About us

The Problem We Focus On

HazmatSpot carrier recovery moves fast with consequences.

Brokers are expected to:

• Contact approved carriers quickly

• Evaluate partial, late, or conflicting responses

• Choose a carrier under time pressure

• Explain and defend that decision later

• Recover safely when the RFQ collapses

All of this usually happens in email.

Email does not capture intent.
It does not explain why a carrier was chosen.
It does not document what alternatives existed.
And it does not support safe fallback.

When something goes wrong, there is no decision trail. Only noise.

What We Believe

We believe that hazmat carrier recovery requires:

• Explicit decisions, not implicit ones

• Process, not heroics

• Documentation, not memory

• Fallbacks that are planned, not improvised

Speed matters.
But control matters more.

Why We Built Hazmat Spot

HazmatSpot offers optimization for risk, accountability, and defensibility.

HazmatSpot exists to sit between the RFQ and the final confirmation 
to structure the moment where the real decision happens.

What HazmatSpot Is

HazmatSpot is a decision and audit layer for hazmat Carrier recovery RFQs.

It works on top of your existing workflow:

• RFQs are still sent via email

• Carriers are still legitimate carriers

• Your TMS stays untouched

What changes is everything after the RFQ is sent.

Responses are structured.
Choices are visible.
Fallbacks are controlled.
Every decision is recorded.

What HazmatSpot Is Not

We are intentionally not:

• a marketplace

• a loadboard

• a carrier discovery platform

• a rate optimization tool

We do not promise cheaper freight.
We do not promise more capacity.
We do not replace broker judgment.

We make broker judgment clear, defensible, and repeatable.

Our Focus on Hazmat

Hazmat is the reason the platform exists.

Hazmat spot carrier recovery system:

• limits who can legally carry loads

• increase regulatory exposure

• compress decision time

• magnify the cost of mistakes

In hazmat, a bad decision is not just a bad margin.

It is a compliance issue, a customer issue, and sometimes a legal one.

That environment demands structure.

Who We Built This For

HazmatSpot is designed for:

• Freight brokers handling hazmat spot loads

• Small and mid-size teams without heavy internal tooling

• Ops and compliance leaders who need visibility into decisions

It is for teams who already have carriers — and need a better way to navigate the carrier recovery process under pressure.

Our Approach

We take a deliberately narrow approach:

• Solve one decision moment

• Do it without disrupting existing systems

• Make the result auditable

This is why HazmatSpot:

• works via email

• uses magic links instead of logins for carriers

• focuses on clarity over automation

We do not hide decisions behind algorithms.
We surface them.

The Outcome We Care About

We measure success when:

• Brokers can explain why a carrier was chosen

• Fallbacks are executed calmly, not reactively

• Teams can review decisions, not reconstruct them

• Shippers trust the process, not just the outcome

Hazmat Spot does not remove responsibility.
It makes responsibility visible.

Where We Are Today

HazmatSpot is currently offered via pilot programs.

We work closely with early users to:

• validate real workflows

• stress-test edge cases

• refine fallback logic