Find, bid on and win Mexico and Canada freight

Search the loads and lanes logistics companies post, get alerts on WhatsApp, email or the Cargado app, post your open trucks, and bid directly. Cargado is the modern marketplace for cross-border freight, built for carriers like you.

No cost for carriers

The bid and win steps follow an example load: Monterrey, NLE → Chattanooga, TN, dry van, crossing at Laredo, TX. Rates in USD.

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Find Mexico and Canada freight, bid on it, and win it directly. Cargado is the modern marketplace where logistics companies post their cross-border loads and lanes, for carriers like you. There's no cost for carriers: no fee to join, and no commission on your loads. This is Find Freight, your load board. Every posting is one of four types. A load is one shipment, with pickup and delivery dates. A lane is steady freight on the same route, with weekly volume over a date range. A potential load or a potential lane is freight the logistics company is still quoting. Bid on it, and they use your rate to win the business. Switch between Spot Loads and Lanes and Projects in one click. Yellow tags flag special requirements, like CTPAT or hazmat, before you open anything. TMS synced means the posting came straight from the logistics company's own system. Your board starts from your profile. Under Operations, add the trucks and trailers you run. Under Service areas, pick where you load, the border crossings you use, and where you deliver. Then your board shows freight you can haul. Search any lane by origin, destination, trailer and date. Then save it, even if nothing is posted on it yet. For each saved search, pick how you hear about new freight: WhatsApp, email, or push notifications from the Cargado app. New loads can reach you immediately, and new lanes once a day. Use Cargado in your browser, in the desktop app, or on your phone, from the App Store and Google Play. Have a truck coming open? Post it: where it is, when it's available, and the trailer. Cargado shows you the loads that fit it, and logistics companies posting matching freight see you in their suggested carriers. Have a long list? Email it to trucklists at cargado.com. Check the lane in Rates first: low, median and high, from real carrier bids over the last twelve weeks. Have a question before you bid? Message the logistics company right in Cargado. Messages are translated between English and Spanish. Then bid by leg: the Mexico run, the border crossing, and the U.S. run. If the logistics company lets you book it now, you can take it in one tap, or bid above that rate. If they counter, it shows up in your bids, and you can accept, counter again, or pass. When they accept, it's a match. Finish their onboarding if you haven't, and they send you the rate confirmation. Then you haul it. The logistics company pays you directly, on the terms in their rate confirmation. Cargado never holds your money, and never takes a cut of the load. Ready to join? Request access. Enter your name, work email and phone, then your USDOT number, and Cargado matches it to your FMCSA record. U.S. carriers don't upload any documents. Sign up with the email on your FMCSA record, and you're verified on the spot. Once you're in, finish your profile and add three commercial references: brokers, freight forwarders or shippers you've hauled for. Our team checks your authority, safety record and references, and emails you when you're approved. Logistics companies are vetted before they can post freight to you. Find, bid on and win Mexico and Canada freight. No cost for carriers. Get access now, or learn more, at cargado.com.

Step 1

Direct freight, no cost

Logistics companies post their cross-border freight here for carriers like you, and you pay nothing to use it.

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Find Mexico and Canada freight, bid on it, and win it directly. Cargado is the modern marketplace where logistics companies post their cross-border loads and lanes, for carriers like you. There's no cost for carriers: no fee to join, and no commission on your loads.

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Cross-border freight, direct

Logistics companies post their cross-border freight on Cargado, and carriers like you find it, bid on it and win it directly.

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No cost for carriers

There's no fee to join, and no commission on your loads.

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More about step 1

Who pays for Cargado?

Logistics companies do. For carriers there's no fee to join and no commission on your loads.

Step 2

The marketplace

Find Freight is your load board. Every posting is one of four types.

Read the step 2 transcript

This is Find Freight, your load board. Every posting is one of four types. A load is one shipment, with pickup and delivery dates. A lane is steady freight on the same route, with weekly volume over a date range. A potential load or a potential lane is freight the logistics company is still quoting. Bid on it, and they use your rate to win the business. Switch between Spot Loads and Lanes and Projects in one click. Yellow tags flag special requirements, like CTPAT or hazmat, before you open anything. TMS synced means the posting came straight from the logistics company's own system.

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Loads and lanes

A load is one shipment, with pickup and delivery dates. A lane is steady freight on the same route, with weekly volume over a date range.

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Potential loads and lanes

A potential load or a potential lane is freight the logistics company is still quoting. Bid on it, and they use your rate to win the business.

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Spot loads or lanes

Switch between Everything, Spot Loads and Lanes & Projects in one click.

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Tags and TMS synced

Yellow tags flag special requirements, like CTPAT or hazmat, before you open anything. TMS synced means the posting came straight from the logistics company's own system.

More in the carrier help center

More about step 2

Why bid on a potential load or lane?

The logistics company is still quoting that freight to their customer, and they use your bid to negotiate with the shipper.

Step 3

Find freight your way

Your board starts from your profile. Then search and save the lanes you run.

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Your board starts from your profile. Under Operations, add the trucks and trailers you run. Under Service areas, pick where you load, the border crossings you use, and where you deliver. Then your board shows freight you can haul. Search any lane by origin, destination, trailer and date. Then save it, even if nothing is posted on it yet.

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Tell us what you run

Under Operations, add your trucks and trailers: the equipment you run and how many units.

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Pick your service areas

Under Service areas, pick where you load, the border crossings you use, and where you deliver.

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Freight you can haul

Then your board shows freight you can haul. If you don't run reefers, you won't see reefer loads.

More about step 3

Can I change my lanes later?

Yes. Update Operations and Service areas whenever your fleet or your routes change, and your board follows.

Can I use Cargado to fill backhauls?

Yes. Save a search for the lane home from where you deliver, and you'll hear about it when a load posts on it.

Step 4

Get notified

Hear about new freight on WhatsApp, by email or in the Cargado app.

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For each saved search, pick how you hear about new freight: WhatsApp, email, or push notifications from the Cargado app. New loads can reach you immediately, and new lanes once a day. Use Cargado in your browser, in the desktop app, or on your phone, from the App Store and Google Play.

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Pick how you hear

For each saved search, pick how you hear about new freight: WhatsApp, email, or push notifications from the Cargado app.

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Immediately or daily

New loads can reach you immediately, and new lanes once a day.

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Browser, desktop or phone

Use Cargado in your browser, in the desktop app, or on your phone. The mobile app is on the App Store and Google Play.

More in the carrier help center

More about step 4

Can I change how my alerts reach me?

Yes. Under My Notifications you can adjust a saved search, turn notifications off, or switch how they reach you.

Step 5

Post your trucks

Have a truck coming open? Post it, and logistics companies come to you.

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Have a truck coming open? Post it: where it is, when it's available, and the trailer. Cargado shows you the loads that fit it, and logistics companies posting matching freight see you in their suggested carriers. Have a long list? Email it to trucklists at cargado.com.

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Post a truck

Post where your truck is, when it's available and the trailer.

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See loads for your truck

Cargado shows you the loads that fit each truck you post.

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Show up in suggested carriers

Logistics companies posting matching freight see you in their suggested carriers.

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Send your truck list

Have a long list? Email it to trucklists@cargado.com, and Cargado posts it for you.

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More about step 5

Where do I send my truck list?

The address is on the Truck List page in the app. Cargado posts your capacity for you and replies with loads that match your trucks.

Where do I see the trucks I've posted?

Everything you've posted is listed by pickup day, with your saved searches right underneath.

Step 6

Chat and bid

Check the market in Rates, ask what you need to, and bid by leg.

Read the step 6 transcript

Check the lane in Rates first: low, median and high, from real carrier bids over the last twelve weeks. Have a question before you bid? Message the logistics company right in Cargado. Messages are translated between English and Spanish. Then bid by leg: the Mexico run, the border crossing, and the U.S. run. If the logistics company lets you book it now, you can take it in one tap, or bid above that rate.

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Check the market

Before you bid, look up the lane in the Rates tab: low, median and high, from real carrier bids over the last 12 weeks, with the 12-week chart underneath.

Pickup
Monterrey, NLE
Delivery
Chattanooga, TN
Crossing
Laredo, TX
Trailer
Dry Van (53ft)
Weight
42,500 lb
Commodity
Auto parts

Rate range in the Rates tabStrong Confidence

Low$4,000
Mid$4,200
High$4,500

Your bid by leg

Book now for USD $3,950 or bid by leg (a bid must be above the book-now rate)

  • Mexico portion$700
  • Border Crossing$200
  • United States portion$3,200
  • Total$4,100

Example load. Rates in USD. The market range comes from the Rates tab: real carrier bids on the lane over the trailing 12 weeks.

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Chat before you bid

Have a question before you bid? Message the logistics company right in Cargado. Messages are translated between English and Spanish.

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Bid by leg

Bid by leg: the Mexico run, the border crossing and the U.S. run. Cargado adds them up for you.

If the logistics company set a book-now rate, you can book it in one tap, or bid your own rate above it.

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More about step 6

Where does the market range come from?

Real carrier bids placed on Cargado for that lane, shown as low, median and high over the trailing 12 weeks. Look up any lane in the Rates tab to see the range and the 12-week chart.

No cost for carriers

Logistics companies pay for Cargado. For carriers there's no fee to join and no commission on the loads you win.

  • No fee to join
  • No commission on your loads
  • Paid directly by the logistics company, on their terms

What carriers get

  • A board that shows only freight you can haul
  • Saved searches with alerts on WhatsApp, email or the app
  • Posted trucks that logistics companies can find
  • Chat with logistics companies, translated English and Spanish
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Common questions

What brokers ask before they post their first Mexico load on Cargado.

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Where do the rates come from?

Real carrier bids placed on Cargado, all-in and door to door, shown as low, median and high over the trailing 12 weeks.

Do carriers pay to use Cargado?

No. Carriers join free after verification, which lets us be selective about who can bid on your freight.

What trailer types can I post?

Dry van, reefer and flatbed, plus specialized equipment like stepdeck, double drop, RGN, conestoga and box trucks. You can add trailer requirements, commodity details and hazmat requirements to any posting.

Which TMSs connect to Cargado?

McLeod, Turvo and Tai today. Other systems can connect through the Cargado API.

Can my whole team use it?

Yes. Every plan includes unlimited users.

Can I message a logistics company before I bid?

Yes. Chat with them right in Cargado. Messages are translated between English and Spanish.

Get access to Cargado

You've seen the whole thing. Have your USDOT number ready, and you can be set up on your own lanes.

  • U.S. carriers upload no documents. Your USDOT number is matched to your FMCSA record.
  • Carriers in Mexico and Canada add their company documents during sign-up.
  • Questions first? Visit the carrier help center.

What you need

  • Your USDOT number
  • Your name, work email and phone
  • Three commercial references you've hauled for
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