Three brands, seven years, one continuous engineering line: architecture that survives the pivots.
Traustar Logistics is the fourth iteration of the same team: it started as Hassle-Free Cargo in 2019, went through Hassle-Free Carriers and Prime Quality Transport, and returns in 2026 as a modern brokerage with TMS, broker academy, and cloud infrastructure. FastNet has been there at every brand pivot.
A seven-year relationship across four brands.
When the founders reached out in 2019 — then as Hassle-Free Cargo, a brokerage operating from Guatemala — they had no website, no TMS, no enterprise telephony, no e-signature with legal weight. FastNet implemented the full technical spine: site, Salesforce-based TMS via FTM.cloud, RingCentral for a call center that grew to 40 agents, legal e-sign. In four years they became the second-largest brokerage in Guatemala.
In 2023 they rebranded to Hassle-Free Carriers and then to Prime Quality Transport, going through internal financial turbulence that FastNet supported with immediate B2B deliverables. After a pause, in 2026 they return with a new proposition: Traustar Logistics + LogisticsBroker.Academy. Four shareholders, enterprise package, intent on setting the operation up correctly from day one.
30 days to be back online and invoicing.
The challenge wasn't technical in the abstract, it was operational in the concrete: they were stuck in a bottleneck and needed online presence and load-closing capability in under a month. We studied the stack we already knew from the Hassle-Free period, dropped what hadn't scaled, and rebuilt on new technologies chosen for available integrations, not for fashion.
Two decisions defined the phase: the public site on Astro instead of Next.js, at the request of one shareholder and for better maintenance ergonomics in their context. And the TMS — this time not Salesforce. We chose AscendTMS for the volume of available integrations that let them launch immediately, while we develop the custom CRM/intranet on Next.js in parallel.
Current architecture.
Astro + Tailwind v4 with automated deployments on Vercel. Architectural decision by the shareholder, executed without performance compromise.
AscendTMS for load management, brokers, documentation, and e-signature. Clean migration from the Salesforce/FTM.cloud era.
Truckstop.com Loadboard + integrated bidding, with MISE for anti-fraud verification — critical in an industry with a growing scam problem.
LogisticsBroker.Academy built on Tutor LMS. Full online course where new brokers train before handling production loads.
RingCentral for cloud telephony, Bank of America as merchant services, QuickBooks online synced, Broker Snapshot integrated with the TMS.
Custom CRM and internal portal on Next.js + Supabase, integrated into the Astro site as an authenticated layer for brokers, back office, and shareholders.
Astro, Tailwind v4, Vercel, Next.js, Supabase, AscendTMS, Truckstop.com (MISE), Tutor LMS, RingCentral, QuickBooks, Bank of America Merchant, Broker Snapshot.
Production metrics.
Verified with the client.
“Thanks to FastNet we went live and started invoicing in record time. We were stuck in a bottleneck and FastNet gave us the push we needed.”