Transportation has changed drastically in the past several hundred years and here in the United States we’ve experienced a variety of ways to get from point A to point B. 200 years ago, the most practical way to travel was through our nation’s waterways...
Freight brokers are no longer the Rodney Dangerfield of the transportation industry. Prior to 2013, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration raised the bonding requirement, subpar brokers gave the industry a bad name. Since then, the higher bond surety...
What does it take to run an efficient, safe, and cost-effective freight brokerage program? With so many aspects to consider, you may often wonder if you’re using the safest carriers, getting the most competitive rates or if your products will arrive on time. So...
Shippers, on down to the individual consumer, pay mightily for transportation and logistics costs, whether directly or indirectly. Did you know that U.S. businesses spent $1.45 trillion on logistics in 2014, representing 8.3 percent of the nation’s GDP? That’s an...
