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Articles on load discovery, dispatch, driver operations, finance, integrations and the connected freight stack. Each one names its author, its reviewer and the date it was checked.

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How do carriers cut detention disputes?

A detention dispute is rarely about the hours; it is about whose note of the arrival time survives. Carriers who win them capture arrival, check‑in and release as each happens, from the driver, with times nobody typed in afterwards.

Written by
LoadHunt team
Reviewed
Sep 24, 2026
Reading time
6 min
Related product
huntTMS · Live

Latest articles

9 articles · newest first

Finding loads7 min read

How to reduce deadhead between loads

Plan the next pickup before the current delivery: where empty miles come from, and which ones are worth driving.

LoadHunt team · Oct 6, 2026

LoadHunter
Finance4 min read

Carrier invoice readiness checklist

What has to be on file before an invoice goes out: rate confirmation, BOL, POD and the accessorials agreed in writing.

LoadHunt team · Oct 5, 2026

huntTMS
Finding loads6 min read

Reading a lane before you call the broker

Rate per mile, deadhead, broker history and the reload market: four checks that decide whether a load is worth the call.

LoadHunt team · Oct 3, 2026

LoadHunter
Drivers4 min read

What a driver should send from the dock

Three updates settle most questions later: arrival at the gate, check-in and release, with times nobody typed afterwards.

LoadHunt team · Oct 2, 2026

huntDRIVE · Planned
Finance5 min read

What a rate confirmation has to name before dispatch

Free time, detention rate, TONU and lumper terms: the lines that decide whether an accessorial gets paid.

LoadHunt team · Oct 1, 2026

huntTMS
Platform6 min read

One load record from booking to payment

How a load found in the extension becomes a trip in huntTMS without anyone retyping the rate, the broker or the stops.

LoadHunt team · Sep 30, 2026

LoadHunter · huntTMS
Company3 min read

Why every claim on our site carries a date

Statuses, sources and review dates: how we decide what goes on a page, and what we take off it.

LoadHunt team · Sep 29, 2026

Status ledger

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Topic clusters


One topic,every piece of it

A main article, the answers around it, the tool and the product proof that belong with it. The links between them are explicit, so you never have to guess the next read.

Cluster · 5 pieces

Detention and dock time

Turning the clock into a record a broker will accept.

Answer
What a driver should send from the dock
Answer
What a rate confirmation has to name
Tool
Detention clockPlanned
Product
huntTMS · full load historyLive

Cluster · 4 pieces

Dispatch without copies

One record each person writes into, from booking to the office.

Answer
One load record from booking to payment
Tool
Dispatch workflow checkPlanned
Product
huntTMS · timelineLive

Cluster · 4 pieces

Finding the next load

What to check before the call, so the load is worth taking.

Main
Reading a lane before you call the broker
Answer
How to reduce deadhead between loads
Tool
Lane and load reviewPlanned
Product
LoadHunter ExtensionLive

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Product updates


Product changes,labeled apart

Release notes, product updates and plans that may change sit in their own feed. They never mix with editorial articles, and a plan is never written as if it shipped.

Updates feed

Checked against the status ledger

  • Product updateOct 2026Product pages now match loadhunter.io and tms.loadhunt.aiLoadHunter · huntTMS
  • Release noteSep 2026huntTMS includes the operations dashboardhuntTMS · Live
  • Plan · may changeSep 2026huntDRIVE, huntPAY and huntOS stay Planned, with no dates yetPlanned

Product updates by email

Release notes when something ships. Separate from Freight notes, never pre-⁠selected.

A separate consent from editorial email. Unsubscribe from either one without touching the other.


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FAQ


Questions,answeredplainly

Named people, with the reviewer named as well. Both appear on the article.

Each article carries the date it was published and the date it was last updated, and the second one is not hidden. Evidence that has expired is flagged for review instead of quietly staying current.

Yes. It is a separate consent from anything commercial, and it is not pre-selected anywhere.

Yes, through the same editorial review as everything else, and the partnership is disclosed on the article itself.

In their own labeled feed on this page, with a separate email subscription. They never appear among the articles.