Combatting Freight Fraud: How to Safeguard Your Shipments in 2024
In recent years, the trucking and logistics industry has faced significant challenges due to the rise in freight fraud, particularly double brokering. This issue has led to substantial financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions for businesses involved in the transportation of goods. As we navigate 2024, it’s crucial for shippers to stay vigilant and […]
GOODBYE, GOLDILOCKS; VOLATILITY IS HERE TO STAY, AND RFP’S PLAY A MAJOR PART
Historically, myriad reoccurring factors play into pricing volatility in transportation markets. Regulatory pressures, seasonal demands, weather-related disruptions, and driver supply and demand converge to shape the market. Now we have seen the staggering, unprecedented impact of Covid-19, and the resulting over-supply of capacity as transportation segments such as food service and energy came to a […]
SELECTING THE RIGHT FREIGHT CARRIER ENSURES BRAND INTEGRITY FOR SHIPPERS OF PERISHABLE GOODS
Select Carriers’ goal as a freight sales agency is to ensure a customer’s needs are met by selecting a freight carrier that promotes brand integrity, particularly when perishable goods are involved. It is critical for today’s modern transportation managers to ensure they protect their branded products as they move through the supply chain. Temp-controlled carriers play a […]
IDDBA NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT OF SELECT CARRIERS AS A FREIGHT SHIPPING PARTNER
Select Carriers continuously strives to enhance our capabilities as a premier freight shipping partner. We are a proud member of The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) and excited to be featured in their new member spotlight this month. Partnering with associations like IDDBA augments our capabilities as a freight sales agency. The IDDBA is a nonprofit trade association for food […]
DYNAMIC TRANSPORTATION MARKET CALLS FOR FREIGHT SALES MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE FROM SELECT CARRIERS
Market volatility reinforces the need to partner with a strategic freight sales management firm. Domestic transportation networks have tremendous constraints on them pointing to a robust freight shipping market through the rest of the year and quite possibly, well into 2022. There are a number of factors at play which are creating somewhat of a perfect storm of extreme […]
HOW SELECT CARRIERS’ NETWORK OF ASSET BASED CARRIERS AND CAPACITY SOLUTIONS CAN HELP YOU COMBAT MARKET VOLATILITY AND PUNISHING SPOT PRICING
Select Carriers is your doorway to direct relationships with high-quality, asset based carriers. We provide business development support and freight sales management to our asset based carriers. Unlike a broker, we make a direct match between our freight shipping partners and our asset based carriers. Our services enable our carriers to secure high-quality, consistent freight from “Shippers of Choice,” and […]
ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO VISIT OUR ASSET BASED CARRIERS AND SHIPPERS OF CHOICE
Please follow along as our very own Jeff Miller (aka “Montana Miller”) embarks on his adventures across America to visit our shipper and asset based carrier partners. November 2020 Update: We recently unveiled our solution to safely travel to see our asset based carriers and shippers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Montana Legacy Edition Fifth-wheel has become my […]
SELECT CARRIERS STRENGTHENS TEAM WITH MOLSON COORS EXECUTIVE JAKE KILLGORE
Select Carriers is thrilled to welcome Jake Killgore to the team as a Director of Sales and Business Development. Jake joins with 20 years of combined shipper and carrier experience and expertise in warehousing, TMS, SAP, RFP and transportation procurement. Jake is a native of Colorado and attended the University of Kansas where he graduated […]
UNDERSTANDING FREIGHT SHIPPING VOLUMES IN TODAY’S TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY CAPACITY CRUNCH
There’s no question that we’ve arrived at a place where freight shipping volumes are creating a dynamic transportation market with a serious capacity crunch. That’s why we recently sat down with Gabriel “Gabe” Dee, President at freight sales management firm, Select Carriers, Inc., to talk about transportation market conditions and what’s making this such a challenging time for shippers and asset […]
