A trade group is suing to strip California and New York of the power to issue commercial driver's licenses entirely. Plus: $3/mi is now breakeven, DOT wants to rate every carrier, routing guides are falling apart, and more.
Shippers want the same things they’ve always wanted: reliable execution, fair pricing, and a partner who shows up prepared.
"We're basically in the center of the United States. As middle as you can get. Every class one railroad comes through Kansas City. It makes it very unique."
A high commission split means nothing without stability. Learn how credit exposure, factoring risk, and financial discipline impact freight agent income and why the right agency foundation matters most.
For a long time, secure parking lived in the “nice-to-have” bucket. That framing no longer works. In today’s environment, secure parking functions as a preventative security layer.
In just three years, we have moved from an industry that relied heavily on manual phone calls and emails to one where many of us use AI to some extent to support the above.
Plus, XPO and Hub Group Q4 2025 earnings, a trucking private-equity firm files bankruptcy, Mexico long-haul truckers win union rights, 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.
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