66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
Plus, a carrier pleading guilty to mob money laundering while still FMCSA-active, Iran's first post-ceasefire attack and what it means for diesel surcharges, FedEx Freight's first earnings as a standalone company, and more in today's newsletter.
Freight brokers are measuring their inboxes wrong. Most inbound email is monitoring, not work. And the longtail categories that look like noise are costing real margin. Here's how to audit what's actually in your inbox, and why it matters in 2026's margin-first market.
ICYMI: FreightCaviar is travelling across the U.S. Here's what the first three weeks have looked like: Sponsor meetups, subscriber photo shoots, premieres, truck stops, Elk Grove to Phoenix, and more. FOMO starts now.
Happy Thursday.
For the last three weeks, CEO Paul & Videographer Darek traded their office desks for a truck stop in Birmingham, a bar in Chattanooga, and a conference hall in Phoenix, all in service of Issue No. 3 and the next FreightCaviar film.
Here's what the team has been cookin' up at FreightCaviar.
The trip started in Chicagoland, including a stop in Elk Grove Village, one of the most freight-dense zip codes in the country and home to more dispatchers, brokers, and carrier ops teams than most people realize.
Paul sat down with Pavel Botev, CEO of Sunbelt Drayage, to discuss what's really driving freight fraud. You can catch the podcast from that conversation here.
Paul got to Chattanooga on April 9. The next night, FreightCaviar Print Issue No. 2 dropped at Home Bar on Market Street, alongside the exclusive premiere of the Freight Alley film.
We got to meet a lot of our sponsors and people who've been reading the newsletter since day one.
Highway posted it best: "FreightCaviar brought the industry together."
Chattanooga → Birmingham → Dallas → Midland → El Paso
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The Transportation Intermediaries Association Capital Ideas Conference. The energy in the room was different this year: brokers who spent the last two years grinding through the worst market in recent memory were finally coming up for air.
Rates tightening. Rejections climbing. The slump isn't over, but the mood has shifted.
Back in Chicago for the final stretch. The team is still filming extensively and conducting interviews, but did squeeze in another event on the 22nd, sponsored by getdrivers.ai.
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Next stop is Kansas City, a city that doesn't get talked about enough. We'll be exploring the rail history, CPKC rail presence, and getting the real talk on the proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
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Eight stops. Dozens of conversations. More material than we have pages for — which is exactly the right problem to have.
Issue No. 3 is coming. The next film is coming.
— The FC Team
Issue 002 of FreightCaviar Print is almost here.
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66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
Plus, a carrier pleading guilty to mob money laundering while still FMCSA-active, Iran's first post-ceasefire attack and what it means for diesel surcharges, FedEx Freight's first earnings as a standalone company, and more in today's newsletter.
Freight brokers are measuring their inboxes wrong. Most inbound email is monitoring, not work. And the longtail categories that look like noise are costing real margin. Here's how to audit what's actually in your inbox, and why it matters in 2026's margin-first market.
Bad carriers are gaming the weigh station system. Plus, C.H. Robinson's own engineer goes scorched earth on Reddit, the Ghost Truck Act gets roasted, and more in today's newsletter.
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