Advocacy
Represent Oklahoma brokers before state agencies, legislators and federal regulators, so the people writing the rules hear from the people who follow them.
Oklahoma's freight brokerage community
Moving Oklahoma's freight with integrity.
The Oklahoma Freight Broker Association brings the state's licensed property brokers together to raise professional standards, fight freight fraud, share what works, and speak with one voice on the issues that shape our industry.
What we do
A professional home for Oklahoma brokers
Freight brokers connect shippers who need capacity with carriers who have it. When that link is trustworthy, everyone along the supply chain wins. Our work rests on four commitments.
Education
Practical training on compliance, contracts, carrier vetting, claims and cash flow, for new brokers getting started and seasoned brokers keeping current.
Fraud prevention
Share warnings about double brokering, identity theft and cargo theft quickly among members, and promote the vetting practices that stop them.
Community
Build working relationships among brokers, carriers, shippers and the service providers who support them, across Oklahoma City, Tulsa and every corner of the state.
Why Oklahoma
At the crossroads of American freight
Interstates 35, 40 and 44 all meet in Oklahoma City, linking Texas to the upper Midwest and California to the Southeast. Freight that crosses the middle of the country very often crosses Oklahoma.
Add the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, which reaches the Gulf of Mexico through the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, along with the state's energy, agriculture, aerospace and manufacturing shippers, and Oklahoma brokers handle a wide mix of lanes and equipment.
That mix is an opportunity. It also means Oklahoma brokers face the same fraud, compliance and payment pressures as the rest of the industry, and are stronger facing them together.
3 interstatesI-35, I-40 and I-44 converge in Oklahoma City.
$75,000Financial security every licensed property broker must keep on file with FMCSA (a BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust).
Inland waterwayThe Tulsa Port of Catoosa connects northeast Oklahoma to the Gulf by barge.
Our standards
What membership stands for
Shippers and carriers should be able to see the association's name and know what to expect. Broker members commit to:
- Valid authority. Holding active FMCSA broker authority and the required $75,000 financial security.
- Paying carriers as agreed. Settling with carriers on the terms in the rate confirmation, every time.
- Vetting every carrier. Confirming authority, insurance and identity before tendering a load.
- No double brokering. Never re-brokering freight without the shipper's knowledge and consent.
- Transparency. Keeping the transaction records federal rules require (49 CFR Part 371) and honoring the right of parties to review them.
- Reporting fraud. Sharing warnings with fellow members and reporting fraud to the authorities.
Help shape the association from the start
Founding members set the direction: the events we hold, the training we offer and the issues we take on first.