Dispatch5 min
What your dispatcher is paid to do
Loads booked and gross rate per mile can both climb while the account gets worse. Only one number moves when the desk is actually working for you.
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getting paid
6 pieces on getting paid — across dispatch, fleet operations and growth, because the subject does not respect those boundaries.
Dispatch5 min
Getting paid for detention
Detention is not usually refused. It is usually unprovable, which is a different problem with a different fix.
Dispatch6 min
How double brokering reaches you
You do everything right, deliver on time, and the money is gone — because the party who hired you was never the party holding it.
Fleet Operations6 min
Profitable on paper, empty in the bank
Margin and cash are different things, and a growing fleet runs out of the second one first.
Dispatch5 min
Vetting a broker in four minutes
Five checks, in order, before you accept a load from someone you have not hauled for.
Dispatch6 min
How to read a rate confirmation
The rate is the number you look at. The terms around it decide what you actually get paid.
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