The Kowalski Freight Brokers Safety Act establishes new federal civil penalties and oversight for brokers who hire motor carriers with existing safety violations.

What was once a straightforward truck-stop heist has morphed into a series of scams involving identity theft, cyber intrusion ...

Let's start with a simple truth: there's essentially no difference between the terms 'freight broker' and 'truck broker.' However, 'freight broker' is the term you'll hear most often in the trucking ...

New FMCSA guidance mandates brokers using ineligible trust providers must secure a compliant replacement within a 30-day window or face immediate suspension.

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Automation, artificial intelligence and data science are transforming freight brokerage operations, increasing productivity and altering ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed changes to freight broker and freight forwarder financial responsibility requirements, addressing the problem of brokers that don’t pay ...

A freight broker arranges for truck transportation of cargo. The broker does not own the trucks that transports the cargo but acts as a go-between between the shipping company and the trucking company ...

Technology is fueling a growth in non-asset transportation and logistics. Companies are finding ways to solve more complex problems for shippers and increasing the efficiency and speed of freight ...

In trucking's most fiery debate, brokers typically say that enforcing 49 CFR 371.3, commonly called "broker transparency," represents a dated, bad idea for the trucking industry that would create a ...

The freight brokerage industry, once driven by venture capital funding, is grappling with a changing financing landscape and liquidity challenges. Brokers who borrowed against accounts receivable (AR) ...

Ralph De La Rosa Jr., president of Imperial Freight Brokers, inside his warehouse in Doral . DANIEL BOCK FOR THE MIAMI HERALD Simply put, says Ralph De La Rosa Jr., Imperial Freight Brokers is “an ...

According to the American Trucking Associations, the trucking industry is currently facing a shortage of around 80,000 drivers. The industry is taking many different strategies to address that deficit ...