🎣 “Chameleon Carrier”
Why chameleon carriers are suddenly everywhere. Plus a freight tech Super Bowl moment, Uber Freight breakeven, and more.
Accounting teams play a critical role in carrier trust and customer relationships. Here’s how post-delivery workflows shape brokerage success.
Our trip to San Francisco started with a DM. TruckSmarter’s CEO, Daniel Kao, asked us to partner on their biggest launch yet, a driver-first product backed by $16M in fresh investment.
Plus: a $400K lobster shipment stolen en route to Costco, a $7M cocaine bust, California’s non-domiciled CDL crackdown's legal challenge, and more.
Plus: holiday trucking shutdowns, a broker liability bill facing pushback, DOT threatening funding over failed CDL audits, and more in today’s newsletter.
Plus: rail merger pushback grows, USDOT expands English proficiency enforcement into rail, a major cargo fraud case, and more in today's newsletter.
Plus: backlash over carrier safety rankings, the Port of LA’s push toward 10M TEUs, states expanding ICE enforcement, and more in today’s newsletter.
Why most freight AI projects won’t survive 2026. Learn the automation risks teams face and how reliable, scalable workflows prevent failure.
Plus: a potential $12B tech-broker merger, rejection rates crossing 10%, and FMCSA signaling the end of ELD self-certification, and more.
Nearshoring works when teams stay. Explore how Rapido’s training-driven, people-first model creates long-term value for logistics operations.
Plus: states unite to curb trucking fraud, Transfix’s full shift to freight software, renewed questions over FMCSA’s chameleon carrier system, and more.
Plus: what FMCSA crash data actually says about non-domiciled CDL holders, border turmoil testing nearshoring, and Morgan Stanley’s call for a 2026 trucking rebound — all in today’s newsletter.
Freight brokers shared a lot in 2025. We distilled a year’s worth of insights into eight charts so you can carry the most actionable data into 2026.
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