Anything Trucker Creates Online LTL Load Board

Anything Trucker, an Internet retailer of truck and trailer accessories, said Jan. 5 it had launched the Freight Auction Network for less-than-truckload carriers.

The Freight Auction Network is a Web-based load board that allows carriers to bid on freight posted online by shippers.

It is a way for the company to provide “back-office technical services . . . on a third-party basis to transportation companies struggling to stay afloat,” said Tim Norton, president of Anything Trucker.

While the new auction network is intended for LTL shippers and carriers, Norton said Anything Trucker plans to offer similar services for truckload hauls. The company did not provide a target release date for the truckload offering.