Stable spot rates coupled with rising contractual rates could help drive gross-margin expansion for freight brokers, according to experts. The spot market has been going through a process of ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed changes to freight broker and freight forwarder financial responsibility requirements, addressing the problem of brokers that don’t pay ...

Becoming an owner-operator can be both exhilarating and scary. While you can enjoy operating your own business without having to answer to an employer, you'll also need to worry about obtaining loads ...

The freight brokerage industry, once driven by venture capital funding, is grappling with a changing financing landscape and liquidity challenges. Brokers who borrowed against accounts receivable (AR) ...

Whether you’re a motor carrier that works with brokers or you’re thinking of spinning off your own freight brokerage business from your fleet operations, you need to know about surety bonds, also ...

If you've found this story, know that you're not the first carrier to have found yourself unpaid for loads hauled for a broker or freight forwarder that has gone broke or, in other cases, had no ...

Digital freight broker Uber Freight recently announced it would open up a new platform it calls Broker Access, allowing fellow brokers to post loads and have its freight-matching technology work its ...

Uber Freight recently launched Broker Access, a new program that enables brokers to book and execute loads digitally on Uber Freight’s carrier network while remaining the sole broker on the load. The ...