About

A carrier, not a middleman

NordStar Freight owns the trucks and employs the drivers that move your freight. One dispatcher owns your lane, and the person who answers the phone can tell you where the load is.

How we work

Loads are assigned to a named driver before the pickup window opens, and the same dispatcher stays on the account. Appointments, detention, and reweighs get reported the day they happen rather than at invoicing.

Rates are quoted per lane with accessorials listed line by line. If a load is not a fit for our equipment or our hours, we say so instead of brokering it out quietly.

Coverage

Home base
Minneapolis, MN
Core region
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas, Illinois
Extended lanes
Mountain West and Southeast on scheduled runs
Equipment
Dry van and reefer, tractors on a placeholder replacement cycle

Safety and compliance

The authority and insurance lines below are placeholders. They are published here so the layout is real, and they get replaced with the filed numbers before launch.

USDOT number
PLACEHOLDER, pending confirmation
MC number
PLACEHOLDER, pending confirmation
Insurance
PLACEHOLDER limits, certificate available on request
Safety program
Pre-trip and post-trip inspections, electronic logging on every truck