Even BMC-85 trust funds must now consist of cash or cash equivalents. The post FMCSA’s tighter bond enforcement looms over ...

Chad Boblett will tell you that a strong relationship between a freight broker and independent trucker is the key to securing profitable, steady loads over time, and that such relationships are ...

Whether you’re a motor carrier that works with brokers or you’re thinking of spinning off your own freight brokerage business from your fleet operations, you need to know about surety bonds, also ...

Freight brokers, like trucking companies, have traditionally represented the American spirit of independence and entrepreneurship. Some people, however, fear that the changes brought about by the ...

New legislation designed to significantly beef up regulatory oversight of freight brokers and freight forwarders operating within the trucking industry is drawing both praise and concern-- especially ...

This Opinion piece appears in the May 18 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Against the backdrop of a recent multimillion-dollar verdict against one of the world’s ...

The relationship between gross revenue and gross margins for freight brokerages is inversely related across much of the freight cycle. As spot market rates rise faster than paper (contract) rates, ...