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A Year to Forget for Third-Party Logistics Providers

2023 was a generally downtrodden year for 3PLs, with plummeting transportation rates and shippers focused on right-sizing inventories and reducing logistics costs.

April 12, 2024
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FMCSA Issues Guidance on Brokerage, Dispatch Service Terms

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued final regulatory guidance on its definitions of 鈥樷榖roker鈥欌 and 鈥樷榖ona fide agents.鈥澛

June 16, 2023
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How 3PLs Are Building More Collaborative Supply Chains

Third-party logistics providers have been adjusting to normalizing market conditions as supply chain disruptions, inventory shortages and surging demand have receded.

April 21, 2023
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Masterpiece to Use Turtle Crates for Art Shipments

Masterpiece International will exclusively distribute Turtle crates in the United States, Canada and Mexico through Turtle North America, the company said.

June 10, 2019
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Brokerage Within Intermodal Faces Added Complexity

LONG BEACH, Calif. 鈥 Brokerage and the spot market have been playing an increasingly important role in freight transportation, but freight brokerage in intermodal has added complexities that increase the need for strong communication and greater visibility.

September 24, 2018
Business

Kansas Freight Brokerage Firm Doubles in Size for Fourth Year

King of Freight, a Wichita, Kansas, trucking brokerage, is doubling in size and employees聽鈥 again.

December 15, 2016
Business

Sunteck Appoints Ken Forster CEO

Sunteck Transport Group, a Florida-based freight brokerage firm, said it has appointed Ken Forster its new CEO.

February 27, 2015
Business

TIA, NITL Close to Finishing Revision of Model Broker-Shipper Agreement

ATLANTA 鈥 The Transportation Intermediaries Association and the National Industrial Transportation League are nearing completion on a revised model agreement between brokers and shippers that is designed to serve as a model contract for freight transactions, TIA鈥檚 president said.

November 21, 2011
Business

Outsourcing By Small Shippers Fueling Growth Among Brokerage Firms, Freight Forwarders

Outsourcing of transportation services by smaller shippers is fueling revenue growth for brokerage firms and forwarders, while increasing the clout of many third-party logistics firms, industry observers said.

April 4, 2011