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

AI agents that boost load margins by 20% to 50% are now available to brokers, shippers, carriers, and TMS providers SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hwy Haul has announced the official ...

Fleetworthy, DAT, and PlusAI developments highlight safety, efficiency, and emerging technology trends in commercial trucking ...

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 ...

What, exactly, is a freight broker? A page on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website defines it as “a person or an entity which arranges for the transportation of property by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is “freight brokers” a bad word? Ok, a bad phrase? I suppose brokers in other industries face the same challenge with respect to image. Society has certainly hung a negative rap around the necks of ...

Or is a wake-up call for all truckers and brokers alike? It's clear cargo thieves have their claws in trucking after theft of ...