I've used C.H. Robinson for about a year. They aren't the cheapest broker - rates ran a bit higher than local outfits - but Navisphere's visibility saved us real money by avoiding a couple surprise detention fees and trimming empty miles. If price is the only thing you care about, you can probably find cheaper; for my 30-truck West Coast run the extra cost was worth it.
Bottom line: their support actually answers and fixes problems fast. Had a load double-booked last month and my rep called me back in 20 mins, rerouted it and saved a deadhead - I run three trucks so that quick callback mattered, suprised they moved so quick even when Navisphere acted up somtimes.
This morning Navisphere's mobile app froze mid-pickup and flagged a load as delivered while my driver was still at the dock, so the consignee refused to unload. I'm 22 years into dispatching 100 trucks in the Northeast and had to eat a $650 detention plus send another truck because the app wouldn't refresh or pull a proof-of-delivery - unacceptable.
...when the reefer alarm blared at 02:00, Navisphere's alert and C.H. Robinson's routing desk arranged a reroute and a local replacement truck before the cargo left the safe range. I've managed 250 trucks across the Southwest for 15 years, and that rapid handoff - coordinating a carrier, updating documents and real-time tracking - was what impressed me most. Invoice reconciliation lagged by several days, so I dock one star, but for emergency response and carrier access they performed admirably.
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