freight brokers

Will markets remain tight into the first quarter or soften right after Thanksgiving?

Truckstop.com CEO dives into Book It Now and how the company plans to reduce friction between brokers and carriers.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller joins the ‘On the Spot’ crew at FreightWaves Live in Chicago to deliver the weekly freight rates report.

McElroy wants to see a more efficient brokerage industry. He believes competition is promoting that.

With experience in both freight brokering and non-asset-based logistics, David Broering addresses the challenges facing the ever-changing trucking industry.

On October 29, Bloomberg published an article by Dina Bass, “The ‘Uber for Trucking’ Tries to Navigate Some Uber-Scale Problems.” That was followed by Craig Fuller’s article, Is winter coming for the super-hot FreightTech space?, which ran in FreightWaves on November 3. It would be worth it to read both articles if you have any […]

Leaf Logistics aims to give shippers, carriers, and brokers confidence in buying and selling contracts and protect against market fluctuations.

Bill Driegert discussed both the Canadian and Polish expansions.

Carrier411 monitors trucking companies to rate their safety and performance protecting brokers from unsafe carriers.

Gillihan plans to build a process-driven sales floor that can scale.

The visibility solution takes workload off the brokers and Smart Capacity lets them cover freight faster.

Kar believes a driver’s relationship with an OEM will no longer end after the sale of a truck. That relationship will continue over the lifespan of the vehicle with the introduction of in-cab service technologies.

Traditional freight brokerages are ramping up technological spending to keep pace with the industry.

Brokers’ gross margins will compress unless they get shippers on board.

McLeod built automated pricing for contract and spot and digital load matching products.

The seventh annual Games were the biggest yet.

CHRW grew net income by 6.3% but increasing earnings per share by 8% with buybacks.

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 both U.S. and Latin American businesses.

Negligent hiring and vicarious liability lawsuits have been around, but there are emerging risks as well.

Capacity has returned to freight markets and spot rates are falling against “contract.”