Despite a company’s efforts to mitigate risk, it can still fall prey to disaster if a third-party vendor or business partner has failed to do so. Risks arising from third-party business relationships can damage everything from a company’s finances to its data to its reputation.
Did you know that NMFTA has an interpretations team available to help carriers, shippers, and 3PLs determine the correct classification for any given piece of freight?
The Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Annual Convention offered attendees the chance to hear from the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) staff, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the United States Secret Service, and a cyber insurance pro all in one place.
This week is the TIA’s Capital Ideas Conference in Phoenix, AZ, and since many brokers work with less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers, we want them to be aware of the latest standards and policies that will affect them and their customers.
While keeping the National Motor Freight Classification system up to date, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. and our Freight Classification Development Council (FCDC) follow a detailed, exacting process to keep the shipper community informed about the changes.
Packaging freight for less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping can be as simple as a six-sided container, or as complicated as some of the newer technology that will “think” as it interacts with the freight itself.
The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. just released eBOL 2.1, the latest update to the Digital LTL Council’s electronic bill of lading (eBOL) standard.
In an industry constantly grappling with the challenges of cybersecurity, it’s natural for people to wonder: Is the growing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) a friend or foe when it comes to securing your enterprise and your assets?
Will you be attending Truckload 2024: Nashville next week? If so, don’t miss the National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s (NMFTA) panel discussion, “Cyber Security in…
For all the effort trucking companies make to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks, it’s a major mistake if trucking companies forget to focus on asset hacking.
Aside from NMFTA’s cybersecurity panel discussion at Manifest, the world’s largest supply chain technology event in the world, check out a few other noteworthy takeaways from this event.
In late January, a user of the DAT Freight & Analytics load board was the victim of a meticulous and nasty lookalike-domain attack. The results were disastrous for everyone involved. A shipment was redirected and the freight was stolen. The intended recipients never received their goods. The carrier never got paid.
