Freight Broker Industry Training Guide

Published October 10, 2010 | By Bman

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handle everything a broker and freight forwarder will, and more. Warehousing, intermodal, rail, container, cold storage, and air freight are all aspects a 3PL will handle. They are usually very large companies with many divisions.
In some circumstances a broker and freight forwarder will work together. A broker can handle a load that needs to go overseas and will seek the service of a freight forwarder. Now, the same cannot be said for a broker working with a broker. That is called double brokering. It is frowned upon in the industry, but it still happens. Double brokering can cause serious liability issues that are not needed with the liability already on the shoulders of a broker.
Trucking companies are not likely to befriend a broker for the simple reason they feel a broker takes money out of their pocket. In a sense, they do. Though most trucking

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