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Joanna Marsh - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, MD How did it come about that the unions knew BNSF was using non-union labor for locomotive maintenance? Give us a short timeline on what conditions created the situation where BNSF had to go outside the union for help. Any word from BNSF responding to the lawsuit? The unions cite the derailment in East Palestine as the major event which r...

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Greg MIller - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - New York, NY Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History - Campbell University - Buies Creek, NC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1. What did the average retailer's problems look like throughout 2022? 2. Going into 2023, how did those challenges begin to evolve? 3. How have retail executives responded to these issues? 4. Outlook for 2023? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maritime spot rates drop on China to American West lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Cummins is going to brand its New Power division as Accelera to get it better recognized as the future of the company. Still plenty of engines to be built, but Cummins is following the pattern of other new tech companies arising out of legacy business. Hope to have art of at least the logo. I am taping the Cummins' CEO and head of New P...

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Clarissa Hawes - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO How did this come about? Was this an extension of the economic downturn we’ve had or was this related to business decisions that didn’t turn out? How does FreightWorks intend to deal with it’s remaining loads as well as trucks? Has anyone reached out to try and take on drivers or employees that now find themselves unemployed? Learn m...

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NTI average drops another cent to $2.38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary O'Connell- 3PL Expert - FW - St. Louis, MO How does LTL automation handle complexity and scalability in real-world applications? What steps are being taken to improve the verification and validation process for LTL-controlled systems? How is LTL automation addressing the increasing demand for real-time monitoring and control in dynamic environments? What new developments and advancements are...

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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Lordstown Motors (LMC) issued its first recall, covering 19 Endurance commercial electric pickup trucks because they can stop running without warning. It plans a second recall to address issues resulting from its brake part supplier failing to source components to specifications. Without an OEM to shoulder costs, what is Lordstown to do...

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Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA We’ve started to see trucking carriers scale back some, brokerages have had noticeable layoffs - what’s going on in the air cargo industry? Not too long ago, you were reporting of some airlines making bigger purchases - now we’re hearing about companies Like CargoJet with plans to convert passenger planes into freighters aren’t even do...

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Tell us about Sync Training-as-a-service platform for the transportation industry Training is overlooked New hire perspective Continuing education perspective It’s an area where employers really struggle, so we’re putting together Sync to deliver training more effectively, to help people ramp more quickly and to lessen the burden on management. Why is training overlooked? Nobody thinks it’s unimpo...

NTI holds at $2.39 rpm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO What are some of the biggest challenges that rural communities in developing countries or rural America face when it comes to accessing temperature controlled medical supplies? How do you think technology can help address the issue of temperature control for medical supplies in these areas? Can you tell me about any successfu...

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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Volvo wants to incubate inventions by startups. Phillips Industries wants to help accelerate young businesses. Can these approaches work in trucking the same as they do across the technology landscape? VOLVO created CampX, a physical location where more than 50 startups have explored and accelerated new ideas under the watchful eye of t...