Category: Best Practices and Benchmarks

How to spot good loads in bad markets

I have been a spot market pirate for almost nine years. As a pirate, you want to get in and

During the second quarter of 2019, freight brokers enjoyed their highest margins in two years. That extra margin helped offset

You want to grow your freight brokerage, but what’s the best way to go about it? There are a lot

Worried that you aren’t getting the best price when negotiating a rate on a load? DAT TruckersEdge has multiple tools

Being an owner-operator is tough. You need all the tools possible to stay profitable, including the best paying load board.

When I took a job as a delivery helper for a local distributor back in 2000, I never planned on

You may not have a problem getting carriers to cover a load, but every freight broker occasionally hits the wall

Author Earl Nightingale once said that to get rich, you just have to find a need and fill it. In the

The first quarter was one of those “good news, bad news” stories for freight brokers. The good news was a

The kind of freight you choose to haul, whether it’s through a broker or direct from a shipper, is an

I try my best to avoid markets where demand is low, but that gets difficult at this time of year.

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion