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Boost Driver Safety and Your Bottom Line

Oct 01, 2019

Brokers, Carriers, News, Shippers, Transportation

Boost Driver Safety and Your Bottom Line Link to Article Focus on safety and risk management to control rising insurance costs Many commercial fleets are seeing premium increases for the second or third year in a row, and some have even seen rates double – the direct result of increasingly high legal settlements and skyrocketing […]

What Is a Transportation Management System & 6 Ways a TMS Optimizes Shippers?

Sep 25, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Brokers, Carriers, Company, Freight, Freight Technology, Logistics, Shippers, Technology, Transportation

What Is a Transportation Management System & 6 Ways a TMS Optimizes Shippers? Supply chain management is a complex, ever-changing process. The actions of yesterday do not necessarily reflect the best practices of tomorrow. Amazon and Walmart continue to encroach on small businesses, and the ability to gain insight into freight spend has never been […]

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Sep 16, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Brokers, Carriers, Department of Transportation, FMSCA, Freight, Job Vacancy, Logistics, News, Shippers, Thought of the Day, Transportation

The team here at eTruckBook and TFSMall wanted to add our own appreciation for all truckers across the nation! Without you, the country for sure would grind to a halt!

Forming a Company – 5 of 5 in Starting a Logistics Operation – Brief History of the Brokers

Aug 23, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Brokers, Carriers, Education, Shippers, Thought of the Day, Transportation

Brief History of the Brokers The transportation industry has changed drastically since the Interstate Commerce Commission “ICC Termination Act of 1995” which deregulated the trucking and the transportation industry. Prior to 1980 there was only one authorized broker operating in the United States, but after 1995, there have been thousands of Property Brokers authorized to […]

7 Required Elements of an Enforceable Contract

Jul 29, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Administration, Brokers, Carriers, Management, News, Shippers, Transportation

7 Required Elements of an Enforceable Contract By: Bernadette A. Safrath A contract is a legal document between two parties. In order to be enforceable, the contract must contain seven elements. While more specific requirements may differ by state, the basics of contract law require that these seven elements exist regardless of where the contract […]

Mexican and Canadian Freight

Jul 27, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Brokers, Carriers, Department of Transportation, FMSCA, News, Thought of the Day, Transportation

Mexican and Canadian Freight The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issues “Property Broker License” to cover both interstate and foreign commerce, which includes imported and exported cargo, via steamship, Mexican and Canadian freight. This authority covers freight once it comes across the border and is transloaded at United States (US) ports, and processed through […]

ATA: Turnover rates in first quarter present “muddled picture” of driver market

Jul 21, 2019

Alyson Stasek

Brokers, Carriers, Freight, Logistics, Management, News, Shippers, Transportation

ATA: Turnover rates in first quarter present “muddled picture” of driver market The annualized turnover rate at large truckload fleets rose 5 percentage points in the year’s first quarter from the quarter prior, according to the American Trucking Associations, while the turnover rate at smaller truckload fleets fell four percentage points – the first dip […]

The Rights of Factoring Companies to Brokered Receivables

Jun 29, 2019

Alyson Stasek

brokers, contract, electronic logging device, factoring, logistics, manufacturing, receivables, transportation, trucking, uber

Brokers, Carriers, Management, Shippers, Transportation

TFSMall GIFT CARD

Purchase a gift card for your friend/relative that needs support getting their transportation business going. Gift Cards – TFS Mall

Jul 01, 2021

The team at TFS and eTruckBook salute and appreciate our veterans and military!

The team at TFS and eTruckBook salute and appreciate our veterans and military! As a veteran myself, I truly understand how much military personnel and their families give to their country. Today is Veterans Day! Veterans day is intended to honor and thank all military personnel who served the United States in all wars, particularly

Nov 11, 2020

Job Vacancy for a Broker and Dispatcher

RLB Transportation is looking for a Dispatcher and Broker in Lakewood California. Please apply with resume to ro**********@***oo.com

Nov 08, 2020

FMCSA to hold broker transparency listening session Oct. 28

FMCSA to hold broker transparency listening session Oct. 28 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will hold a listening session on three pending petitions on broker transparency on Oct. 28. “FMCSA would like to hear from members of the public on their views on the regulation of property carrier brokers in general and on three pending

Oct 24, 2020

Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/amazon-plans-put-1000-warehouses-suburban-neighborhoods

Sep 21, 2020

Saluting the men and women of the trucking industry who kept America's essential goods flowing during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.ttnews.com/events/special/heroes

Sep 21, 2020

Supply Chain Podcast from DAT

Check out the lastest podcasts from DAT and Freightvine. A GREAT way to keep up to day while on the road…just listen in! https://www.dat.com/resources/podcasts

Aug 23, 2020

Optimizing your Transportation Operations and Spend

A great article from 4Sight – optimizing your transportation operations and spend https://www.go4sight.com/practices/transportation?creative=376175063020&keyword=%2Btransportation%20%2Blogistic&matchtype=b&network=g&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI47_Tovux6wIVZeyGCh2CyQZtEAMYAyAAEgISefD_BwE

Aug 23, 2020

Companies Step Up Distribution Automation Under Pandemic Strains

Robots are helping speed the flow of goods while workers maintain social distance in warehousing and fulfillment operations https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-step-up-distribution-automation-under-pandemic-strains-11597224602 Source of article – Wall Street Journal

Aug 23, 2020

How the bosses wife’s bra is helping save his life!

Today, we must wear a mask when leaving our homes. It is now a necessity of life! In our materialistic world, people are trying to make money based on everyone’s need for a mask. Be assure that anyone who can follow a recipe and cook dinner, can make a home made mask, but here is

Apr 07, 2020

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TFSMall GIFT CARD

The team at TFS and eTruckBook salute and appreciate our veterans and military!

Job Vacancy for a Broker and Dispatcher

FMCSA to hold broker transparency listening session Oct. 28

Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

Saluting the men and women of the trucking industry who kept America's essential goods flowing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Supply Chain Podcast from DAT

Optimizing your Transportation Operations and Spend

Companies Step Up Distribution Automation Under Pandemic Strains

How the bosses wife’s bra is helping save his life!

TFS Posts Archive

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

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