A freight desk does not stop being busy when the office closes. A driver sits outside a closed dock at 5am. A broker calls about a load running four hours behind. A customer wants an ETA on a delivery that went out before anyone clocked off. Grasp Solutions runs a dispatch and call handling desk for freight, trucking and last mile logistics fleets, staffed by trained people who work inside the TMS and phone system you already use.
To be plain about what this is: we are the desk that answers the phone, tracks the load, calls the driver, updates your system and keeps your customer informed. We are not a software vendor and we are not a bot. We do not replace your TMS and we do not ask you to change how you run your lanes.
What our dispatchers do on a freight desk
- Answer driver calls – check calls, arrival and departure confirmations, dock delays, detention starting, breakdowns and reroutes.
- Track loads and flag exceptions – watch the loads that are drifting and raise them before your customer notices.
- Handle customer and broker ETA calls – answered in your company name, with the load reference and current status already to hand.
- Update your TMS and load records – status changes, notes, timestamps and paperwork entered as they happen, not the next morning.
- Send proactive delay notifications – the call that stops a late delivery turning into a lost account.
- Escalate by your rules – a written escalation list tells us who to wake, at what point, and for what.
Why freight desks break overnight
Trucking runs across four continental time zones on one shift pattern. A load leaving Los Angeles at 6pm Pacific is a 9pm problem on the East Coast and a 3am problem for whoever is carrying the phone. Most small and mid sized carriers solve this by handing one person a cell phone and hoping the night stays quiet. That works until they take a holiday, sleep through a call, or leave.
The cost is rarely one missed call. It is detention nobody logged, a reconsignment that one phone call would have prevented, a driver waiting three hours because no appointment was rebooked, and a broker who quietly stops offering you freight because your night number rings out.
People, not AI
Every call is taken by a person. A driver stuck at a closed receiver does not need a menu tree, and a broker chasing a load does not want to repeat a reference number to a machine. Our dispatchers learn your lanes, your regular customers, your accessorial rules and the names of the drivers who call in most. They read the notes from the previous shift, so nobody starts a call from zero.
Coverage
We cover all four continental United States time zones, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including the nights and public holidays when in house cover is hardest to hold. Our operations center runs from Lahore, Pakistan, and our dispatchers are trained on United States freight operations, United States addressing and the way American shippers and receivers expect to be spoken to. We also cover fleets in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Cover can be the whole clock or only the part you cannot hold yourself. Overnight only, weekend only, holiday only, or overflow during your own dispatchers busiest hours. Special rates apply to overnight, weekend and holiday only cover.
No migration, no morning data entry
We work in your systems. Give us access to the TMS, the phone queue and the tracking portal you already pay for, and the work lands there directly. There is no export, no spreadsheet handover and no pile of notes waiting for your day shift to retype. Your morning dispatcher opens the same screen they closed the night before and sees exactly what happened while they were asleep.
What you are not signing up for
- No long term contract. Month to month, and you stop when it stops being useful.
- No platform switch. We use the TMS and phone system you already have.
- No minimum seat count. Cover one shift or the whole week.
- Special rates for overnight, weekend and holiday only cover.
Frequently asked questions
Do you source loads or negotiate rates with brokers?
No. This is a dispatch and call handling desk, not a freight brokerage. We answer your calls, track your loads, update your systems and keep your drivers and customers moving. Load sourcing and rate negotiation stay with you.
Which systems can your dispatchers work in?
Whatever you already run. Our dispatchers are used to working inside customer owned TMS platforms, ELD and tracking portals, shared inboxes and hosted phone queues. If your own team can do it from a browser, so can we.
Will drivers know they are talking to an outside desk?
Only if you want them to. Calls are answered in your company name and our dispatchers introduce themselves the way your own office staff would. Plenty of carriers simply tell their drivers that the night desk is an extension of the office, which works just as well.
How quickly can night cover start?
Once we have system access and a written escalation list, a night desk can usually be live in days rather than weeks. The setup work is learning your lanes and your rules, not installing anything.
Talk to a dispatcher
Tell us which hours are hurting and which systems you run, and we will tell you exactly how we would cover them. Get in touch with our team.
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