LoadScout.com Fades to Black

LoadScout.com is apparently the latest dot-com to go out of business. The Fort Collins, CO-based Internet load-matching service’s website has been pulled from cyberspace, and its toll-free customer service line is no longer in service. Launched in December 2000, LoadScout’s niche in the load-matching business was that users could access information over the phone or via fax with the same functionality

Tim Parry

May 29, 2001

Launched in December 2000, LoadScout’s niche in the load-matching business was that users could access information over the phone or via fax with the same functionality of the web. Its customer base was owner-operators and small fleets.

According to a January press release, LoadScout had registered hundreds of shippers and hundreds of trucking companies, representing more than 15,000 trucks, had also registered.