WASHINGTON — In May 2020, President Donald Trump sided with owner-operators lining the National Mall with their rigs protesting alleged price gouging by truck brokers. “All they want is to be treated ...

The debate over broker transparency currently raging on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking docket in the Federal Register has become an all-out war between ...

Yet with all the focus on rates and margins, something gets lost. Regarding the proposed changes to 49 CFR 371.3, which currently entitles a carrier to see the rate a shipper paid for a load they ...

Monthly market data suggests the for-hire trucking economy is improving. Freight rates and volumes continued making year-over-year gains in October, following September’s milestone rate improvements.

DAT Freight & Analytics has introduced a new Shipper Spot Rate in its DAT iQ analytics platform that offers freight brokers unprecedented visibility into the shipper side of truckload pricing. The ...

AI-driven digital freight matching platforms are transforming the brokerage landscape, helping shippers and carriers automate workflows, boost utilization, and navigate the lingering freight recession ...

Scam loads are on the rise. Fraudulent rate confirmations—fake documents posing as real broker contracts—are being used to trick carriers into hauling freight they’ll never get paid for. These scams ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Transportation management systems have evolved to address the specific pain points of freight brokers as they bridge shippers’ needs ...

After the volatility of the last four years, businesses face shifts in geopolitics, trade policy, immigration, consumer sentiment, automation and AI, and available capacity that will directly affect ...

Is a spike in spot freight rates over the past few weeks an inflection point for trucking, or a weather- and holiday-related short-term trend? Will 2026 see an end to the record-long freight recession ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freight Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRGT, "Fr8Tech" or the "Company"), a ...