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 ...

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 ...

Who is State To State Freight Brokers? Established in 2019, State To State Freight Brokers, Inc. is a non-asset freight cargo brokerage firm offering a dispatch feel with broker authority for licensed ...

Communication and visibility, or a lack thereof, can make carrier-shipper relationships challenging at times. With ...