How Freight Brokerage works

Freight brokerage is a business that connects a manufacturing company that has goods needing transport with a carrier company that actually ships the goods to the consumers. This business serves as the go-between for the manufacturers, transporters and customers, with the end result being a quick and efficient transfer of…

How to Figure rates of Truck Freights

Setting the freight rates for your trucks is one of the most important decisions you will make when you operate a trucking company. Your rates will determine your success: If your rates are too high, you will not have customers, and if your rates are too low you will lose…

License Requirements to become a Freight Broker

A freight broker puts a trucker and a load together and handles the paperwork. The freight broker never has physical control of the load. Many freight brokers work out of their homes using the Internet and a fax machine. Anyone wanting to work as a freight broker must get a…

Senate Bill S. 3483: Will this be helpful?

Last week, Senate Bill S. 3483, the so-called Motor Carrier Protection Act of 2010 was introduced by Senators Olympia Snow (R-Maine) and Amy Klouchbar (D-Minnesota). S. 3483 would amend section 139 of title 49, United States Code, to add more regulation and oversight of freight brokers and freight forwarders –…

Trucking Industry in the Modern World

Trucking Industry in the Modern World: Here’s a question for you: what do your clothes, your soap, your car, your computer, and your sofa have in common? Answer: all of them were delivered by truck to the stores where you purchased them. Virtually everything you’ll find for sale is transported…

Is Freight Broker Education a good investment?

Freight brokering is a growing field, and with good reason. Few business opportunities offer its combination of advantages, including high-income potential, flexible hours, and the ability to work from home. Not everyone can be successful in it, though. Being a broker requires a diverse set of skills, including marketing, sales,…

Does incorporating business the right way to do?

One of the first things truck brokers need to decide is how to set up their firm. The law recognizes a number of ways to do so, including sole proprietors and partnerships. But you may find that incorporating your business is the right way to go. Here’s a look at…

Importance of Surety Bonds in becoming a Freight Broker

Why do we need Freight Broker Surety Bonds? Because these bonds are a firm financial guarantee and are required by FMCSA. A bond protects truckers hired by a freight broker by ensuring that payments for the jobs are complete. This type of bond assures that both parties (the shipper and…

Becoming Freight Broker Agents

As a third party intermediary, there are certain things that need to do before becoming a full-pledged freight broker agents. Here is the list of the things you have to remember and carry out to jump-start your career in the freight brokering business. Freight Brokering and Freight Broker Agents Experience…

Ways to Figure Truck Freight Rates

Truck Freight Rates: Setting the freight rates for your trucks is one of the most important decisions you will make when you operate a trucking company. Your rates will determine your success: If your rates are too high, you will not have customers, and if your rates are too low…

How Does a Credit Report Affect Getting a Customs Brokerage License?

Importance Credit report: Along with additional records such as a criminal history, help government officials verify an applicant’s identity, but, more important, those reports help gauge an applicant’s integrity. Customs brokers control millions of dollars of goods entering the U.S. A poor credit history, especially if it includes serious negative…

Trucking firms face fines for skirting payroll costs

Payroll costs: Truck drivers may drive hundreds of miles a day, but many are doing it without benefits and routine worker protections, according to lawmakers going after companies that improperly classify the drivers as independent contractors. Assembly members released a proposal last week that sets a much higher bar for port…

Truckers Guided by GPS Said to Hit N.Y. Bridges 200 Times

Truckers following faulty directions by global positioning systems devices have hit bridges in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County more than 200 times in the past two years, the New York Democrat said in a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday. About 80 percent of bridge strikes…