Freight

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Across
  1. 3. Trade measures at the center of 2025 freight volume shifts.
  2. 7. Greenscreens got acquired by this company in 2025.
  3. 12. Logging Device (ELD) Core safety tech often involved in CDL-mill and falsification cases.
  4. 14. Nearshoring capital for cross-border U.S.–Mexico freight.
  5. 16. Theft Crime involving the unauthorized taking of freight in transit.
  6. 18. Email-to-order automation tool featured in multiple FreightCaviar blogs.
  7. 20. Proficiency Test required under Trump’s 2025 rule for truck drivers.
  8. 21. Freight Marketplace (DFM) Sector investors claimed suffered “DFM fatigue” before its 2025 reboot.
  9. 23. Solutions Factoring and payments provider that absorbed TruckSmarter’s factoring unit.
  10. 24. Domiciled CDL CDL status at the center of FMCSA’s nationwide verification crackdown.
  11. 26. Platform used by brokers to verify carriers and detect fraud.
  12. 27. Seasonality Greenscreens/Truimph data set showing freight volatility by crop cycles.
Down
  1. 1. AI workforce startup cofounded by siblings featured on the FreightCaviar podcast.
  2. 2. Market Segment of freight where loads are priced in real time based on supply and demand.
  3. 4. Agency dominating FreightCaviar coverage all year.
  4. 5. Week Annual inspection period when enforcement activity sharply increases.
  5. 6. Carriers Fleets that rebrand or swap MC numbers to dodge scrutiny.
  6. 8. Border Term for freight operations spanning national borders.
  7. 9. Brokerage giant involved in multiple lawsuits and transparency disputes.
  8. 10. The difference between a broker’s buy and sell rates, often referenced in transparency discussions.
  9. 11. Roadside-camera fraud detection company interviewed this summer.
  10. 13. Platform DAT acquired from Flexport during its marketplace push.
  11. 15. Payment Index U.S. Bank metric featured in our quarterly data recaps.
  12. 16. Tech platform streamlining Mexico/Canada–U.S. communication and freight.
  13. 17. Technology powering new workflow automation tools across U.S. freight operations in 2025.
  14. 19. Semi EV Class 8 model with mass manufacturing repeatedly delayed.
  15. 22. Mexican city highlighted in FreightCaviar’s nearshoring documentary footage.
  16. 23. The hand-carry logistics role Paul documented in his global trip (acronym).
  17. 25. The legacy LTL system replaced by density-based rules in July 2025 (acronym).
  18. 28. Brokering The industry’s most viral and persistent freight-fraud practice.