Plus, a cabless autonomous truck just raised $24M, non-domiciled CDLs rules need clarifying, CSX posts a 26% profit jump while watching the UP-NS merger closely, and more in today's newsletter.
Stop bidding blind. Learn how to price RFPs using network performance data and context to win the right freight, protect margins, and defend your rates.
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Capacity is tightening, enforcement is rising, and old visibility models no longer suffice. Here’s how full-market truck intelligence changes how brokers and shippers understand real supply.
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.
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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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"Many people think brokers and trucking companies are laggards in technology, but if you can build something that makes their lives easier, they will do it."
Plus: Minnesota’s carrier shutdown fallout, RXO’s widening gap with CH Robinson, an Illinois English-proficiency fight, and more in today’s newsletter.
Plus: FBI taps brokers for fraud intel, lawsuits push trucking costs up, brokerage activity turns negative — and more in today’s newsletter.
Freight brokers face rising phone-based impersonation as fraudsters exploit DOT data. Stronger carrier screening and voice identity verification are becoming essential to prevent load theft and identity fraud.
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