Going intermodal without a broker / POD paperwork

If you want to cut out the broker and haul directly for the customer, using load boards is not the typical way to go about it. You have to go out there and find your own customers. The customers don't usually use load boards directly themselves. You will just find more brokers with customers of their own. Maybe they pay better than your current situation, maybe they pay less. It also depends on the value you place on sustainable relationships over the long term. When times are good, you can squeeze them. When times get lean, they will remember and can hang you out to dry. The same can be said for their side. When times are lean, they could pay you decent, but will you continue to work on a more level basis over the long term? There is no easy answer to that question.

I am not sure how containers work. Is it one huge shipper, the shipping company, maybe Maersk for example? Or is it a plethora of small businesses hiring brokers to have their can picked up at the port or moved to the port? If it is several small customers, you might be ok. If you are a very small company offering limited capacity, the huge shipping company probably won't want anything to do with you. So consider all that before you burn your current bridge.

 

It's tough to get customers to deal with carriers direct. I wonder what the OPs dad cut ties with the broker? It seems like you would have no choice but to.use brokers when hauling cans, especially if you aren't a mega

 

We were operating with Nolan when we did the container cotton loads. We the lady in charge left there. I always thought that you leased chassis, and the fee went down after so long....you ought to give JB Hunt or Schneider a call just to see what they say about their intermodal division. The just might work with you