Licensed freight broker · MC-1819296 · USDOT 4573052 · $75,000 BMC-84 bond(855) 916-5957
Detroit-area shippers run some of the most schedule-critical freight in the country: production parts, steel, chemicals in non-hazmat packaging, and finished goods feeding plants that cannot wait. Throughline is a Michigan freight broker that checks every carrier before the rate con and tells you about risk before pickup — not after the line is down.
No platform fee. No login required to estimate a lane. Nothing is booked without approval.
Licensed freight broker · MC-1819296 · USDOT 4573052 · $75,000 BMC-84 bond(855) 916-5957
Southeast Michigan is a dense, high-value freight market — which is exactly why it attracts fraud. Fictitious pickups, stolen carrier identities and double-brokered loads concentrate where loads are valuable and plentiful, and automotive parts have been one of the most targeted categories.
The other failure is quieter: a truck that is not confirmed the afternoon before a 6 a.m. plant appointment, and nobody says so until the dock calls.
Before any rate con goes out, we check active FMCSA authority and carrier identity, require at least $100,000 cargo and $750,000 auto liability insurance, match the carrier's phone to its FMCSA record, and screen against a library of known fraud patterns. Anything that can't be confirmed goes to a person — it doesn't go through.
Carriers with an Unsatisfactory FMCSA safety rating or an active out-of-service order are never dispatched, and a Conditional rating needs a manager’s sign-off. Bank-detail changes on a carrier wait 48 hours.
When a truck is not confirmed as pickup nears, we email up to three options you can click: approve a revised rate, move pickup a day, or switch to a team truck. If a booked carrier misses pickup or drops the load, we start re-sourcing.
Full truckload dry van, reefer, flatbed and step deck, including:
See the market range for your lane in under a minute.
Price a Detroit laneThe same five commitments on every load, starting with the one that matters most here.
When a truck isn’t confirmed as pickup nears, we email up to three options you can click: approve a revised rate, move pickup a day, or switch to a team truck. If a booked carrier misses pickup or drops the load, we start re-sourcing.
Before any rate con goes out we check active authority, verify identity, require at least $100,000 cargo and $750,000 auto liability, and flag “paper” carriers. Carriers with an Unsatisfactory FMCSA safety rating or an active out-of-service order are never dispatched, and a Conditional rating needs a manager’s sign-off. Bank-detail changes wait 48 hours.
You hear when the carrier is booked, at pickup with the driver’s name and mobile, if it’s running late, at delivery, and when the POD is on file. Updates carry a no-login tracking link you can forward to your receiver, and a brief of your freight lands every Monday.
Send tenders, quote requests or lane spreadsheets the way you do today. They become priced quotes and loads, and every tender gets a clear accept or decline.
When the POD is verified, your invoice arrives as one PDF with the POD and BOL attached. Your AP team gets the paperwork with the bill instead of asking for it.
“Hold for me” is the default: no carrier is booked on your load without your OK. A firm quote stays valid for 24 hours.
Yes. We broker full truckload production and service parts, with equipment, appointment and handling requirements captured on the load before carrier review.
Before any rate con goes out we check active authority, verify identity, check insurance minimums, match the carrier’s phone to its FMCSA record and flag paper carriers. A person approves the carrier, and every check is logged on the load.
Yes. Send us the load with the pickup window and we will price it and source live carrier options for you to approve.
Throughline brokers domestic US truckload freight. Cross-border moves are not offered today.
You get emails when the carrier is booked, at pickup with the driver’s name and mobile, if the load is late, at delivery, and when the POD is on file — each with a no-login tracking link you can forward to your receiver.