Hire from the market. Manage like your own.
Onboard market vehicles instantly, manage provider payments, track documents, and run hired fleet with the same control as your own.
What Is Market Vehicle Management?
The end-to-end system for vehicles you hire from the marketFull Lifecycle Coverage
From onboarding the vehicle and managing its documents, to allocating it to jobs, pricing the hire, and tracking payments — all in one platform alongside your own fleet.
Provider Financial Control
Track advances, outstanding bills, and transactions per provider. Providers are never filtered by company — ensuring cross-company hiring is never blocked.
Built for Complex Operations
Designed for logistics businesses where multi-company hiring, LPOs, advance payments to contractors, and multi-entity billing are standard requirements.
How It Works
From registration to payment settlementCore Capabilities
Everything your operations team needsVehicle Onboarding
Register any third-party vehicle with its provider, spec, and company tag in minutes.
- Vehicle number, type, and specification
- Linked to Vehicle Provider party master
- Company tag for multi-entity operations
- Appears in unified fleet selection list
Document Management
Store compliance documents once. System tracks expiry and alerts — no manual rechecks ever.
- Certificates with No. & Issuing Authority
- Permits with Permit ID and expiry date
- Calendar-based expiry alerts
- Dispatch confidently, no repeated checks
Job Allocation
Assign hired vehicles exactly like your own — with smart additions for market hires.
- Unified dropdown with Market label
- Vehicle Provider field becomes mandatory
- LPO linkage with cross-company visibility
- Assign Vehicle popup from Job list & view
Hire Pricing
Set the market rental cost on the basis that matches the scope of work.
- Per Trip — fixed rate per completed haul
- Per Tonne — weight-based for bulk cargo
- Per Day — for cranes, AWP, long-duration hire
- Costs separated from revenue by entity
Provider Financials
Every provider relationship tracked end-to-end across all entities.
- Statement of Accounts with running balance
- Job Summary across all allocations
- Transactions — every payment to the provider
- Cross-company provider visibility
Pending Billing & Timesheets
Full visibility into completed trips and timesheets awaiting a bill.
- View all unbilled jobs and timesheets
- Select specific records to include in the bill
- Bill linked to provider, job, and company
- Filter and manage per company
Hire Pricing
Priced the way the job is contractedThe Market Vehicle Charge is set per job and recorded under the correct entity. Revenue and costs stay cleanly separated across all companies you operate.
Vehicle Provider Tracking
A complete financial view of every provider relationship — transactions, balances, outstanding bills, and job history — across all your companies in one Party View screen.
Advance Management
Record advances. Auto-offset at billing. Zero overpayments.
Built for real-world payment workflows
Advance payments to transport contractors are standard practice. Manual tracking leads to overpayments and disputes — the advance module eliminates both.
When a bill is paid, the system automatically applies the available advance — reducing cash outflow without any manual calculation.
Job-Level Charges & Deductions
Fine-tune payable amount per job before billingWhy transport businesses choose TransportSimple
Trusted by transport companies managing market hire operations end-to-end — from single-entity operators to large multi-company fleets.
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Ready to Manage Market Vehicles?
Bring third-party fleet under one platform — with documents, pricing, and provider financials all built in.