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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on March 4 in a landmark case that will determine if freight brokers can be held liable under state laws ...

In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, to be argued on Wednesday, March 4, the court will consider whether a federal law initially designed to deal with state trucking regulations supersedes […] The ...

The freight market does not suffer from a lack of opinions. It suffers from a lack of structured conversations. Broker ...

The Transportation Intermediaries Association, the main trade group for freight brokers and 3PLs, has taken up what they hope will be an industry-wide fight against freight fraud, admitting that ...

Melissa Forman said double brokering was not talked about as much before six months ago, but with the freight industry on a downswing, bad actors are getting desperate to make an extra dollar. Forman, ...

Throughout the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 through 2022, when demand for trucks soared and capacity evaporated, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers assuaged shippers by simply ...

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 published a final rule tightening financial responsibility requirements for brokers and freight forwarders in an attempt to cut down on fraud and ...

Wall Street defended freight brokers after fears of an AI disruption sent shares tumbling.

Is “freight brokers” a bad word? Ok, a bad phrase? I suppose brokers in other industries face the same challenge with respect to image. Society has certainly hung a negative rap around the necks of ...