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Carriers’ right to review what the shipper paid for a brokered load

Knowing what the shipper paid for your brokered load on a case-by-case basis can help you determine whether you're treated fairly by the broker. That is, if you can get past barriers some brokers erect against a carrier's review of transaction records.

April 30, 2020

Overdrive Extra

The owner-operator’s No. 1 freight negotiations tool — Right of refusal

As an owner-operator, your right of refusal is your best freight negotiation tool in a down market. Gary Buchs offers insights and information here on Overdrive.

April 27, 2020

Business

Low rates in troubled spot market prompt protest, letter writing campaign

Some small fleets and owner-operators are writing to the attorneys general and state governors urging action on "reverse price gouging" as frustrations grow.

April 21, 2020

Business

Small fleets struggle as freight levels continue nosedive

Small fleets note stark declines in trucking freight and say brokers exploit lower rates. Find out how the coronavirus is impacting owner-operators here.

April 21, 2020

Business

How to file on a broker’s surety bond

Do you know what to do when a broker doesn't pay you? Discover the steps you need to take when filing on a broker's surety bond today.

March 23, 2020

Business

How brokers, carriers can prevent business ID theft schemes

When it comes to business identity theft, both carriers and brokers can do their due diligence and derail the business impersonation schemes. More on Overdrive.

March 12, 2020

Business

Growing broker/carrier identity theft schemes reaping millions

Business identity theft in the trucking industry is growing and perpetrators are impersonating both carriers and brokers to move loads and pocket the payments.

March 9, 2020

Business

Critics say trust fund surety fails to protect truckers in claims against brokers

Critics note brokers' trust fund sureties can exist with little or lax regulation, and with too few trust assets backing them up. Learn more here on Overdrive.

March 4, 2020

Business

A ‘hit it and move on’ broker scam — and more loopholes

As brokerage scams multiply, learn from Allan Workman’s experience with Cedar Freight and discover an important loophole scammers exploit here.

March 2, 2020

Business

‘You just lose’ when middlemen don’t pay: Broker reform eight years in the waiting

Who is to blame for the lingering transportation brokerage problems and lack of attention to MAP-21? Read more details here on Overdrive.

February 28, 2020

Channel 19

<$1/mile freight? C’mon, brokers, really?

For too many brokers fishing for sub-$1/mile rates, it’s like “tossing a peanut shell into the cage of a starving patriot,” says independent reader Jeffery Hanson. “The starving man will eat it. But he does not realize he is almost dead, just that he is hungry.” For brokers doing this: it won’t be long before “it comes for them, too.”

February 14, 2020

Overdrive Radio

For the love of … Patty the traveling road dog, with owner-op Rob Goodwin, and introducing ‘Over the Road’

This week on Overdrive Radio, reefer truck driver Rob Goodwin discusses life on the road with his bulldog Patty, the Traveling Road Dog. Details on Overdrive.

February 12, 2020