Is this double brokering?

PGL, BTX, SEKO just to name a few, those are all freight forwarders. They dont post loads on the boards, they give them to Nolan & other brokers to do that part & deal with drivers/carriers. That is a legal act called co-brokering.

If CHR posts on DAT & MC#123456 books with CHR & then calls their buddy & says heres a load for you & gives it to another MC#, that is an illegal act called double brokering. In this case, the 1st MC doesnt have a broker bond.

It's rampant, just think about tradeshow loads you get from coyote, but you have to check into marshalling yard as PGL or another logistics company.

 

100% Illegal but happens fairly regularly in the SoCal market. There are about 5 brokerages in CA that pull from a list of 500 MC#s that they use to tender freight with Broker A, then repost it as broker B to then tender it to an unsuspecting carrier B who often never gets paid for the load. Broker B takes all of the money and Carrier B has to sue Broker A to get paid. Broker A is forced to pay twice. Very sticky situation that will cost you a customer and lots of money. Happened to us a few years ago for 30,000 bucks (we paid 60,000 to deliver 15 loads). Not fun.

 

i could read your posts all day man this was great. What ever happened? i need to know!!

 

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