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Check Call: It’s all coming together

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EST. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

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Better together is a phrase that didn’t die in the pandemic as BNSF Railway, Grupo México Transportes (GMXT) and J.B. Hunt Services have taken the phrase literally. These three companies are working...

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Check Call: The Supreme Court and broker liability 

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EST. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

In this edition: The Supreme Court is petitioned to rule on freight brokers and F4A, and it’s been a rough year for brokerages. 

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Broker liability, it’s something that haunts every broker’s nightmares. What...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-supreme-court-and-broker-liability

The biggest freight brokerage layoffs and bankruptcies in 2023

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Compared to trucking carriers, freight brokerages can avoid shutdowns even during nasty freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-biggest-freight-brokerage-layoffs-and-bankruptcies-in-2023

Check Call: Hackers hunt for brokers

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Check Call: November steals

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It’s Q4 and cargo theft is on the rise. It’s a down market and end of the year, and cargo thefts typically rise this time of year. However, this year CargoNet saw a 59% increase year over year in thefts and pilferage in the U.S. and Canada during the third quarter. The top way goods were ending up in the wrong hands was through “shipment misdirection,” in which thieves were using stolen identities from truckers and freight brokers to get freight from the intended receiver. 

Freigh...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-november-steals

As economy motors along, trucking prepares to downshift

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To underscore the fragile state of trucking, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller pointed to a development...

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Check Call: Spooky season for all

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Check Call: The grim future

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Over the course of the past week, the news cycle has his a little closer to home. Convoy is closing up shop, aside from a few workers who were helping facilitate a sale, and now Slync is looking at bankruptcy

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Check Call: Texas takes the top spot

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Laredo, Texas, is channeling its best impression of Whitney Houston as it retains for the seventh straight month the top spot among all 450 international gateways for trade in August with a casual $28.6...

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Check Call: Enter the ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ era

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

This week there is a special treat in the form of a webinar for brokers: 4 Keys to Broker Success in the Challenging Freight Market, scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT Thursday. Special guests from Tai Software and SIO Logistics...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-enter-the-glengarry-glen-ross-era

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