freight brokers
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Modes
Danger zone for brokers: Paper-spot rate spread cut in half this summer
Brokers' gross margins will compress unless they get shippers on board.
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News
Tom McLeod: we’re building digital freight brokerage technology
McLeod built automated pricing for contract and spot and digital load matching products.
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Modes
Redwood Games raise $130,000 for juvenile diabetes research
The seventh annual Games were the biggest yet.
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Air Cargo
C.H. Robinson reports earnings beat of one cent per share
CHRW grew net income by 6.3% but increasing earnings per share by 8% with buybacks.
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Innovation
Commentary: Nearshoring provides opportunities for U.S. and Latin American companies
Ben Thrower writes about nearshoring manufacturing, which has gone on for decades. He also writes about the potential for nearshoring services, a new opportunity for…
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Insurance & Risk Management
More freight brokers dragged into carriers’ personal injury lawsuits
Negligent hiring and vicarious liability lawsuits have been around, but there are emerging risks as well.
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Freight Futures
Freight brokers: capacity loosening and shippers driving down rates in July
Capacity has returned to freight markets and spot rates are falling against "contract."
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Market Insight
Who’s really hauling spot market freight? (with video)
Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.
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Blockchain
Capital Logistics joins the Blockchain in Transport Alliance
Capital Logistics is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about the company, as well as BiTA's efforts to develop blockchain…
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News
Carggo brings high-growth tech to small freight brokerages
In partnership with Carggo... small freight brokers now have a white-label solution for automated load matching.
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