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Transportation Cost Recovery Program™: A Guide for Consistent Shippers
COL Freight’s Transportation Cost Recovery Program™ is a loyalty recovery on qualified volume—not an invoice audit and not a one-load coupon.
Updated 2026-08-20 · Transportation Cost Recovery Program
The Transportation Cost Recovery Program™ is COL Freight Solutions’ partner offer for shippers who move freight with us on a sustained cadence across North America. Most brokers only compete on the next spot bid. This program is built so qualified, long-term volume can recover a portion of transportation spend—after the operational rate is honest, not instead of it.
We are a licensed U.S. property broker (USDOT 4427559, MC-1741651) with offices in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and Los Gatos, California. FTL, LTL, warehousing, and USA–Mexico–Canada lanes are the work. If you want the program conversation, start with a shipping profile and a quote request: 561-880-9808 · shipping@colfreightsolutions.com.
What the Transportation Cost Recovery Program™ is not
It is not a third-party freight-invoice audit. It is not a parcel refund tool. It is not a public coupon you apply on a one-off LTL. Eligibility is reserved for consistent partners; we review volume, lane fit, and readiness before confirming participation. There are no enrollment fees and no hidden signup charges.
How qualification typically works
Share lanes, modes, and monthly cadence. We outline how recovery applies to qualified spend and what consistency looks like on your profile. Then you ship with COL and recovery value can accrue as that qualified volume grows. Final fit is confirmed after that short review—not in a pop-up form.
Operations still decide the baseline rate
Density, class, FTL versus LTL, fuel, and accessorials still build the invoice. The program does not excuse a guessed class or a dock that manufactures detention. Bring a clean dim set to the quote so recovery sits on a rate you understand.
- Recurring corridors beat random spot shopping for program fit.
- Bilingual coordination matters on México–USA lanes.
- Ask for linehaul and fuel as separate lines so spend is measurable.
How to start
Request a freight quote with your real lanes. Mention that you want to review Transportation Cost Recovery Program™ eligibility. We will price the freight first, then explain recovery against that profile. Human desks, not a mystery portal.