Plus, the latest on brokerage exits, a trucking company closes its doors, Landstar quantifies fraud impact, and more.
Freight brokers are over AI hype. Here's why they want ready-to-use tools (not overhauls) and how Epay Manager is quietly changing the game.
Trump just announced sweeping tariffs in the biggest trade policy shift in decades. Markets are already reeling. Let’s break it down.
Plus, a TQL recruiting video gets a lot of reactions, the greatest trucking advertisement of all time, and a freight meme.
TGIF. Wouldn't it be nice if call-ins for loads were handled by AI? Fleetworks, a YC-backed company, just debuted their AI broker that handles load inquiries. Scroll below to watch the phone call between a carrier calling in and the AI robot. Besides that, we did a deep dive on the rising road risks and insurance costs for trucking companies.
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Plus, the latest on brokerage exits, a trucking company closes its doors, Landstar quantifies fraud impact, and more.
Trump just announced sweeping tariffs in the biggest trade policy shift in decades. Markets are already reeling. Let’s break it down.
Plus, a $350K beef fraud sheme, trucker faced 17 deportations prior to deadly crash, Transfix debuts new tech, and more.
True “produce season” in the continental United States lasts from about April to October, with Sun Belt markets dominating April through June and Midwestern markets dominating July through October.
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