The Daily Dash: Financial growth for the industry and a freight brokerage bucks COVID-19 trends

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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the third-quarter financial report of industry lender BMO suggests positive momentum going forward for carriers. Plus, a Tennessee freight brokerage continues record growth despite the pandemic, and new visibility tools and transportation management system integrations aim to improve carrier and shipper operations.

Hopeful signs

The finances of BMO, a major lender to the trucking sector, appear to...

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Trident Transport grows headcount by 25% during COVID-19

Trident Transport, a full-truckload freight brokerage based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with offices in Tampa, Florida, and Minneapolis, has pushed through pandemic-related disruptions to the transportation industry and continued growing at a rapid clip.

Trident was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the country’s fastest-growing companies for the third year in a row, recording a three-year revenue growth rate of 768.8%. Founded in 2013 by freight industry veterans from Access America and Coyote...

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