Dairy.com announced a new Internet transportation market for food-grade tankers.

Shippers of fluid food-grade commodities can post their needs to a large, nationwide network of carriers, who respond with rate quotes.
For haulers, the market offers a new way of turning empty miles into additional revenue. More than 25 dairy haulers have already begun to use the Transportation Market. Currently, Dairy.com's membership across all trading markets comprises more than 500 users and 130 companies.
"The Dairy.com Transportation Market is a great solution for filling up backhaul miles," said Milton Ellzey of Cattle Express Inc.
Membership requires no setup or subscription fee at this time. With a user account and password, shippers can post transportation requests, and carriers may bid on as many posts as they wish. Dairy.com charges a transaction fee to the shipper and hauler for loads successfully completed through the transportation market.
The transportation market represents the latest addition to Dairy.com's suite of offerings, which includes spot trading of milk, cream, condensed skim, and cheese, as well as collaborative scheduling and forward contracting. Dairy.com is also exploring the addition of other dairy commodities such as butter and powders, as well as an expansion of the transportation market to include refrigerated and frozen transport.