS, and eCommerce shopping carts, such as Magento and WooCommerce.

Services

FreightCenter is used to search online for common carrier or trucking company rates, equipment and transit options.

List of services

Online freight quotes
EDI/API and manual carrier dispatch
Provide shipping documents (bill of lading, shipping labels, etc.)
Shipment tracking
Route optimization
Freight Audit & Spend Analysis
Transportation Management System software
API Web development

References

^ "About Our Company | FreightCenter". www.freightcenter.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
^ "No. 98: Creating market solutions for new DOT regulations - Tampa Bay Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.
^ "Common Questions when Using FreightCenter.com | GoDaddy Help | GoDaddy Support". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.

[1] "About Our Company | FreightCenter". www.freightcenter.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.

[2] "No. 98: Creating market solutions for new DOT regulations - Tampa Bay Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.

[3] "Common Questions when Using FreightCenter.com | GoDaddy Help | GoDaddy Support". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.

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