Nationwide freight brokerage
Full truckload, LTL, refrigerated, flatbed, expedited and intermodal freight across the lower 48. Vetted carriers, a real person on the phone at any hour, and loads that arrive when we said they would.
Instant quote
Answer a few questions and get your estimate instantly.
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Two sides, one standard
Verve works the same way on both sides of the load. Clear numbers, written commitments, and somebody who picks up the phone.
Capacity when your regular carrier is out of trucks. Rates a broker stands behind, not a placeholder that moves after you commit. Tracking that reaches you before it reaches your customer.
Freight that fits the lanes you actually want to run, rate confirmations that say what they mean, and a dispatch team that pays documented detention without an argument.
48
States covered
Lower 48 plus cross border partners
24/7
Dispatch coverage
A person answers, not a queue
$100K
Minimum cargo coverage
Higher limits on high value freight
90+
Days of authority required
Every carrier vetted before dispatch
What we move
Six service lines, one team. You do not get handed to a different department because your next load needs a reefer instead of a van.
One shipper, one trailer, one direct run. The fastest and least handled way to move a full load anywhere in the lower 48.
FTL detailsAnything from one pallet to a half trailer, priced so you pay for the space you use instead of the space you do not.
LTL detailsTemperature controlled freight with continuous monitoring, documented setpoints, and carriers who understand a cold chain.
Reefer detailsSteel, lumber, machinery and anything that will not fit through a dock door. Secured, tarped, and permitted when it needs to be.
Flatbed detailsWhen a line is down or a job site is waiting, a dedicated truck leaves now and drives straight through.
Expedited detailsPort and rail container moves, plus long haul on rail where it saves real money without wrecking the schedule.
Drayage detailsWhy Verve
Anyone can quote a lane. What separates brokerages is what happens on the load that goes wrong at 11 PM on a Friday.
Active authority, current insurance certificate with us listed, FMCSA safety scores, and a check for the fraud patterns that are hitting brokers hardest right now. A carrier that cannot pass does not touch your freight.
No call center, no queue, no ticket number. You get the people who booked the load and know where the truck is. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day because freight does not stop at 5 PM.
Check calls at pickup, in transit and at delivery, plus location tracking on equipped trucks. If a truck is going to be late, you hear it from us before you hear it from your customer.
Verve was started from the carrier side of the business. That is why our rate confirmations say what they mean, our detention gets paid, and our lane pricing is grounded in what it actually costs to run the miles.
How it works
No portal to learn, no onboarding project. Send us the load and we take it from there.
Lane, equipment, weight, pickup window and any accessorials. A phone call, an email or the quote form. Whatever is fastest for you.
Priced on the lane in front of you, from practical miles, the equipment and the current diesel index, not a placeholder that changes once you commit. Most quotes go back the same business day.
We source and vet the carrier, issue the rate confirmation with your requirements written into it, and send you the truck and driver details.
Check calls at pickup, in transit and at delivery. Exceptions get a phone call, not a status change you have to go find.
Signed POD back the same business day, a clean invoice that matches the quote, and a documented lane history you can plan against next time.
Industries
We are not generalists pretending. These are the commodities and receivers our team has worked the most.
Temperature controlled and dry, with the appointment discipline that grocery and distribution receivers require.
Lumber, steel, pipe, roofing and fixtures on flatbed and step deck, tarped and secured to spec.
Machinery, components and line down recovery freight, including over dimensional and expedited.
Retail routing guide compliance, appointment scheduling, and delivery windows that carry chargebacks.
Hot shot and heavy haul into remote sites, with drivers who have worked the field before.
Seasonal produce and commodity freight, where capacity tightens exactly when you need it most.
Proof
Real reviews from owner operators and fleet owners moving freight for Verve right now.
I have been running with Verve for eight months and the loads are consistent. I am not sitting waiting on a dispatcher to call me back. Payment hits when they say it will, every time.
Jimmy L.
Owner operator · Boston, MA
What sold me was talking to an actual person instead of bidding blind on a load board. They know my lanes and they bring me freight that fits them.
Harold Q.
Fleet owner · Boca Raton, FL
Setup took one day and I was on my first load that week. No chasing paperwork, no surprises on the rate confirmation.
Ryshoda P.
Carrier · Montgomery, AL
Answers
The questions shippers ask before their first load. There are far more on the full FAQ page.
A freight broker is a licensed intermediary that connects a shipper who has freight with a motor carrier that has a truck. The broker sources capacity, negotiates the rate, vets the carrier's authority and insurance, issues the rate confirmation, tracks the shipment, handles exceptions, and manages the paperwork and payment on both sides. Verve Freight is a licensed brokerage, which means we arrange transportation and do not operate our own fleet.
One phone call reaches a national carrier network instead of one fleet with a fixed number of trucks. You get capacity when your regular carrier is out of trucks, coverage in lanes you do not ship often, competitive pricing because carriers bid against each other, and one point of contact for tracking, claims and paperwork. You also transfer the work of vetting authority, insurance and safety scores to somebody who does it every day.
Count your pallets. One to six pallets is normally LTL. Seven to eighteen pallets is where volume LTL or partial truckload usually wins on both price and transit time. Above about eighteen pallets, or any time the freight is fragile, high value, or on a tight delivery window, full truckload is the right call because the trailer is never opened between your dock and the consignee. Tell us the pallet count, dimensions and weight and we will price the options side by side.
Six things set the price: origin and destination, pickup and delivery dates, equipment type, total weight, dimensions and piece or pallet count, and the commodity. Accessorials matter too, so tell us up front about liftgate, residential delivery, inside delivery, limited access locations, appointment requirements and any temperature setpoint.
Truckload pricing is quoted per lane, not per mile off a chart. It is built from three parts: the linehaul rate, a fuel surcharge tied to the current diesel index, and any accessorials such as detention, liftgate or a second stop. The linehaul moves with distance, equipment type, weight, how balanced the lane is, the season, and how much notice you give. That is why the same 900 mile run can price differently in March and in October. Send the lane and the freight details and you get a real, lane specific number instead of a per mile chart rate.
You get check calls at pickup, in transit and at delivery, plus location tracking on equipped trucks. If something changes, you get a phone call from the person handling your load. We would rather tell you about a two hour delay early than let you find out from your customer.
Detention is the charge that begins after a driver has waited past the free time at a shipper or receiver, commonly two hours. It is billed to the party that caused the delay and it is documented by arrival and departure times. Keeping loading and unloading inside the free window is one of the most effective ways to keep your freight costs down.
We arrange freight throughout the 48 contiguous United States, with additional cross border coverage into Canada and Mexico through partner carriers. Our office is in The Woodlands, Texas, just north of Houston, so we run especially heavy volume in and out of Texas and the Gulf Coast.
No contract, no minimum volume, no onboarding project. One email or one phone call and you will have a real number to compare.
