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FreightWaves Today

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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 - Reefer freight volumes remain steady, rejection rates increase slightly 03.08.2023 4:52

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

What is the WARN Act and how are former Yellow employees using it? 03.08.2023 9:19

Matthew Leffler - Armchair Attorney - Chicago, IL https://www.freightwaves.com/news/abrupt-layoffs-center-of-lawsuit-against-yellow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Diesel fuel prices continue to climb 03.08.2023 5:31

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

Top Story - Broker Fraud case involves…. 03.08.2023 9:07

Clarissa Hawes - Senior Editor - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 02.08.2023 5:08

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - Have we hit the bottom of the market? 02.08.2023 12:38

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to do when a big opportunity comes and you have to move fast 02.08.2023 8:51

Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Jacksonville, FL This is about if a major competitor falls unexpectedly and you want to take their customers, but you need to move fast in order to do it, what do you do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Rail volumes picking up steam 02.08.2023 5:35

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fall of ultra-fast delivery 02.08.2023 9:40

Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Looking at ocean bookings, more to come nationwide 02.08.2023 5:13

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fuel Prices jump again, what is happening? 02.08.2023 8:46

John Kingston - Editor-At-Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY https://www.freightwaves.com/news/1-week-surge-in-doe-eia-benchmark-diesel-price-among-biggest-ever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Spot to contract spread still too darn high 02.08.2023 5:15

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - Railroads and unions agree on sick leave and conductor training 02.08.2023 8:54

Joanna Marsh - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, MD https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroads-reach-deals-with-unions-on-sick-leave-conductor-training Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 01.08.2023 5:05

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - Life after Yellow in the LTL industry 01.08.2023 12:51

Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Mary O'Connell - Freight Broker/3PL Expert - FreightWaves Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Corner - Long haul demand driving recent OTVI increase 01.08.2023 7:07

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Joe Antoshak - Senior Editorial Researcher - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are there too many ships in the ocean? 01.08.2023 9:10

Greg Miller - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - New York, NY https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zim-downsizing-its-container-shipping-fleet-as-demand-disappoints Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - NTI forecast for next 28 days 01.08.2023 5:35

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’re an LTL carrier with a brokerage? 01.08.2023 9:22

Mary O’Connell - Check Call Community Host - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO A Duie Pyle is commonly known as a good LTL carrier, not typically associated with a freight brokerage in any way. How do you combat that when going to find new customers? When it comes to selling what's your go to approach for prospecting new customers? What about keeping a sales team motivated? Since Pyle has the unique ab...

Carrier Update - LTL contract price updates 01.08.2023 5:13

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final days of Yellow 01.08.2023 9:33

Todd Maiden - Finance Editor - FreightWaves - Richmond, VA https://www.freightwaves.com/news/yellows-demise-2-decades-in-the-making Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - DOE/EIA diesel price jump largest on record 01.08.2023 5:30

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - Nikola sells 10 trucks to JB Hunt 01.08.2023 9:45

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-gets-an-electric-truck-order-from-jb-hunt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 31.07.2023 5:12

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Fleet Expert - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - What should you do when your carrier simply doesn’t operate anymore? 31.07.2023 11:40

Peter Rentschler - CEO - Metafora - Boulder, CO Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW “How should shippers think about diversifying their Supply Chain in 2023?” - Ultimately diversifying is a risk management strategy. When the pandemic hit it showed massive flaws in Supply Chains, across the world we had over-rotated towards Global Supply Chains without redundancy for near shoring- I see tw...