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Wholesale fuel prices have increased over the past 3 days Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - St. Louis, MO Jumping right in I feel like I'm constantly reading about companies opening up space or making plans around the Port of Jacksonville, Why have you guys become the new coolest kid in town? What do you think has been the biggest contributor to the rapid growth of cold chain opportunities at the Jacksonville Port? What’s your competitive edge?...

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Andrew Lockwood - Senior Director, Managed Logistics, Suddath Global Logistics - Orlando, FL This may fly in the face of some of the conventional news stories we've seen out there where capacity needs to fall back down to meet demand, but if you take the market sentiment "buy low, sell high", now actually maybe a really good time to start your own freight brokerage business as the startup buy-in i...

Clarissa Hawes - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO What happened? Any chance the drivers will get the paychecks they are owed? Any updates on what will happen going forward - either with the company in and of itself or the drivers and equipment? This is the second closing in a week of a mid-size carrier - are there rumblings of others? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Freight volumes remain above 10,000 index points Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On The Spot - 03/23/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brielle Jaekel - Deputy Editor - FreightWaves - Manahawkin, NJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inbound ocean shipments pick up in LAX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Import volumes increase from China during March Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Solomon - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Atlanta, GA Topic: CH Robinson taking their time on naming a new CEO Why so cautious? There were rumors that there was a strong frontrunner for the job, yet no announcement has been made - any indication that the frontrunner didn’t want the job? What kind of pressure should the new CEO expect given that Rob Biesterfeld was “involuntarily terminat...

Dry van contracted rates increase slightly, Reefer declines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington, DC John, first off, let’s get to the numbers, how much are some of these fees going up? The cause is that inflation has triggered a need for these fees to be raised as well as electronic modes in creating licenses.  Can you go into how some of these increases were determined? How permanent are these increases? This was the firs...

Reefer rejection rates bounce back up to 10.76% in the Kansas City market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Wiseman - CEO - TruckSafe - Greenfield, IN The FMCSA is going from a system called IRT - which is very complex - to a simplified formula within their own SMS system.  What are the major changes? What do carriers and drivers need to be more aware of if these changes go into existence? The FMCSA is looking to make changes in the violations as well, grouping them and making that system less c...

U.S. Xpress’ multiyear struggle ends with acquisition by Knight-Swift USX shareholders ultimately see a return off recent lows; KNX sees significant opportunity to increase OR in next few years https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-news-u-s-xpress-being-acquired-by-knight-swift Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reefer contracted rates increase to $2.39 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reefer freight volumes hold steady, rejection rates fall to 3.81% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX What do Mexican truck drivers make? How has that changed in recent history? Has economic development at the border and through near-shoring contributed to any significant increase in wages for drivers? Phillips Industries opens new plant in Aertega, Mexico - will create 2,100 job Fr8Tech launches digital freight matching platform fo...

Diesel fuel falls to $4.34 per gallon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna Marsh - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, VA What does this new lawsuit entail? What are the plaintiffs looking to do here in using shareholders as those that have suffered damages? MIke Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX What does a suit directed at precision schedule railroading say about the practice in and of itself? We know about the suit...

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