Question about double brokering

[Cruise]

100% agree with this.

When money get's tight at Blackrock and they delay payment to Dentro and Dentro goes after your shipper for payment... guess who your customer is going to look at.... You.

The long & short of it is... you hired an MC to do this move and a different MC picked up... they did not tell you they were going to Co - Broker, Re - Broker or Double Broker your shipment before they arranged it.

Had they done so... you could've made the choice to go ahead or find another carrier.

Like Jim said... you'd better contact the MC that actually moved the freight and pay them in order to avert potential issues later.

I have a legal release letter when "sister" companies non sister companies end up moving the load that the owner of that company must sign before I make payment (and I never send the letter to the company I hired to pass it along to get signed) That being said I am always telling the carrier that the other company was not vetted by us and they should never have put my customers cargo on a truck I know nothing about. Of course for some cargo I only use carriers I know very well. It can be very frustrating in this business.

 

[BPOVFB]

We have 2 asset companies. I would never book under (x) and move under (y) - I might speak on behalf of (y) but I would book under (y) and that would be the MC that the order is tendered to - vetted and set up on the broker end/customer end. One only has to look at the panjaab/palm flatbeds to look at the potential grave you may be digging if you're not careful with "sister" companies.