Becoming an owner-operator can be both exhilarating and scary. While you can enjoy operating your own business without having to answer to an employer, you'll also need to worry about obtaining loads ...

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 ...

During oral arguments for Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC SCOTUS deliberated whether freight brokers be can held liable for negligent carrier selections through the FAAA’s safety exception or ...

Looking at the shocking December 2025 metrics, we couldn’t help but wonder how brokers are surviving. While, by almost any surface-level metric, freight brokerage volumes look healthy. Loads are ...

Stable spot rates coupled with rising contractual rates could help drive gross-margin expansion for freight brokers, according to experts. The spot market has been going through a process of ...

This story appears in the April 8 print edition of Transport Topics. Freight brokers and third-party logistics companies are making inroads in the less-than-truckload market, a trend that reflects the ...

Digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs, such as Uber Freight have entered asset-light truck brokerage over the past few years. It’s early in their evolution, but most DFMs hope to reinvent the ...

There’s been a feeling of late that, with all the advances being made in “Uber for freight” technologies, the role of the freight broker with be diminished or even eliminated altogether from the ...