Various factors are affecting the future of the freight brokerage market, including advanced technologies like AI (artificial intelligence).

The holiday shipping rush is here 🎁🚛 — and shippers need to get ready. From late October to early January, freight volumes soar as retail, e-commerce, and general cargo flood the supply chain.

Numerous players in the trucking industry are predicting that freight rates will rise after the record lows experienced in 2023?

As technological advancements have progressed, so has the capacity of numerous industries to use AI in their services. One of the industries that have increased the use of AI in the last decade has been transportation.

With a market reaching nearly 48.9 billion USD, the importance of tanker trucking has been shown in U.S. domestic shipping. Despite this, shippers only know little about this type of transport.

Have you ever driven on a highway and noticed a truck with a sign saying “oversize load” on the front? An oversized load is a cargo that surpasses the weight or size that allows for conventional transportation by truck. Examples of this type of this freight include construction materials like large beams, machinery like bulldozers, and wind turbines.

Both shippers and truckers have felt the impact of overcapacity, which has been different depending on the players involved.

Fraud in domestic shipping is one of the biggest concerns that truckers and shippers have in the trucking industry.

While a potential slowdown may concern shippers, it should not stop the cargo flow. A benefit that can come from the current LTL industry is that the costs for shipping may go down. However, getting in touch with a freight broker can also lead to finding the best prices for moving goods.

Not using a freight broker can hurt the shipment when moving cargo domestically. Freight brokers are the intermediary between shippers and trucking companies.