All Blog Five Reasons to Sign on With USL’s Freight Agent Program Tuesday, July 27, 2021 By Drew Jackson Freight brokerage is a fast-moving industry. Here are five ways that the US Logistics freight agent program helps independent agents keep pace with their customers. Read more Four Myths About Working with Freight Brokers Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by Drew Jackson There are advantages to working with freight brokers that shippers often overlook. Here are four of them. Read more Caution Ahead: Despite the Freight Boom, Rising Costs Could Put a Dent in Carrier Growth Thursday, April 22, 2021 by Drew Jackson After rates cratered during the first half of 2020, the trucking industry is rebounding. Now carriers are facing a new set of challenges. Read more Omitting These Two Steps to Carrier Vetting Could Cost Freight Agents Their Business Thursday, March 25, 2021 Lost freight. Ruined shipments. No-shows. Lapsed insurance. Loads held hostage. In-transit traffic violations. These are nightmare scenarios for any independent freight broker agent, and with good reason. Read more Check Calling Technology Delivers More Time to USL Freight Agents Monday, February 15, 2021 When it comes to moving freight, time is literally money – and there is just never enough of it. Consider that we spend an average of 54 hours a year stuck in traffic. That’s more than two days spent sitting in your vehicle every year. Read more How to Avoid Slow-Pay Brokers Tuesday, January 26, 2021 The trucking industry saw more than its share of rate volatility last year. After the bottom dropped out during the first and second quarters of 2020, high rates are back. That’s a welcome change for carriers and drivers. But the victory is fleeting when brokers are slow to pay. Read more The Trucking Industry is About to Take a Starring Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Efforts Sunday, December 13, 2020 Reports that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be made available in the U.S. are welcome news in what has been a tough year. Truck drivers were in the spotlight this spring and summer as they risked their health to keep our country moving forward. Now, as the manufacturing and distribution phases of Operation Warp Speed ramp up, carriers and drivers will become a vital component to one of the most important supply chain efforts in a generation. Read more Support Team: Connecting Agents and Carriers to Keep Our Economy Moving Wednesday, October 21, 2020 From slumps to surges, the past year has brought anything but certainty to the logistics industry. Yet just as carriers are seeing an across-the-board uptick in demand, a reported shortage of truck drivers could pump the breaks on recovery efforts. Read more The Coercion Rule: Four Tips for Avoiding FMCSA Penalties Thursday, August 13, 2020 When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) enacted its Coercion Rule in 2016, it gave the agency more authority over freight brokers, shippers and receivers to hold them accountable for forcing drivers to violate the agency’s regulations. Read more Four Logistics Needs An App Can Never Replace Thursday, July 9, 2020 For years we’ve been hearing about automation as the big innovation in the logistics industry. But this spring, Uber Technologies announced it was closing 45 offices and laying off thousands of employees, calling the role of automation in the logistics industry into question. Is it really adding value to the services we provide? And how much automation is too much? Read more Better Together: How Communication Can Strengthen Logistics Relationships During COVID-19 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 There is no doubt that we are living through an unprecedented economic crisis that has plunged all lines of business and commerce into a state of uncertainty. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many are out of work because their jobs are considered nonessential, while essential workers are risking their health and safety — as well as the safety of their families and households — on a daily basis. Read more Don't Call Yourself A Carrier, Confirm Your Role As Broker Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Ask the most successful freight broker agents how they built their business and they’ll tell you that it starts with relationships and customer service. The better you are at making the process as streamlined as possible for your shippers, the more often they’ll return to you with additional business. Read more Load More