Thirteen months after FMCSA reopened the comment period on the broker transparency NPRM, the rule sits quiet. Where it actually is, what each side wants, and what to do at your desk while it waits.
Field Report
National dry van spot and contract rates have spent six months grinding closer together. DAT just called it the smallest gap since March 2022. Here's what spread compression actually means at the desk, and why it bites hardest on border-feeder lanes like Atlanta to Laredo.
Founder's Desk
Detention doesn't show up on a broker's P&L as a line item. It shows up as rising spot costs, dropping acceptance rates, and phone calls from shippers who can't figure out why their lane suddenly feels harder. Here's what it actually costs, why it's getting worse, and what works at the desk.
Founder's Desk
A founder's ground-level read on the freight market. Why capacity bled instead of flushing, what the rate indexes miss, three predictions for the next twelve months, and the operator playbook I'm running.
Founder's Desk
A $1.6 trillion industry moves this country. Almost nobody writes about it honestly. Here's what The Backhaul is, what it isn't, and why you're going to want it in your inbox every Tuesday morning.
