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FreightWaves NOW is your daily source for the most impactful news in logistics. We break down the complex world of freight—covering trucking, rail, air, and ocean markets—to bring you actionable insights. Whether you are a carrier, shipper, or broker, we provide the data-driven context you need to navigate a volatile market.

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Carrier Update - Week over Week, reefer rejection rates have declined in all major metros 11.12.2023 5:28

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New lawsuit between FedEx Ground and contractors 11.12.2023 10:10

Matt Leffler - The Armchair Attorney - Chicago, IL https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawsuit-could-launch-different-type-of-legal-battle-between-fedex-ground-contractors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Reefer volumes decline, rejection rates drop to 7.44% 11.12.2023 5:17

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - Nikola shares fall dramatically after new offering 11.12.2023 9:05

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI https://www.freightwaves.com/news/investors-pummel-nikola-shares-after-new-stock-and-debt-sales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 08.12.2023 6:27

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - The price of used trucks headed into 2024 08.12.2023 12:06

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FW - Nunica, MI Chris Visser - Director, Specialty Vehicles - J.D. Power - Falls Church, VA Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An overview of FIU’s Logistics Programs 08.12.2023 11:57

Michael White - Executive In Residence - Florida International University Supply Chain Department - Miami, FL 1. Why the need for the logistics and supply chain industry to support educational programs like FIU’s? 2. Why did I become the Executive in Residence in the FIU School of Business and what are your goals in doing so? 3. What are companies looking for when students come out of the progr...

Carrier Update - The spread between retail and wholesale diesel fuel prices opens up to $1.57 08.12.2023 5:59

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The complexities of perishable e-commerce 08.12.2023 9:54

Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - OTRI increases in small markets, declines in the larger markets 08.12.2023 5:44

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The state of the parcel delivery services going into the holidays 08.12.2023 8:46

Mark Solomon - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - Atlanta, GA https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-warn-of-strike-against-ups-in-louisville https://www.freightwaves.com/news/potentially-unreliable-shipping-worries-online-shoppers https://www.freightwaves.com/news/more-parcel-shippers-likely-to-get-caught-in-delivery-surcharge-net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Freight volumes start to fall after Thanksgiving holiday 08.12.2023 5:55

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - BLS releases employment numbers for October 08.12.2023 10:13

John Kingston - Editor-At-Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 07.12.2023 5:44

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - How volatile for the last year has it been for the American southeast? 07.12.2023 10:32

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Zach Strickland - Head of Market Intelligence - FreightWaves Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Spot - Breaking down peak season by mode 07.12.2023 7:34

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are end of the year sales quotas a good thing? 07.12.2023 8:14

Kevin Hill - Owner - Brush Pass Research - Dallas, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Where are the railroads shipping their empty containers? 07.12.2023 5:31

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Truck Tech - pushback against California and dual-use autonomy 07.12.2023 10:01

Alan Adler - Truck Tech Community Host - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI We’ll recap today’s show with Jim Mullen, who is from the major trucking organizations’ pushback against California’s new truck rules. We’ll also talk about dual-use autonomy. Which I’ll lead the newsletter with following Kodiak applying its heavy-duty autonomy system to a light-duty Ford F-150 pickup for the military. Learn more a...

Carrier Update - Chicago is the number one destination for rail volumes 07.12.2023 5:16

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DHL shifting administrative staff and planes 07.12.2023 8:48

Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-express-rotates-americas-ceo-to-europe https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-express-diverts-freighters-from-cincinnati-airport-as-strike-precaution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Domestic and international rail volumes continue to increase 07.12.2023 4:58

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - US and Canada form task force to get locomotives to net zero carbon 07.12.2023 8:45

Joanna Marsh - Rail Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, VA https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-canada-to-form-task-force-to-get-locomotive-emissions-to-net-zero Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 06.12.2023 5:07

Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - Does the CDL test need an overhaul? 06.12.2023 11:37

Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Trucking Expert - FW - Chattanooga, TN Brandon Wiseman - CEO - Trucksafe - Greenfield, IN Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices