Hurricane Helene left behind a devastating path of destruction at the end of September in the Southeast U.S. When the final estimates are calculated, Helene will likely go down the most expensive and deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Katrina. As the storm ravaged through parts of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee, it demolished many
As the calendar inches closer to Q4 and 2025, there’s a measure of optimism in the freight industry. After a prolonged downturn, some are even suggesting the freight recession might finally be over. But before the industry can fully celebrate, a looming threat could derail this recovery: a potential port strike by the International Longshoremen’s
In today’s competitive freight market, brokers are on the lookout for ways to increase margins and improve efficiency. With low rates and carriers scrambling for loads, it’s crucial to pay attention to two key aspects of operations: accuracy and scalability. The challenge, of course, is how to get there. Accessing capital and securing timely payments
When commercial vehicles get towed while hauling freight, jobs and commerce are at stake. For carriers and brokers of many sizes, one missed load or incomplete trip can be margin-shattering at best and catastrophic at worst. But on top of those pitfalls, towing companies may charge over six figures to move a tractor-trailer. And while
It’s very possible that the current freight market has finally turned, meaning that the worst of the two-year long freight recession could be behind us. However, fraud and theft – which have prospered during the downturn – don’t appear to be going anywhere. In this article, we’ll look at the most common forms of fraud
During the mid-2010s, self-driving vehicles of every variety – from sedan to semi – felt like an inevitability on the roadways within the next handful of years. General Motors, Toyota, and Honda all predicted that they would be producing self-driving cars by 2020. That anticipated reality didn’t come to fruition, as the technology of the
If you own a brokerage or play a significant role in its day-to-day operations, you are likely looking for ways to make business run more smoothly and successfully during an uncertain era. While there’s no magic solution that will fix all of what currently ails the industry, automation powered by artificial intelligence can help brokers
For this year’s TIA Capital Ideas Conference in Phoenix, Transflo proudly awarded a scholarship for attending the show to a young professional working to advance their career in the brokerage/3PL space. The winner of the 2024 scholarship is Aaron DeGroot, who works as Director, Risk Management for family-owned DeGroot Logistics in the Chicago area. DeGroot
Cross-border freight operations, the current freight recession, fraud, and transparency were a few of the many interesting topics addressed at the 2024 TIA Capital Ideas Conference held in Phoenix from April 10-13. The freight market has had to deal with a degree of whiplash over the last few years. The high-demand COVID era of 2020-21
During the last few years, artificial intelligence has gone from a topic espoused as the next big thing by data scientists and tech executives to the present-tense, here-now big thing that affects every major industry in the economy. Conversations about AI run the gamut from practical, day-to-day use cases to optimistic and pessimistic predictions about