Aurora begins driverless routes in Texas, 2025 freight company closures list grows, USDOT ties two fatal crashes to low-English speaking skills, and more.
U.S. trucking firms, including Balkan Express, file Chapter 11 amid market strain; FreightWaves tracks 2025 closures.
We're back with another Funny Freight Friday, doing a rundown of some of the funniest message exchanges we've been sent lately.
KYT empowers brokers, offering a robust deterrent against fraud. The platform's unique real-time facial recognition and association requirement makes it a formidable foe for scammers.
The scheme starts with a scam artist posing as a customer, contacting a broker to pick up freight. The broker, in turn, posts the load, which is then deceitfully accepted by the scammer acting as a carrier.
Brokerage fraud has made the landscape of our industry unrecognizable, and unfortunately, its impact continues to grow and expand daily. As logistics industry lifers, we recognized the pressing need to devise methods for safeguarding our operations and valued partnerships.
The impressive third-quarter surge in freight activity paralleled a 4.9% increase in U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) during the same quarter.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finalized new rules for freight brokers that will begin to go into
This new funnel is the blueprint for the next-gen freight broker tech stack.
NY may ban noncompetes, impacting all workers and industries like freight brokering.
Florida comes in with the second-highest percent drop in broker permits.
Guest Contribution by Anne Reinke, CEO of TIA: 'Outdated Regulations Should Be Left in the Past'
EO of Elite Transit fails to pay employees and carriers, leaving the company in turmoil. Ex-staff and carriers await overdue wages and payments.
To protect carriers, FMCSA's new rule targets broker fraud, enhancing financial responsibility in freight.
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