Mandeep, the link will provide alternative ways to collect. Hope it helps sir How Motor Carriers Can Collect Freight Charges: Alternative Methods & Legal Protections

@Mandeep Kaur if they are a carrier and drayman then they have insurance. Damage occurred outside of port they are liable. Reach out to Drew Wilder Singleton, worth the investment

@Tiffany Lawson , we/I receive at least 5 per day asking to CO-Broker. If not done properly it is Double Brokering. We do have Co-Broker agreements with US companies as we specialize in Canada which benefits them and their customer. As per @Steven Tittle would work to move my own freight, a) there is not enough margin available with current rates. b) there are 280,000 carriers registered in the USA looking to make relationship with you. If being new credit and cash flow are a challenge reach out to @Dan de Varona he can assist. The article below may assist you as well understanding CO-Brokering more. (18) CO-Brokering is Legal if done Correctly. | LinkedIn

@Steven Tittle this is new, will be following your comments to learn sir.

Understand I did not answer the question. @John Radvansky you hit on the first one, ocean if you do not have experience hire a FF, NVOCC who does. This is not an area you want to learn on the fly. Ocean is the most negative cash flow business in transportation, if you want to avoid demurrage you pay 3 days before ship is berthed, my customer had 40 arrive. we pay $398, 200 USD, customer invoice goes out 5 days later, 15-45 days for payment. Then you have the GEO political aspects, war, pirates, Houthis, Hamas and your rates go up 2-3500 in surcharges without notice. Then add we have the unions in North America, NO tech and the worst performing ports in the world.

@Lydia Brown not sure that will work as a song. Have Georgia on my mind. LOL

@Lisa Taylor , if you are not following or connected to Curtis Garrett he is excellent. MX look for the new one Cargo Data. There are a few others, LTL carriers are also considering using CWT rates. Cube Weight Tariff rates, that will pay carriers for all the air in the trailer and eliminate a class system. Has been used in Canada for 20 years now

@Lisa Taylor worked for one of the largest LTL carriers in Canada. The company has 17 terminals and moves 30,000 containers on rail of LTL per year. If you need help in Canada with CWT and directing to carriers reach out. The biggest key is shippers have to understand their freight dims and weight. If not the additional billing will cause tensions. Brokers need to understand the LTL network they are using. US national LTL carriers use P&D and hub and spoke, freight is handled several times, make sure it is packaged to move through the carriers network. Understand the transit times, as LTL from IL to CA standard could take 9-11 days to deliver. Margins are 20-30% on LTL versus TL at 8-12% dry van OTR. Understand the 30% may still be $50-$75 per shipment. If you do that 10-20 times per day can be rewarding. What I like Miss Taylor is you are adapting to the market. TL is down as shippers do not have the volumes so LTL is up and model they are using. well done, diversification to meet current market.