When moving freight between states, shippers often hire freight brokers to arrange for licensed motor carriers to physically transport their freight from origin to destination. In order to arrange for that transportation, freight brokers have to be licensed (49 U.S.C. § 13904) and carry a bond (49 U.S.C. § 13906). The shipper contracts with the …
When a cargo claim occurs on a brokered load, freight brokers often pay that claim to the shipper and take an assignment of the shipper’s cargo claim against t he motor carrier. That cargo claim has to be pursued under 49 U.S.C. § 14706. Once the rights to the cargo claim are in hand, the …
Freight brokers often find themselves in a losing game of tug-of-war with carriers when it comes to deciding who will shoulder the costs of lost or damaged cargo. Now, thanks to the emergence of industry-specific insurance, this is starting to change. The Carmack Amendment places liability for lost or damaged cargo in the laps of …
New Insurance Option Offers Brokers Unprecedented Protection against Cargo Claims Read More »
Freight brokers, like any other employer, are generally only liable for their own employees for workers’ compensation purposes. However, what if a freight broker contracts with a motor carrier to transport goods, the motor carrier does not carry workers’ compensation insurance, and the motor carrier’s driver is injured on the job? Can the freight broker …
Do Freight Brokers Have to Pay Workers’ Compensation to Non-Employees? Read More »
Freight brokers are increasingly facing consignees who reject freight when a carrier shows up at the delivery dock with a broken seal. Here is how you can defend against the trend. In both truckload and less-than-truckload shipments, shippers often require their freight to be transported in “sealed” containers. Sealed shipments help document chain of custody …
