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Short notes for a broker desk, a dispatch desk, and a shipper conversation. They are not a license, a rate, or a case study. Reading a note does not enroll you.

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• broker · fundamentals · any · article

  What a property broker arranges

  Three parties, one file, and no authority hiding in a job title.

• dispatch · compliance · any · article

  When dispatch stays dispatch

  One carrier, under that carrier's direction, without shopping the load.

• broker · shipper · equipment · van · checklist

  Questions before you call it a dry van

  Door height, pallet size, and a dock. Typical numbers are not a tariff.

• broker · dispatch · equipment · reefer · checklist

  Set point, continuous, cycle, pre-cool

  Temperature is an instruction, not a sticker on the door.

• broker · equipment · flatbed · article

  Flatbed tarps, chains, and height

  A deck is not a van with the roof removed.

• broker · dispatch · oversize · oversize · article

  Step decks, double drops, and permits

  Taller freight needs a lower deck, and maybe a state permit.

• dispatch · equipment · power-only · article

  Power only means the tractor

  Someone else owns the trailer. Confirm which one.

• dispatch · broker · equipment · box-truck · article

  Hotshot, box truck, and cargo van

  Smaller trucks are real equipment. They are not a 53-foot trailer.

• broker · dispatch · equipment · intermodal · article

  Containers, chassis, and per diem

  Intermodal is a box on a chassis, plus terminal rules that vary.

• dispatch · broker · safety · tanker · article

  Tanker freight and endorsements

  Bulk is not pallet freight, and the endorsement is not optional color.

• shipper · broker · ltl · ltl · article

  LTL, partial, and a full truck

  Shared space, a portion of a trailer, or the whole trailer.

• shipper · broker · ltl · ltl · worksheet

  Density first, then the item

  Pounds per cubic foot are arithmetic. The class still needs the classification item.

• broker · dispatch · cross-border · any · article

  The border is a second license

  An MC number does not file a customs entry.

• broker · shipper · capacity · any · article

  Seasonality without a made-up index

  Holidays, harvests, and storms are real. A percentage you invented is not.

• broker · shipper · claims · any · checklist

  Prevent the loss before the claim

  Photos, counts, and packaging while the freight is still on the dock.

• shipper · broker · kpis · any · article

  Shipper measures, without a fake average

  On time, lead time, and claims are counts. They are not a score you assign.

• dispatch · broker · visibility · any · checklist

  A check call is a timed fact

  Visibility does not require a brand name.

• dispatch · safety · any · article

  Roadside inspections are not optional

  Out of service means the truck stops. A dispatcher does not waive it.

• broker · dispatch · carriers · any · article

  Start with the public carrier record

  A phone list is not capacity. A docket you can open is a lead.

• shipper · broker · prospecting · any · checklist

  Before the first call to a shipper

  A name is research. Freight you can describe is a prospect.