It’s that time of year again. Days are getting longer, temperatures are rising, crowds are flocking to the ballparks, and the spring shipping season is heating up.
Who said shipping containers are only good for shipping? The basic shipping container has gone mainstream in recent years, and not because of its impeccable shipping capabilities. In fact, people are turning them into their dream homes! Shipping containers were … Read More
Every year, nearly 25 million containers and trailers are moved using intermodal drayage transportation. Electronics, mail, food, paper products, clothes appliances, textiles and auto parts all take a ride on the country’s intermodal network. In fact, Intermodal is growing faster … Read More
For most brokers, your most valuable asset is managing online reputation. A good reputation is something that takes years to build and maintain. Unfortunately, undoing that reputation can happen quite quickly, especially in the age of the internet and social … Read More
We could have used a few other adjectives to describe this character; most inconsiderate or selfish. Dangerous would have worked too. All those descriptions would work in this case, along with a whole lot more that we can't use in polite … Read More
Truckload Freight When discussing truckload freight, what determines whether a load is a good load or bad load? You'll often get a different answer depending on who is being asked. There are different factors considered by the various parties involved in truckload freight, and often … Read More
Freight Broker Licensed Wouldn’t it be great if trusted all of the parties involved in freight without a shadow of a doubt? Sometimes this is indeed possible – when you’ve worked with the same partners for years and you’ve managed … Read More
Truck Drivers This post is mainly for all of you out there who have never driven a truck before. These are concerns we hear all the time from people on the roads regarding truck drivers.
How Amazon Changed Shipping Regardless of how you feel about Amazon.com, there is one thing you can’t deny: The company has forever changed the landscape of shipping customer goods. Prior to Amazon’s 2-day shipping option, truckers and shippers only had … Read More
You may have heard the shortened term “LTL shipping”, but not sure what it means. Less-Than-Truckload shipping, which is what LTL stands for and means the shipment does not completely fill an entire truck, is a huge business. As a … Read More