US Brokers working in Canada

[tasuinam]

Lately have been getting emails/calls from US brokers moving loads from Canada to the US ... is this normal ... usually we see US brokers from US TO CANADA not the other way round ... from Canada we have our own customers ...

So far no one has said they are moving away from direct contrats with us as assest based ... anything I'm not anticipating?

 

[JACKBURTON]

I've seen this happen on and off over the years. I think the truck/load ratio is just balancing out again. Also I deal with a few US brokers and it sounds like they are a bit slow down there.

 

[Jim L]

Lately have been getting emails/calls from US brokers moving loads from Canada to the US ... is this normal ... usually we see US brokers from US TO CANADA not the other way round ... from Canada we have our own customers ...

So far no one has said they are moving away from direct contrats with us as assest based ... anything I'm not anticipating?

I would have to assume that it may have something to do with the INCO terms of the goods being purchased. If the US entity bought the goods from a Canadian and is responsible for supplying a truck then they would call their US broker to get a truck to cover it and then you get the opportunity. We have a couple US brokers that we do work like that for them.

 

[theman]

When I was in the business, I did more than 80% of my business with American companies where the control of the freight was south of the border ... whether it was inbound, outbound, and sometimes even within Canada. Chances are that the freight is controlled in the US and the broker has the connection with the customer.

 

[Freight Broker]

I don't think it matters where the broker is physically located. So long as they're properly licensed for where they operate it's all good. For cross border freight I prefer Canadian carriers because most are aware of border crossing procedures. American carriers for the most part operate within the confines of the US and never see an international border. Also knowledge of Canada is sometimes lacking.. hired a Texan for a load from TX to northern Manitoba one time. It was February.. -40C plus windchill in The Pas, MB, and the driver didn't even have a coat with him. Not to cast dispersions on the yanks..but just like us they have their good and their bad.

 

[tasuinam]

I don't think it matters where the broker is physically located. So long as they're properly licensed for where they operate it's all good. For cross border freight I prefer Canadian carriers because most are aware of border crossing procedures. American carriers for the most part operate within the confines of the US and never see an international border. Also knowledge of Canada is sometimes lacking.. hired a Texan for a load from TX to northern Manitoba one time. It was February.. -40C plus windchill in The Pas, MB, and the driver didn't even have a coat with him. Not to cast dispersions on the yanks..but just like us they have their good and their bad.

I know one time we resuced a load for a customer cos the US truck they hired had his fuel freeze - didn't know what to do