Whether you’re a motor carrier that works with brokers or you’re thinking of spinning off your own freight brokerage business from your fleet operations, you need to know about surety bonds, also ...

A freight broker arranges for truck transportation of cargo. The broker does not own the trucks that transports the cargo but acts as a go-between between the shipping company and the trucking company ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed changes to freight broker and freight forwarder financial responsibility requirements, addressing the problem of brokers that don’t pay ...

New legislation designed to significantly beef up regulatory oversight of freight brokers and freight forwarders operating within the trucking industry is drawing both praise and concern-- especially ...

Joining the Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents in efforts to repeal the increased broker and freight forwarder surety requirements written into last year’s MAP-21 highway bill is ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday announced it is extending the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) offering rules to change broker and freight forwarder ...

Let’s start with the facts—then we’ll dig into what they really mean. On January 16, 2026, the FMCSA will begin enforcing stricter compliance standards around freight broker and freight forwarder ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule that establishes financial security requirements for freight forwarders, taking further action on legislation that stretches ...

Brokers, freight forwarders and nonvessel operating common carriers, or NVOCC, are required by federal law to carry a surety bond in the event they fail to pay the carrier that performs the move on ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering tightening regulations to lessen the number of what it calls “unscrupulous” brokers who try to avoid paying claims levied against them by ...

The freight brokerage business involves arranging transportation services between freight companies and the businesses that require their services. The broker finds the best rates given the type of ...