Spot Beat Contract For The First Time Since 2022
A $10M theft ring and a reopened liability case say your vetting file is now evidence.
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The freight market, explained from a broker's desk.
Once a week: where spot and contract rates actually moved, what capacity is doing, who's stealing freight and how, and what any of it means when you're the one quoting lanes on Monday. Written by Andrew Sarris, a working freight broker. Free, no fluff, unsubscribe whenever.
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Spot Rates Jumped 31%. Your Contract Didn't Move.
Florida just dropped off the reefer map, and thieves are hunting high-value freight.
You've got the shipper's name. The contact. Now what?
Introducing Outbound: real research on any shipper and a ready-to-send email sequence. Your first 2 lookups are free.
The soft market just officially died
Record pricing index, an early peak, and a reefer baton that just passed at higher rates.
Why brokers read it: most freight news is written for carriers or for Wall Street. The Load Letter is written for the person quoting lanes, chasing shippers, and getting undercut by a broker with a cheaper truck and a worse contract.
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