Trucking Freight

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

This past year, DOTAuthority.com held its first Truckers Conference in Orlando, Florida. It was well-noted that our seminars on "How to Find Freight" and "How to Set Freight Rates" were standing-room only, so this month we'll look ...

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

Whenever I teach a freight rate development workshop, I talk about how important it is to know and understand what is going on in the market place and how rates are affected by supply and demand. In the United States, transportation rates are not set ...

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

They're called "freight brokers," "property brokers," "truck brokers," and "load brokers." Regardless, they're all the same. They're the middlemen of the trucking world: third-party intermediaries who, for comp ...