Freight solutions that show up.
Dry van and reefer first, with hazmat available in both. When it’s urgent, expedites, recoveries and spot-market clean-up are our specialty, including box truck and sprinter van. Plus our carrier network and cross-docking, from one accountable team.
Dry van truckload
Truckload is the core of our business: the lower 48 and cross-border into and out of Canada, through our carrier network, with MacroPoint GPS tracking.
What we haul: Food and beverage, packaging and paper, household and consumer, industrial and retail, raw materials and ingredients, hazmat and more. See the list
Dry van details Get a dry van quote
Reefer (refrigerated van)
Refrigerated van capacity for food, food-grade, grocery and produce freight. Tell us the temperature requirement and we’ll match the load to the right equipment.
What we haul: Frozen food, refrigerated food, beverages, pharma and health, other temperature-sensitive freight, hazmat and more. See the list
Reefer details Get a reefer quote
Expedited & team service
Hot freight delivered ASAP. For team service, when one driver’s hours of service are up, the teammate takes over so the truck keeps moving. We specialize in moving hot freight quickly.
Rescue my load or call (636) 317-1456
Box truck & sprinter van expedites
For smaller loads on a tight deadline, we arrange box truck and sprinter van expedites. Send the pickup, delivery, piece count, weight, dimensions and deadline and we’ll recommend the vehicle, or step up to full truckload or team service.
Get a box truck quote Get a sprinter van quote
Spot-market clean-up
Spot freight that’s failing? We take it over and make it run. Loads getting rejected or bounced around, commitments another provider missed, or overflow your carriers can’t cover: we take over the freight, put a carrier from our network on it and track it with MacroPoint.
Add a proven, high-performing partner to your spot market. More competition on your spot loads can help bring rates down, while coverage and KPIs go up on your hardest loads.
Hazmat
Available in dry van and reefer, including expedited and recovery loads, on carriers that handle hazmat. Include the hazmat details and placard requirements in your request.
Get a hazmat quote
Carrier network
One accountable team for your transportation, start to finish, across our partner carriers.
Talk to us about our network Carriers: join our networkCross-docking
James Transportation is a licensed freight broker and does not operate its own warehouses. When your freight needs to be cross-docked, we arrange it through third-party warehouse partners. Tell us what you need when you request the quote.
Ask about cross-docking
Plug us into your systems, not your inbox.
James Transportation is fully EDI capable. We transmit the standard EDI transactions your TMS and ERP already expect, and API integrations are available for tendering, status and tracking, and invoicing, built around how you run freight.
- Fewer manual touches. Tenders, responses, status and invoices move system to system instead of being rekeyed from email.
- Fewer errors. Less retyping means fewer mismatched loads, rates and references.
- A cleaner audit trail. A clear electronic record of every tender, response, status update and invoice.
| Transaction | Name | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| 204 | Load tender | We receive your tenders electronically and accept them. |
| 990 | Tender response | Every tender gets an answer back to your system: accept or decline. |
| 214 | Shipment status | Status updates sent back to your system as the load moves. |
| 210 | Freight invoice | Invoices transmitted electronically, so billing matches the load. |
| 997 | Functional acknowledgement | Receipt acknowledgements, so you know each transaction arrived. |
| API | API integrations | Available for tendering, status and tracking, and invoicing, built per customer. |
Where your process calls for it, we can also work with the 810 invoice and 820 payment remittance. Transaction sets, mapping and API scope are agreed with you for your program.
Portals and platforms we already work in
Shipper & TMS portals
- RateLinx
- Manhattan
- Uber Freight
- RyderShare
- Emerge
- BlueJay
- Oracle
- Blue Yonder / One Network
- Transporeon
- Freightquote
- MercuryGate
- E2open
Appointment scheduling
- Manhattan Logistics Gateway
- Blue Yonder / One Network
- Opendock
- Turvo
- C3 Reservations
- NCR Power (Retalix)
- i-3PL
- Kuebix
Tracking & visibility
- MacroPoint
- project44
- FourKites
- Samsara
Load boards
- DAT
- Truckstop.com
Carrier vetting
- Highway
- Carrier411
Many TMS platforms, like Manhattan and Blue Yonder, also handle appointment scheduling.
Don’t see yours? Tell us and we’ll get set up. Platform names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Also available on request
Flatbed, step deck and LTL through our carrier network. They are not our core business, so tell us what you need and we’ll let you know if we can cover it.
Quotes and email 24/7, 365 days a year
Email anytime, or call 7 AM-5 PM CT, Mon-Fri; we respond fast. Prefer email updates? We can send automatic MacroPoint updates with the GPS location of your freight. How tracking works.