As stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across much of the country in the latter part of March, the level of freight available dropped rapidly. By the second half of ...

Course Code: GES703 Course Hours: 180 Allotted Time to Complete Course: 6 Months Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites to take this course. However, this course focuses solely on U.S. domestic ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Rapid advances in technology and an infusion of venture capital are fueling innovation that is transforming the freight transportation industry. To remain competitive in this changing ...

What did the shipper pay on that load?” It’s a question that’s lingered in truck stop diners, dispatch offices, and group ...

Technology is fueling a growth in non-asset transportation and logistics. Companies are finding ways to solve more complex problems for shippers and increasing the efficiency and speed of freight ...

What, exactly, is a freight broker? A page on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website defines it as “a person or an entity which arranges for the transportation of property by a ...

A freight broker arranges for truck transportation of cargo. The broker does not own the trucks that transports the cargo but acts as a go-between between the shipping company and the trucking company ...

Freight brokers are on the front lines of the trucking industry. They act as an intermediary between shippers and carriers, which is not an easy job. Plenty of freight brokers claim to have been under ...

BOISE, Idaho, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- truckstop.com today announced the launch of Truckstop Private Loads, a powerful new feature that allows freight brokers to efficiently engage their ...

Freight brokers and third-party logistics providers act as a middle-man between the owners of products and the transportation services that carry them, such as rail, trucks, ships and planes. Brokers ...

A new bid to bring together independent owner-operators and other carriers with authority -- a bid to build business with shippers, bypassing freight middlemen -- is in its early stages out of Canton, ...

Demand for freight-hauling still lags, and spot-market rates have stayed well below their 2021 and 2022 performance and even their five-year averages—despite a recent uptick. But brokers remain ...