Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

Obamacare and Trucking: What You'll Need to File Taxes

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, has been a political tug-of-war for a long time. No matter

Rock Deschaine When Rock Deschaine decided to expand his freight brokerage business, he knew just the place to look for

More and more carriers are establishing brokerages to serve the needs of their customers and create another revenue stream, a

For most brokers, your most valuable asset is your reputation. A good reputation is something that takes years to build

If you’re a broker or 3PL, we don’t have to convince you that capacity is tight. You’ve got the loads,

Trucks sidelined by snow in Buffalo, NY, in November 2014. (Photo credit: CNN) The November snowstorm that brought more than

This is the second in a series of special reports on important freight hubs, to offer some fresh insight based

It’s time to park the notion that load boards are just for backhaul freight. This year, about 45% of all

Imagine that you’re on the phone with a new customer, a shipper who wants you to find ten trucks to

Why are outbound van rates always so high in Memphis? Usually, when rates remain elevated in a market or lane,

If you’re like a lot of brokers we talk to, this year’s record-setting freight volumes and decrease in capacity have

RFP bid season is an annual ritual, but 2015 presents a unique opportunity for getting on a shipper’s routing guide.