Fraud Prevention Starts with Accurate Freight Classification
When freight fraud is discussed, the focus is often on stolen identities, fake carriers, or forged documents. But one of the most overlooked—and most powerful—fraud…
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Four Ways to Use ClassIT+ to Prepare for the Upcoming Docket Changes
ClassIT+™ helps you stay on top of National Motor Freight Classification® (NMFC)™ Data updates, which can mean the difference between planning ahead to ensure uninterrupted business or being blindsided by misclassifications, which can eat into your bottom line. To help…
How Complexity Can Kill Security
Cybercrime targeting the transportation sector is nothing new, but it has entered a new phase. This phase is defined not by opportunistic attacks on poorly secured…
We’ve Been Listening—and We’re Expanding the Conversation
Over the past several years, National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.®’s (NMFTA)™ classification team has made a deliberate commitment to communicate early, often, and transparently about changes to the…
API Security Was a 2025 Problem—and It’s Not Going Away in 2026
Well, we made it! 2025 is now in the rearview, and 2026 is in full swing. Every year, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™…
NMFTA Perspective Published in Journal of Commerce
National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™ staff leadership, in collaboration with NMFTA officers, recently published an op-ed in the Journal of Commerce to provide clarity…
NMFTA Wrapped: Your Top Freight (Blog) Hits of 2025
Welcome to the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™ Wrapped 2025—where we turn last year’s most-read freight insights into your very own greatest-hits playlist. You clicked, you scrolled, you replayed. From cybersecurity, freight fraud must-knows to…
How Your Shipment Data Actually Changes the NMFC: The Commodity Profile Database
The Commodity Profile Database, or CPD, is a centralized database of less-than-truckload (LTL) shipment data maintained by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™ to support commodity research and updates to the National Motor Freight Classification® (NMFC)™. The database is made up…
The Fight Against Freight Fraud Begins with One Change That Can Transform the Industry
For years, freight fraud has quietly chipped away at the foundation of trust that keeps America’s supply chain moving. Impersonation, double brokering, and fictitious pickups are all major issues….
What You Missed: Key Takeaways from Our Benchmarking Insights Webinar
On December 17, 2025, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.® (NMFTA)™ hosted an insightful, first-ever webinar: LTL by the Numbers: Exclusive Benchmarking Insights to…
API Implementation Checklist for Shippers, 3PLs, and Brokers
This is Part 3 of the DSDC “Connected Freight Blog Series.” You’ve explored what implementing an application programming interface (API) Standard actually means. You’ve learned the key questions to ask before your…
Credential Harvesting: A Symptom of a Shaky Cybersecurity Foundation
Credential theft (the stealing of usernames and passwords) is often considered a core driver of cyber incidents. However, this assessment does not capture the big picture accurately as credential theft itself,…
