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LiVe Logistics shares insightful articles on Freight Broker, featuring tips, how-tos, advice, guidance, and more. LiVe Logistics offers a variety of 3PL services, including full truckload (FTL), less-than-truckload (LTL), shared truckload (STL), multi-stop deliveries, drop trailers, box trucks, sprinter vans, flatbeds, refrigerated, frozen, reefer, flatbeds, intermodal, rail, and warehousing.
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1d ago
Transportation Sector's Downturn Contrasts with Surging Durable Goods & Changing Shipping Rates The transportation sector experienced a 15% decline in 2023 compared to the previous year. However, LiVe Logistics—with an extensive carrier network of over 40,000 companies and independent drivers—doubled load volumes. Spending on durable goods was up, but shipping ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1d ago
In the logistics and transportation industry, the vetting of drivers and carriers may not always receive the attention it deserves to protect customer interests. From employing drivers with high accident and claim rates or low performance results to skipping background checks, this oversight can lead to significant risks, including shipping ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1d ago
When you schedule your LTL shipments, do you know when they’ll be picked up and delivered? Are you putting up with LTL delays? Long gone are the days when LTL trailers were dispatched on a regular cadence throughout the day, leaving on preset intervals like clockwork regardless of trailer cube ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1M ago
For better or worse, you now have more freight options than ever before, ranging from Asset-based Carriers, to Traditional Brokers to Tech-only Brokers. How do you choose the right option for your freight? See how each option compares in the table below: Service Type Asset-Based Carriers* Traditional Brokers Tech-Only Brokers ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
5M ago
Two fallacies seem to have emerged as the freight market has evolved. Understanding what is really going on will put you in the best position to always know where your freight is, ensure more on-time shipments, and reduce your freight total cost of ownership (TCO). Fallacy #1: Large, Asset-Based Carriers ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
6M ago
Because of decreases in durable goods shipments compared with 2020 through 2022, freight costs have declined significantly but have flattened out, so contract pricing is near to spot pricing. While shippers and transportation professionals can breathe a sigh of relief, this may only last for the next 6-12 months. Other ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
9M ago
With the drumbeat of recession chatter, combined with falling year-over-year shipment volume and pricing, it can be easy to be pessimistic. However, it’s important to be cautious with year-over-year numbers: artificially high demand for durable goods through most of the pandemic—caused by an artificially low supply of consumer services due ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
10M ago
How do you know if your loads are covered, especially if they are high-value and high-risk? Does your carrier or broker cover load losses over $100,000 even if it’s not their fault? How can you avoid the financial disaster that could follow a freight disaster? Understanding the difference between cargo ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1y ago
At a recent Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) conference, we were struck by how disconnected supplier and reseller communications are. Many just don’t see a path to connecting the dots primarily because their carriers and/or brokers don’t provide this for them. This freight status quo has been accepted ..read more
LiVe Logistics » Freight Broker
1y ago
We understand that it may be difficult to know what you need for your flatbed shipments. To help familiarize you with the options so that we can prepare a flatbed quote without lots of back-and-forth, we pulled together the options below for you to consider. Flatbed Types The following types ..read more