Hudson Freight

Diesel is over $6.50 a gallon nationally.

That’s not carriers being dramatic. That’s the market right now.

A year ago, the national average was around $3.69.

Today? About $6.51.

That’s an increase of more than $2.80 a gallon in one year.

And for the first time ever, the national diesel average crossed $6 this month.

A lot is happening at once. Global conflict, refinery disruptions, tight diesel supplies and historically low inventories are putting serious pressure on fuel costs.

So if you’re a shipper and transportation costs have moved, understand that fuel is a real part of that conversation.

Fuel surcharges aren’t just some random extra line somebody decided to throw on your invoice. When diesel moves this much, somebody has to absorb that cost, and carriers already operate on thin margins.

And carriers, this is also why who you work with matters.

Your broker or agent should understand what it actually costs you to move that truck, not just throw a load on the board and expect somebody to run it for anything.

This freight market is changing.

Fuel is high.
Capacity is getting tighter in parts of the market.
Rates are moving.
Margins still matter.

Shippers, carriers, brokers and agents need to be paying attention.

This is not a normal fuel market.

Plan accordingly.

10 years and all I can really say is, GOD IS GOOD. 🙌🏾

In 2016, we stepped into freight not knowing exactly where this road would take us.

We just knew we were willing to work, willing to learn, and crazy enough to believe that we could build something of our own.

And whew, these 10 years have been a JOURNEY.

There have been wins that made us proud and seasons that tested everything we thought we knew.

Times we had to adjust.
Times we had to rebuild.
Times we had to keep showing up when quitting probably would have been easier.

But through every season, God kept us.

He opened doors we couldn’t open ourselves.
He gave us strength when we were tired.
He gave us wisdom when we didn’t have the answers.
And He reminded us over and over again that the vision was bigger than the hard season we were standing in.

Today, we’re celebrating 10 YEARS AS FREIGHT AGENTS.

Ten years of building relationships.
Ten years of moving freight.
Ten years of learning this industry.
Ten years of growing as entrepreneurs.
Ten years of becoming stronger together.

And when I look back, I realize the biggest blessing isn’t just that the business survived.

We did too.

We grew. We matured. We learned. We broke through things that once felt impossible.

Hudson Freight is more than a business to us.

It is proof that you can start with a vision, stay committed to the process, trust God through the parts you don’t understand, and look up one day and realize…

you’ve been walking in the prayer you prayed years ago.

So today, we celebrate.

Not because every year was easy.

But because God was faithful through every single one of them.

Here’s to 10 years of Hudson Freight.

People. Partnership. Performance.

And by the grace of God, we’re still moving forward…

one load at a time. ❤️🖤

Moving the load from point A to point B is the baseline expectation in freight. If a brokerage cannot do that, they should not be in business. But the actual difference between a vendor you tolerate and a partner you trust comes down to one thing: communication.

When a truck breaks down or weather delays a shipment, the problem is not just the delay. The problem is the silence.

Shippers spend too much time chasing down updates because their freight partner is afraid to deliver bad news. A professional agency does not hide when things go wrong. They pick up the phone, explain the situation, and provide the solution before the shipper even realizes there is a problem.

Consistent, honest communication protects your supply chain and your peace of mind. It means you can focus on running your business instead of tracking down a driver and getting yelled at by your customer or even worse being fired by your customer.

If you manage freight, what communication issue causes the most frustration for your team? Tell us below.

The 80,000 Driver Shortage: Market Myth or Structural Reality?

The industry keeps debating the driver shortage.

Some call it a true shortage.
Some call it a retention problem.
Some say the issue is not drivers, it is finding qualified, reliable capacity when freight actually needs to move.

For shippers, the debate does not change the operational reality.

When capacity tightens, freight still has to move.

That is where the difference between a transactional broker and a real logistics partner shows up.

At Hudson Freight, we do not rely on hope, cheap trucks, or last-minute load board scrambling.

We move with structure.

▪️ Carrier relationships before capacity problems
We build and maintain relationships with reliable carriers before the market gets tight.

▪️ Organized carrier intelligence
Our CRM and TMS help us track carrier strengths, lanes, equipment, history, and performance.

▪️ Direct carrier outreach
When a customer awards us freight, we are not just posting and praying. We go back to proven carriers who already understand the lane.

▪️ Strategy over scrambling
Capacity issues expose weak systems fast. We help shippers stay ahead instead of reacting after the load is already at risk.

The driver shortage conversation is bigger than one number.

But the lesson is simple:

Your freight strategy is only as strong as the carrier relationships behind it.

If your freight needs reliable movement, Hudson Freight is built for that.

Visit www.hudsonfreightagency.com to connect with our team.

You don’t need a truck to make money in trucking.

You need a desk, a phone, and somebody who actually runs a successful agency to show you how it works.

Here’s what nobody explains. Freight agents coordinate loads and earn commission off every single one. No truck note. No fuel. No sitting in a yard at 2am. You connect the freight to the people who haul it, and you get paid a cut of every load that moves.

We’ve been doing this since 2016. Built Hudson Freight from the ground up. Slow market or not, freight still moves. The loads don’t stop.

Most people never learn this side exists. They think trucking means driving. It doesn’t. The money on the office side is real, and it repeats.
That’s what TruckN 2 Profit is.

Two days, live. We teach you the freight agent model, the sales side, how to talk to shippers and carriers, and how to actually build relationships.

You don’t get a “good luck” and a wave. You get continued support and placed as a sub-agent under Hudson Freight for a full year. Build your book of business even as a beginner under a real agency.

Next class is June 27th. Two days live plus one year placement (or longer).

This is for you if you’re a driver tired of the road, a dispatcher already doing the work, or somebody with zero trucking background looking for a real income path that isn’t another scam.

Seats are limited because the placement is real.

DM AGENT or send me a DM and I’ll get you the details.

Manifesting without dialing is just journaling.

You can write the vision. You can speak the affirmations. You can build the mood board.

The shipper still has to be called.

Every freight agent I know who is actually eating, picked up the phone. Every one I know who is still “getting ready to start,” did not.

The phone is not the obstacle. The phone is the answer.

People try to go around it with cold emails, DMs, LinkedIn messages, content, automations. All of that has its place. None of it replaces a voice on the other end of a line.

If your business is stuck, check your call log before you check your calendar.

The dial is the difference.

What is one shipper you have been meaning to call this week? Drop their first name in the comments. Not the company you are prospecting.

Accountability starts here.