🎣 Carriers Are Done Being Nice
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.
The March LMI reads like 2022 with prices at a 4-year high. Plus: warehouse arson in California, Mexico's trucker strike enters day three, and broker margins are still underwater.
Deployment expands the GoodShip platform beyond shippers to support carriers, brokers, and other logistics service providers
If you're based in the Chattanooga metro area, we invite you to come to the launch of our print magazine & 'Freight Alley' film launch party.
Cargo theft losses hit $725M in 2025 — and nearly half involved carriers brokers already trusted. Learn how lifecycle verification stops direct theft before it starts.
“I used to hate a freight broker. All they're trying to do is take my money. That was the attitude… until you realize that if there's a load of freight, whether it’s intermodal, brokerage, or assets, the load is going to go the way it’s supposed to go. You can fight it, but you’ll go broke.”
The contract cushion brokers relied on is nearly gone. Here's what that means for your margins. Plus: FMCSA is pulling ELDs fast, Hormuz cracks open - barely, $821k ghost load scheme, and more.
Plus: Brokers return, Hormuz spikes rates, LTL stays stuck in a tough year, and more.
“If you can build it, own it, and it works as well as what you’re paying for—why wouldn’t you?”
Diesel is climbing, produce lanes are tightening across the board, and brokers on Reddit are fantasizing about quitting. Here is what's trending this week on X, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube.
Sean Duffy walked onto the MATS floor unannounced last week and told 14,000 truckers their spot rates are going up. Plus: Indiana's CDL deadline hit at midnight, freight bankruptcies keep mounting, Iran struck the U.S. aluminum supply chain, and more.
U.S. Xpress Founder, Max Fuller, breaks down trucking before deregulation, how tech changed the industry, and its future.
New intelligence platform gives freight brokers access to real capacity, real rates, and real-time market visibility through OTR’s continuously vetted carrier network.
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