Airport recovery
Collecting freight from an airline cargo terminal, ground handler, or bonded facility once it is released, and moving it onward the same day.
Final Mile for Freight Forwarders
Final mile for freight forwarders is the domestic ground leg that completes a door-to-door shipment after the freight arrives, clears, or is deconsolidated. OVN runs that leg as the carrier of record, which means OVN holds the contract, issues the invoice, and carries the liability instead of passing the load to a third party. Forwarders use OVN for airport recovery, deconsolidation delivery, inbound-to-outbound export transfers, and time-critical final mile across the United States including Alaska and Canada. Dispatch is in-house and available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, responds in under 15 minutes, and quotes with the van already identified.
The Legs OVN Covers
Forwarders bring OVN in at the point where an international or long-haul move becomes a domestic ground problem. The most common handoffs:
One carrier signs for the freight and one carrier answers for it.
Deconsolidation delivery
Taking freight from a CFS or forwarder warehouse after it is broken down and running the individual deliveries to consignees.
Inbound to outbound transfer
Moving import freight from the arrival gateway to an export facility, another forwarder, or a different airport for the outbound leg.
Final mile to consignee
The delivery your customer actually sees, including appointment deliveries, dock-to-dock, and inside placement where the site allows it.
Secure facility pickup
Pickups requiring credentialed drivers, including from TSA pre-screening facilities to the plane and from MTSA-regulated port terminals.
TSA and TWIC secure facility pickupsRecovery of a missed delivery
When another carrier misses a window and the delivery date has not moved, OVN dispatches against what is left of the clock.
Same-day and hot shot freight
Your Load Is Never Reposted
OVN is the carrier of record on every shipment, not a broker. OVN holds the contract, issues the invoice, and carries the liability, and OVN does not repost freight to third-party load boards. The only load board OVN uses is its own, visible to OVN drivers and OVN customers.
For a forwarder, that is the difference between one liability chain and an unknown number of them. When a load is brokered onward, the company that shows up at your customer's dock is a company you have never vetted, insured, or spoken to, and the first time you learn its name is usually when something has gone wrong. Every OVN driver has cleared the same vetting before their first load: business and paperwork verification, legal work authorization, DOT compliance, and insurance verification with OVN named as additional insured and certificate holder on both cargo and liability coverage.
One carrier signs for the freight and one carrier answers for it.
- En Route: done
- Pickup: done
- Delivery: next
Tracking You Can Hand to Your Customer
OVN's tracking link can be white-labeled and forwarded to your consignee under your own brand. Your customer sees the shipment moving, not the name of your subcontractor.
With OVN, tracking starts before the pickup. Most carriers begin tracking when the freight is loaded. OVN begins when the driver is still empty and en route to the terminal or warehouse, so you can tell your customer when the driver will arrive rather than confirming it after the fact.
OVN also accepts MacroPoint, Trucker Tool, and Project 44 if your operation already runs on one of them.
The Paperwork Comes Back Complete
A final-mile leg is not finished when the freight is delivered. It is finished when you have the documentation to close the file and bill your customer. OVN returns a signed proof of delivery along with photo documentation of the freight at pickup and at delivery, captured by the driver and attached to the load. Documentation is digital and comes back the same day rather than days later in a scan.
Photo proof is standard on every OVN load, not an upgrade. On a final-mile leg where the forwarder never sees the freight, it is the only objective record of what condition it was in when it changed hands.
Coverage Near the Gateways You Work
OVN commands capacity of over 1,300 OVN-qualified cargo vans and box trucks across the United States including Alaska and Canada, with drivers positioned near major airports and cross-border capability handled under one carrier. Runs range from five miles to coast to coast, which means the same relationship covers a two-hour deconsolidation run and a 900-mile recovery move.
Dispatch is staffed in-house, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Freight that lands at 11 p.m. on a Saturday does not wait for Monday.
Every van on this map is OVN-qualified and available to dispatch.
100,000+
shipments delivered since 2015
1,300+
OVN-qualified cargo vans and box trucks across North America
Under 15-minutes
average response to a quote
24/7/365
in-house dispatch, live, not an answering service or portal
Setting Up as a Forwarder Account
There is no onboarding process to complete before the first load. Send the shipment details to dispatch and OVN will quote it in under 15 minutes. If the volume becomes regular, OVN sets up standing rates on your recurring lanes and a named point of contact on the dispatch floor, so the person answering already knows your accounts and your delivery requirements.
OVN provides its carrier packet, W-9, certificates of insurance, and operating authority on request.
FAQFrequently
Asked
Questions
Final mile for freight forwarders is the domestic ground leg that completes a door-to-door shipment after the freight arrives, clears customs, or is deconsolidated. The forwarder manages the international or long-haul portion and contracts a ground carrier for the delivery to the consignee. Typical legs include airport recovery, deconsolidation delivery, inbound-to-outbound export transfers, and time-critical delivery against a fixed appointment.
Yes. Freight forwarders are one of OVN's core customer types. OVN runs airport recovery, deconsolidation delivery, inbound-to-outbound transfers, and final-mile delivery across the United States including Alaska and Canada, with cleared drivers available for secure-facility pickups. OVN is the carrier of record on every one of those moves, dispatches in-house 24 hours a day, and responds to quote requests in under 15 minutes.
No. OVN is the carrier of record on every shipment and does not repost freight to third-party load boards. The only load board OVN uses is its own, visible to OVN drivers and OVN customers. Every driver in the network has cleared business verification, legal work authorization, DOT compliance, and insurance verification with OVN named as additional insured and certificate holder before their first load. One carrier holds the contract, the liability, and the accountability.
Yes. OVN collects freight from airline cargo terminals, ground handlers, container freight stations, bonded facilities, and forwarder warehouses, and moves it onward the same day. Give dispatch the release information, the terminal, and any access requirement at that facility, and OVN will confirm before the driver is sent.
Yes. The tracking link can be white-labeled and forwarded to your consignee under your own brand, so your customer sees the shipment moving rather than the name of your subcontractor. Tracking begins before the pickup, when the driver is still empty and en route, which lets you give your customer an arrival time rather than confirm one afterward. OVN also accepts MacroPoint, Trucker Tool, and Project 44.
OVN returns a signed proof of delivery along with photo documentation of the freight at pickup and at delivery, captured by the driver and attached to the load. Documentation is digital and returns the same day. Photo proof is standard on every load rather than an add-on, which on a final-mile leg gives the forwarder an objective record of freight condition at each handoff.
Yes. OVN moves import freight from the arrival gateway to an export facility, another forwarder, or a different airport for the outbound leg, including transfers that have to clear a cutoff the same day. Cleared drivers are available where the pickup or delivery point requires credentialed access, including TSA pre-screening facilities and MTSA-regulated port terminals.