C.H. Robinson Worldwide operates as a third-party logistics provider, arranging freight transportation on behalf of shipping customers without owning the trucks, ships or planes that actually move the freight. Its business model connects shippers who need to move goods with a large network of independent trucking companies and other carriers, earning a margin between what it charges shippers and what it pays carriers for the actual transportation. This asset-light model lets C.H. Robinson scale its freight brokerage business without the heavy capital investment required to own and maintain a large trucking or shipping fleet itself. The company's revenue and margins are sensitive to freight market conditions, since periods of excess trucking capacity relative to freight demand tend to compress the margins brokers like C.H. Robinson can earn between shipper rates and carrier payments.