Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network — the safety scores are not okay.
Amazon just became a direct rival to the biggest names in parcel, freight, and 3PL services. Plus: shippers are paying a lot more, your carrier check may be passing thieves through, a $4M cargo theft recovery shows what's possible, and more.
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Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network — the safety scores are not okay.
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How Lloyd’s of London went from a dockside coffee shop to the backbone of global cargo insurance and why freight brokers still debate using it.
Plus, STG's path out of bankruptcy, Wyoming's "Truck Around and Find Out" operation, what "phantom capacity" means for Mexico lanes, and more in today's newsletter.
“I knew that a digital brokerage was just another broker with a digital app.”
Plus, New York takes the CDL fight to federal court, a new wave of carrier and broker bankruptcies, cargo thieves are infiltrating vetted fleets from the inside — and more in today's newsletter.
“I knew that a digital brokerage was just another broker with a digital app.”
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