Tag: broker transparency

Voices

More 'big rips': Owner-ops flag biggest broker margins they've seen

Debate over brokered-freight transaction transparency never lets up when freight markets are sluggish -- a recent question answered by hundreds of owner-ops revealed the biggest takes they'd seen through the years, and plenty more debate around the issue.

April 18, 2024

Regulations

FMCSA forces broker transparency from Uber Freight after double brokering scam

After a small fleet owner caught scammers red-handed double brokering an Uber Freight load, FMCSA got involved and forced transparency from the broker, amid ongoing payment dispute.

April 10, 2024

Business

Big Rips, Fat Lips: Biggest broker margins, fails reported in March

DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo reveals how some brokers chalked up 70% margins on transactions in March in a push for his own data-driven brand of broker transparency.

April 4, 2024

Business

Kevin Rutherford's MATS talk derailed by broker transparency argument

After a talk on business fundamentals and Rutherford's insights on winning mind-sets, an owner-operator in the crowd clashed with him on the issue of brokered-freight transaction transparency.

April 3, 2024

Business

Ikea v. Convoy: Lawsuit reveals glimpse at contract rates, broker margins

Ikea's lawsuit against Convoy reveals freight rates the mega shipper agreed to pay the broker, sometimes well above the average that brokers were paying owner-ops on the spot market at the time.

February 27, 2024

Business

Ikea's October 2023 Transportation Agreement contract with Convoy

This exhibit in a lawsuit between Ikea and the now defunct broker Convoy shines a light on rates data spot market carriers just might not ever get to see otherwise.

February 27, 2024

Business

Broker margins, rates data, transparency: What owner-operators really think

Whether you're a trucker looking for opinions on your side of the brokered-freight transparency debate, or a broker looking to understand your service providers, these survey results shine more light on one of trucking's most important topics.

February 23, 2024

Overdrive Extra

Potential broker-transparency rule not 'signficant,' yet FMCSA 'remains committed' to pursuit

The agency said a potential rulemaking changing brokered-transaction transparency regs was not 'significant,' hence not included in Monday's DOT Significant Rulemaking Report. Many owner-ops, no doubt, beg to differ.

January 30, 2024

Regulations

Did FMCSA just end the fight over broker transparency?

A proposed rule responding to petitions to enhance regulations related to transparency into brokered-freight transactions is notably absent from a new rulemaking document. Also: FMCSA now plans to propose speed limiters in May, and more.

January 29, 2024

Business

Brokered-freight rates transparency: Weigh in on these two questions

Would more readily knowing what a shipper is paying for a brokered load help you in negotiations? In filtering about the greedy among those you do business with? Do you value average spot-rate metrics? Weigh in via this two-question survey.

January 19, 2024

Business

How much money are brokers really making from owner-operators' hauls?

DAT's Ken Adamo tries to show that brokers take, on average, less than 15% of any load's full payment, but many owner-ops don't buy it as some even question the motives and tools running freight tech.

January 17, 2024

Channel 19

Owner-ops survived 2023 -- now give 'em hell in 2024

In 2023 everyone wanted to tell owner-operators their business -- whether you could survive the market, outrun a Tesla, brave increasingly wild or criminal threats. Most survived, some thrived, and will come back harder next year.

December 28, 2023