Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The job of a freight broker is to connect shippers who have goods to transport and carriers who have the capacity to move those goods.

It’s becoming something of a thing in trucking for an existing motor carrier of any size to launch a side business to broker freight. Such a brokerage is typically set up as an independent entity that ...

Throughout the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 through 2022, when demand for trucks soared and capacity evaporated, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers assuaged shippers by simply ...

Jeremy Robison is the president of Tetra Capital, an independent company offering freight bill factoring services to trucking companies of all sizes. He’s dealt with a variety of trucking fiscal ...

Truck capacity is stretched tight and motor carriers are heading into peak retail season with a full head of steam. Just how tight is it? A leading indicator, Truckstop.com’s outbound tender rejection ...

Disruption. Transparency. Visibility. Efficiency. Trust. Collaboration. Algorithms. Artificial Intelligence. This is the vocabulary of the rapidly changing world of technology and logistics. Some ...

Course Code: GES703 Course Hours: 180 Allotted Time to Complete Course: 6 Months Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites to take this course. However, this course focuses solely on U.S. domestic ...

According to Truckstop.com research, nearly 80% of owner-operators indicate they just don’t like to negotiate rates with a broker. That may be the case, but it's a fact that a better understanding of ...

Digital freight brokers Convoy and Uber Freight have separately launched new tools intended to make pricing options for hauling loads more transparent for shippers. Convoy Shipper Platform 2.0 ...