Hosting an online website featuring an online marketplace where shippers of freight can post, advertise and solicit loads to be shipped or delivered and shipping providers can find, accept and bid on shipping or delivery jobs; Providing a website featuring on-line non-downloadable software that enables users to locate, contact, and connect shippers of freight and shipping providers; Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to locate, contact, and connect shippers of freight and shipping providers; Providing a web site featuring software that enables shippers of freight using truck, rail, ocean or air transportation to select routes and carriers, to communicate with carriers, and to manage pickup and delivery of shipments