Contract Freight Services for Recurring Shipments

What Contract Freight Is

Contract freight is a commitment between a shipper and a carrier for recurring shipments over an agreed period — weekly deliveries to the same distributor, monthly runs to a regional warehouse, or ongoing capacity for a growing business. Instead of requesting individual quotes for every load, you lock in pricing and availability up front.

For businesses that ship regularly, this means predictable costs, guaranteed capacity, and a carrier team that gets to know your operation.

Who Benefits from Contract Freight

Contract freight makes sense when your shipping volume is consistent enough to justify a standing arrangement. Common cases include:

• Wholesalers supplying regional distributors on a weekly basis
• Manufacturers shipping finished goods to retail chains
• Distributors moving inventory between warehouses
• Companies with dedicated routes between fixed origin-destination pairs

We currently hold contracts with Maersk and Hub Group — two of the largest logistics operators in the world — which reflects the reliability we bring to contract work.

How Our Contracts Work

Every contract starts with a conversation about your shipping pattern. What routes do you run? How often? What cargo volumes? What are your pickup and delivery windows?

Based on that, we build a proposal covering:

• Route structure: which lanes we'll cover for you
• Pricing model: per-load, per-mile, per-route, or monthly
• Schedule commitment: pickup days and delivery windows
• Cargo handling requirements: equipment, securement, special instructions
• Contract term: monthly, quarterly, annual, or renewable

Why Businesses Move to Contract

Spot pricing works for occasional shipments, but for regular volume it becomes unpredictable. Rates change, capacity gets tight during peak seasons, and every load requires a new quote and coordination.

Contract freight solves all of that. Your pricing is fixed, your capacity is reserved, and your logistics coordinator doesn't waste hours chasing quotes every week. For businesses shipping more than a handful of loads per month, it typically saves both money and time.

What You Get With a D&B Buckeye Contract

• Dedicated capacity — your loads always have a truck
• Fixed, transparent pricing for the contract term
• Direct communication with our dispatch team
• Fully insured fleet under DOT #4467537 and MC #1762732
• 26ft enclosed box trucks with liftgate and pallet jacks
• Coverage across all 50 states from our Columbus, OH base