🎣 From Basement Office to $70M Brokerage
"I’m constantly seeking out knowledge, whether that’s from people from the industry that have gone before me, or what I can find online.”
"I’m constantly seeking out knowledge, whether that’s from people from the industry that have gone before me, or what I can find online.”
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Aurora's driverless trucks are moving real loads between Dallas and Houston right now, and nobody is in the cab. Plus: RXO signals a strong freight rebound, Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics, rail got faster to Mexico, and more.
Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network — the safety scores are not okay.
Amazon just became a direct rival to the biggest names in parcel, freight, and 3PL services. Plus: shippers are paying a lot more, your carrier check may be passing thieves through, a $4M cargo theft recovery shows what's possible, and more.
"I think this is just one more way that you can go about finding quality capacity to better run your operation.”
A 20-year veteran of the freight industry, with 60k TikTok followers, argued that small carriers can't survive without brokers. Plus: the FBI's PSA, Steam Logistics sues two of its own, Ohio Turnpike comes for 315 carriers, and more.
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How Lloyd’s of London went from a dockside coffee shop to the backbone of global cargo insurance and why freight brokers still debate using it.
Aurora's driverless trucks are moving real loads between Dallas and Houston right now, and nobody is in the cab. Plus: RXO signals a strong freight rebound, Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics, rail got faster to Mexico, and more.
Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network — the safety scores are not okay.
Amazon just became a direct rival to the biggest names in parcel, freight, and 3PL services. Plus: shippers are paying a lot more, your carrier check may be passing thieves through, a $4M cargo theft recovery shows what's possible, and more.
"I think this is just one more way that you can go about finding quality capacity to better run your operation.”
"I think this is just one more way that you can go about finding quality capacity to better run your operation.”
“I knew that a digital brokerage was just another broker with a digital app.”
"I think some TMS's are failing because they don’t understand what brokers do every day."
"You need to know the rules of the game, and then you need to know how to play it."
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