Central Dispatch Highlights – August 27, 2026

In this month’s Central Dispatch Highlights, we cover new listing enhancements, digital drop-off solutions, and more. Shippers Work directly with the Carriers you trust most with Preferred Carrier Offers This all-new Premium feature lets you offer new loads directly to your favorite partners! It’s the best way to get shipments on the road faster, with…

Preferred Carrier Offers – Shipper Guide

A Preferred Carrier Offer allows you to send your load directly to selected carriers from your preferred list, instead of posting it to the load board right away. The first carrier who accepts the offer will automatically be assigned to the load. Using Preferred Carrier Offers helps you to: Before You Start: Adding a Carrier…

Preferred Carrier Offers – Carrier Guide

Shippers are able to send offers for loads directly to a carrier instead of posting on the load. A shipper is able to send an offer to up to 5 carriers at a time and select a timeframe for the carrier to accept the offer. The system will automatically dispatch it to the first carrier…

Central Dispatch Highlights – June 16, 2026 

In this month’s edition of Central Dispatch Highlights, we cover new carrier app enhancements, upcoming Premium enhancements, and more! Premium Shippers: Are you ready for Preferred Carrier Offers?  Starting in July, shippers with a Premium subscription can offer new loads directly to your favorite carriers, right from the Create Load page! In order to use this new…

Accepting and Declining Dispatches on the Mobile App

Carriers will now be able to accept a load or decline a dispatch in the status of Not Signed on the mobile app instead of going through CentralDispatch.com. This enables additional functions in addition to current function of updating loads and taking inspections photos. Note: Users with a Driver role will not have access to…

Find a Carrier for Premium Shippers

Overview The Find Carriers feature allows Premium Shippers to proactively identify and assign recommended carriers when a listing is not receiving enough engagement. What’s New When to Use This Feature Find Carriers is NOT Available For Step-by-Step Process Step 1: Navigate to Manage Listings Step 2: Locate the Listing Step 3: Review Recommended Carriers Step…

Fuel & Transport Costs in 2026: What We’re Seeing

Economic Insights from Central Dispatch What we’re seeing Based on recent activity from a broad sample across the Central Dispatch marketplace, transport prices per mile have risen from ~$0.75 earlier this year to $0.90+ in May, tracking recent increases in diesel costs. Transport pricing trend  Transport pricing has increased steadily in recent weeks, reflecting higher operating costs driven by rising fuel prices. Diesel…

Central Dispatch Highlights – May 13, 2026

In this month’s edition of Central Dispatch Highlights, we cover enhancements to Price Check, new dynamic rating windows, and more! Rating windows now align with payment dates  We heard you: We’re moving away from fixed 14-day rating windows, to dynamic windows that adjust based on each load’s payment date. That means carriers can now rate shippers based on payment behavior and…