Five Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Freight Carrier
Choosing a freight carrier is easy to get wrong, because the cheapest quote often hides the costs that show up later — detention fees, missed delivery windows, and damage claims. A few pointed questions up front save a lot of pain down the road. Start with ownership: does the company own its trucks and warehouse, […]
FCL vs. LCL Shipping in 2026: Which One Actually Saves You Money?
If you import into the U.S. — especially through a gateway like Miami — one ocean-freight question comes up again and again: should you ship a full container (FCL) or share one (LCL)? The wrong call quietly drains money on every shipment. Here’s how to decide in 2026, when rates are climbing and capacity is […]
How to Choose a 3PL Partner in Miami: A 2026 Shipper’s Checklist
Picking a third-party logistics (3PL) partner is one of the highest-leverage decisions a shipper makes. Get it right and you gain capacity, port access, and a team that absorbs complexity. Get it wrong and you inherit missed appointments, surprise fees, and finger-pointing. If you’re evaluating 3PLs in Miami — one of the busiest gateways in […]
2026 Freight Market Outlook: Why Trucking Rates Are Climbing
After two years of soft rates and excess capacity, the freight market is turning. Heading through 2026, shippers are watching truckload rates climb again — and the reasons have less to do with a demand boom than with capacity quietly leaving the market. Here’s what’s driving the shift and what it means for the way […]
How to Cut Drayage Costs in 2026: A Miami Shipper’s Playbook
Drayage is the short-haul move that gets your container from PortMiami (or its rail ramps) to a warehouse, yard, or final stop. It’s a small slice of the total trip, but in 2026 it’s one of the line items quietly eating shipper margins. Chassis fees, per diem, congestion surcharges, and fuel have all crept up. […]
Episode 27 – 6 Mistakes I Made in Trucking since 2010
In episode 27 of the Freight Guru, Luis Lopez talks about the top mistakes he made when starting his transportation business about two decades ago. Listen to the Full Episode Here As a small to mid-sized fleet owner, Luis empathizes with similar fleet owners just starting out struggling with a lack of experience. These six […]
Episode 26 – How inflation is affecting shipping rates in 2021
In episode 26, the Freight Guru talks about how inflated shipping rates are still affecting the current economy. After two years of living with Covicd-19 restrictions as our “new normal,” shipping rates continue to rise, up to 300 percent. The question remains, until when? Listen to the Full Episode Here “Inflation is the decline of […]
Episode 25 – 5 Ways to Overcome Driver Shortages in 2021
Driver shortages are an ongoing challenge post pandemia that most fleet owners are facing. In this week’s episode, the Freight Guru gives advice on how to overcome this adversity under the current market climate. Listen to the Full Episode Here Encourage Diversity Women make up 46 percent of the job market today and only six […]
Freight Guru Podcast Ep.3
Container Drayage The world of drayage is very different from the world of nationwide trucking. It is a very fractured, mostly cottage industry, which operates almost exclusively offline. However, your first question might be, “What is container drayage?” Container drayage is the niche movement of containers between ports and distribution points, usually within a 50 […]
Freight Guru Podcast Ep.1
The current state of the Spot Market in Q1 2021 The goal of the Freight Guru Podcast is to educate and inform the trucking community. We want to grow industry knowledge by trying out new techniques and sharing our successes and failures with the broader community. For this podcast, we want to focus on five […]