freight brokers

The Chicago brokerage adds a capital allocator and carrier expert to its C-suite.

A former freight broker recounts how she and her colleagues averted a sophisticated attempt to steal $60,000 worth of tires through a double-brokered load.

When it comes to risk mitigation, due diligence of the carriers you broker to is just as important to having the right insurance policies.

These Instagram accounts center on the perspective of brokers, or a dispatcher in one case, using humor and memes to laugh — or cry — at the rigors of their daily work lives.

Freight brokers connect cargo with its transportation — a career path with high pay and low education requirements.

Third-party logistics provider FitzMark announces its third brokerage acquisition of the year and fourth in the past two years.

Executives from J.B. Hunt, MoLo Solutions, United States Cold Storage, K-Ratio dig into the tricky nature of freight contracts for brokers and 3PLs in an uncertain freight market during FreightWaves’ North American Supply Chain Summit.

A set of guidelines for the ethical freight broker.

Landstar System announced after the market close on Wednesday what it would do with cash on the balance sheet. The company plans to pay a one-time special dividend of $2 per share in January.

“We do not believe that the digital broker is ultimately going to replace those traditional brokerages.”

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, the Transportation Intermediaries Association says a broker transparency rule would address a marketplace that no longer exists. Plus, federal regulators could be looking to the industry to help develop autonomous truck rules, and shippers are demanding more power-only options.

In third-quarter 2020 financial and operational results released after trading ended on Wednesday afternoon, Chicago-based third-party logistics provider Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO) reported record gross revenues, which grew by 23.2% year-over-year to $691.5 million. That smashed the consensus estimate of $608 million and was $76.5 million more than the upper limit of guidance provided […]

Trailer Bridge Vice President of Logistics Eric Masotti describes how companies can implement technology without losing the human element.

Shippers ship. Carriers carry. Freight brokers are the experts connecting the two. A developed shipper-broker relationship is important in aiding the success of shippers, brokers and carriers.

Trident is converting spot opportunities to contracted business in the pandemic.

Digital logistics platform Zuum Transportation closes $8.58 million seed funding round to streamline and automate freight.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA seeks input on broker transparency, logistics is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, truck orders returning and Daseke CFO talks the future of the company.

FreightWaves’ George Abernathy and Todd Davis talk benchmarking capabilities for brokers in virtual fireside chat at FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

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Beacon is a UK-based digital freight forwarder – one of many that have vowed to disrupt the freight forwarding industry.