Is it normal to feel guilty when you cut ties with employee/agent? I feel like I should have done more to help but at the end of the day, the whole reason I went the agent route was because I'm not a good manager.

I have been in freight sales for 30 plus years. I have been selling OTR truckload services for 17 years. Most shippers have annual pricing events. Most of the time we are told , pricing too high, not competitive. I always like to know where we rank as compared to whom. I am an irregular route one-way OTR provider. I liked to ranked and measured against the same. I think many times we are measured against brokers, dedicated or private fleets. I will never be competitive with those folks. Make It a Great day

We have been getting hit hard with double brokering but, with the help of loading and receiving warehouses, we have been able to stop it. Thought we had all strategic processes in place until last week. Before Carrier A was loaded, we confirmed MC/DOT on the truck matched up. Sometime after pickup, our cargo was offloaded and loaded on to Carrier B who in turn delivered our freight. Although Carrier A's factoring company sent us an invoice, they advised we legally do not have to pay them as dispatch never submitted the load to them. Carrier A expressed frustration that I reached out to their factoring company. To find out, he had no intention of submitting this load to them and only did so after the Factoring Co called to find out what was going on. Carrier A & Carrier B have separate DOT/MC #'s, addresses, etc. Although separate, Carrier A is trying to justify his actions in passing on our load saying both carriers are owned by the same person. I did obtain the carrier packet from Carrier B and sure enough the W9 is signed by the same person who signed Carrier B's W9. If owner in fact owns both entities, this still does not provide a loophole to double broker and do not want to get caught in games when it comes to payment as both physically had a part in the load. Carrier B has yet to reach out requesting payment. Has anyone run into this type of scenario and if so, how did you handle resolution?

The story of inflation & cost to do business continues to get bleaker for our carrier friends out there. With most freight I see on the board barely being above this $2.27 operating cost estimate is the damage more then people are aware of to the carriers? https://www.ccjdigital.com/economic-trends/freight-demand/article/15678318/permile-cost-of-trucking-hit-record-high-in-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_content=06-26-2024&utm_campaign=CM_NL_CCJ+Daily&utm_source=CM_NL_CCJ+Daily&ust_id=3c8edb5b1c3638e951e9bedb13d445f98bb2419a&oly_enc_id=9629J8650390I5N

By now y'all know how ANTI-EV I AM but I am also a huge proponent of a viable & sustainable option to diesel trucks. One of these options I'd like to see to continue to evolve & hopefully take the forefront are the CNG/LNG engines. Unfortunately our Govt. isn't throwing billions of tax incentives & touting it like they do the alternatives so it's mainly up to the private sector. Yes we face some of the same issues like lack of fueling stations & the costs of these tractors are a little high, however the push for CNG is nothing new & there are already many refueling stations already built with more planned. Now the cost being a 1/3-1/2 of what an EV does mean a savings. Not to mention that current diesel engines can be retrofitted for CNG further cutting your costs VS buying new. https://www.ccjdigital.com/alternative-power/natural-gas/article/15671115/cummins-x15n-raises-the-profile-of-natural-gas