by Doug Fox | Jun 19, 2025 | Flatbed Freight
Similar to a freight broker, freight agents play a crucial role in the logistics industry, ensuring that goods move efficiently from one place to another. They also act as intermediaries between shippers and freight carriers, handling everything from booking shipments...
by Doug Fox | Jun 14, 2025 | Freight Broker
If you’re in the trucking business, you’ve probably heard that working with direct shippers is one of the best ways to increase profits and cut out the middleman. Instead of relying on load boards or brokers who take a cut of the freight rates, direct shipper loads...
by Doug Fox | Jun 9, 2025 | Freight Broker
In the logistics industry, freight brokers are the ones who serve as intermediaries between shippers and carriers. Also known as logistics brokers, they connect shippers who need to transport goods with reliable trucking companies and transportation providers who can...
by Doug Fox | Jun 4, 2025 | Freight Broker
Freight brokerage is a fast-moving industry that serves as a vital link in the global supply chain. Freight brokers serve as intermediaries between those who have goods that need to be moved and those with the capacity to move them. Brokers leverage their expertise,...
by Doug Fox | May 30, 2025 | Freight Broker
Given the state’s strategic role as a transportation hub, becoming a freight broker in Texas can be a potentially lucrative and rewarding career. Texas is a major player in the logistics and freight industry, with its vast network of highways, railroads, ports, and...
by Doug Fox | May 25, 2025 | Freight Broker
With freight constantly moving from point A to point B, it’s safe to say that the trucking industry is a vital cog in the economy. It ensures the seamless movement of goods across vast distances, enabling supply chains to function efficiently. From delivering raw...
by Doug Fox | May 20, 2025 | Freight Broker
In the freight industry, company drivers are professional truck drivers employed directly by a trucking company or carrier. They are responsible for transporting goods using the company’s vehicles, such as semi-trucks or box trucks, and they typically receive a...
by Doug Fox | May 15, 2025 | Freight Broker
With various players working together and playing different roles in the industry, the world of trucking can seem complex. And yet these players are all interconnected, working together to ensure that goods can be moved from point A to point B as efficiently as...
by Doug Fox | May 13, 2025 | Freight Broker
As the name suggests, box truck loads are shipments that are transported using box trucks. These are medium-sized vehicles with enclosed cargo spaces. Box truck loads are mostly goods that need protection from weather and theft, including retail products, furniture,...
by Doug Fox | May 10, 2025 | Freight Broker
A freight broker is an intermediary between shippers and carriers. For those who are unfamiliar with those terms, shippers are the companies and individuals who have goods that need to be transported, while carriers are the transportation providers and trucking...
