Freight Resources

What is Double Brokering in Freight?: A Guide for the Transportation Industry

Learn more about double brokering and how this fraudulent practice is hurting those in the freight industry.

Block and Brace: Best Practices To Secure Cargo on Trailers

What are blocking and bracing methods? Join us as we explain how to brace and block cargo safely and effectively using guidelines from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and industry best practices.

Trailer Repositioning: Maximize Cost Savings With Efficiency

Explore the concept of trailer repositioning and its impact on full truckload shipping. We’ll show you how this technique can lead to cost savings.

How to Negotiate Freight Rates: Convincing Ways To Save

Freight rates can fluctuate based on many factors. When rates are too high, you can use a few different methods to negotiate with your carrier.

Use Domestic Incoterms To Remove Confusion When Shipping

While Incoterms are usually used for international shipments, many domestic U.S. shippers have resorted to adopting them for domestic shipments. We’ll show you how domestic Incoterms work and how you can use them.

February 2, 2023

Container Chassis Shortage: The Latest Logistics Struggle

Does it seem like every time there is news about logistics, it’s about more delays? Unfortunately for the global supply chain, chassis for shipping containers are the latest cause for concern among shippers and carriers.

January 26, 2023

How To Ship Appliances: Easy Steps For Moving Home Goods

Shipping appliances is filled with all kinds of dangers and challenges. With our guide, we’ll show you how you can overcome them.

December 13, 2022

Costco Pallet Requirements: A Painless Way To Ship

Shipping goods to Costco requires you to follow quite a few of their pallet requirements. We’ll give the details on what you need to do to have a successful shipment.

December 1, 2022

Transporting Lithium Batteries: Keeping America’s Power On

The regulations for transporting lithium batteries can be daunting. Rise to the challenge with our guide that will tell you what you need to do.

September 28, 2022

Tender Rejection Rates: 5 Tips to Boost Shipping Success

High tender rejection rates can lead a shipper to ruin. Follow our tips so you can keep yours as low as possible.

September 20, 2022

Documents Required For Domestic Shipping: Must Haves

Discover what documents you’ll need and how to fill them out when you need to make a domestic truckload shipment.

What Does FAK Mean in Shipping? (And Why it Matters)

The abbreviation FAK is used to describe cargo in ocean, rail, and truck loads. Everyone might understand it as Freight of All Kinds, but it’s application changes from service to service.

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