Dispatch & Drayage Operations
Import / Export
The Milestone Bar
Chain the import dray to the domestic reload. Every port TMS stops at the warehouse door; DrayNow starts at the ramp. Nobody dispatches the tractor’s NEXT revenue move. The loop — dray + transload + outbound + empty repo — dispatched as one unit is the moat.
Industry today
Fragmented across vendors, slow, siloed.
FreightShift target
One connected workflow — measurable, faster, transparent.
Why it matters
Creates the trust and data infrastructure required by the next stage.
Competitor Landscape
PortPro (drayOS) Modern cloud drayage TMS, order- Vertical completeness + fast Multi-terminal gaps, thin exec to-payment, AI agents for dispatch & onboarding vs legacy; the default reporting, ~$14–16M funded. Serves billing. modern choice for 5+ truck dray carriers — doesn’t own freight or fleets. drivers.
Trinium / The legacy enterprise Depth (chassis, EDI, billing) + Client/server heritage, long Compcare / Profit dray/intermodal TMS install base, WiseTech distribution. implementations, roadmap Tools (WiseTech) now CargoWise Landside. uncertainty as WiseTech rationalizes 4 overlapping TMSs. Churn pool.
Terminal49 Container tracking API — LFD, Developer-first building block with a Read-only. No dispatch, no holds, availability. 100% US terminal free tier. settlement. (Buy, don’t build, coverage. candidate.)
project44 Enterprise ocean/terminal visibility, Network effects, land-and-expand Watches containers, doesn’t move D&D risk analytics. into execution. them. Enterprise-priced out of SMB reach.
BlueCargo Per-diem/demurrage dispute Evidence-bundled disputes Not built for the 10-truck fleet. Self- automation for BCOs and large distributed through Trinium. serve per-diem defense for small carriers. carriers is unbuilt.
eModal Dominant port Appointment monopoly at major Post-acquisition incentive is (CargoSprint) appointment/community system, ports, now bundling payments. payments capture, not neutrality — acquired 12/2024 by a payments an opening for a neutral aggregator. firm.
DrayNow Rail-ramp intermodal dray Captive IMC demand + owner- Quiet since 2019; subscale. Proves marketplace. operator supply, weekly pay. the marketplace alone isn’t enough.
Functions (9/9)
- Function 2.1P1
Drayage dispatch board & loop builder
First dispatch system where deadhead is a monitored KPI with a target (~10% vs ~30% industry) — because the loop, not the match, is the product.
View function - Function 2.2P1
Delivery order intake & client onboarding
A forwarder can tender a container by forwarding an email and get a tracked, dispatched, visible shipment back in under 10 minutes.
View function - Function 2.3P1
Container & vessel tracking + last-free-day watch
Zero surprise demurrage: every at-risk container is flagged ≥48h before LFD with a dispatch plan already in motion — $0 demurrage as a published service standard.
View function - Function 2.4P1
Terminal appointment management
Highest dual-transaction rate in the harbor: every terminal visit planned as empty-in/loaded-out whenever physics allows.
View function - Function 2.5P2
Chassis management & splits
The chassis split goes from the #1 driver complaint and invoice dispute to a priced, evidenced, 1-tap workflow.
View function - Function 2.6P1
Per-diem & demurrage defense engine
First platform where a single owner-operator gets BCO-grade per-diem defense for free — recovered dollars shown per driver, per client.
View function - Function 2.7P2
Empty return & street-turn matching
Street-turn rate becomes a managed KPI. Every turned box saves two terminal trips — margin for us, hours for the driver, days for the exporter.
View function - Function 2.8P1
eBOL, POD & document issuance
Invoice latency collapses from days to minutes because the POD is born digital inside our chain — and it’s the anti-fraud backbone the factoring engine monetizes later.
View function - Function 2.9P1
Drayage rating, accessorials & instant invoicing
First dray invoice a client can audit in 60 seconds. Billing disputes and missed accessorial revenue both trend toward zero.
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