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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lightning-emotors-struggles-to-hang-on-in-brutal-market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - Nunica, MI Kenneth Vieth - President and Senior Analyst - ACT Research - Columbus, IN Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lauren Beagen - The Maritime Professor - Boston, MA Matt Leffler - The Armchair Attorney - Chicacgo, IL The PMA says that these are coordinated efforts, the ILWU disputes that - what are the legal ramifications here and are ILWU workers creating a hostile working relationship? Can the federal government force these workers back on the docks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

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Mary O’Connell - Check Call Community Host - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO Double brokering is something that everyone has really started talking about and it seems that everyone has a good starting point to fixing the problem but no one has the perfect solution. Why do you think it’s so hard to find the fix that makes this not a problem anymore? How does double brokering impact the relationship be...

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John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington, DC The opinions about underrides are quite diverse - one group saying the cost benefit is too low, another saying the implementation of underrides would result in more fatalities.  How did each side get to their conclusion? Why was an underride rule on the table in the first place? What are the timetable steps going forward if...

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Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Northern Virginia If the pilots ratify this deal, is this the new benchmark for freight pilots moving forward? How big a deal is it that the increase is 30% in this economy - as opposed to 2022 or 2021 when things were good for every form of freight? YOu recently returned from a conference in Orlando - what wwere some of your big takeaways from the...

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Randy Mullett - Senior Advisor - Imaginnovate - Washington, DC Loren Smith - President - Skyline Risk Policy Group - Manassas, VA Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kingston - Editor-At-Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY Commuters who drive the route will want to seek alternatives, as repairs are expected to take “months,” according to Gov. Josh Shapiro, who toured the aftermath Sunday afternoon. SEPTA is working to add service to lines that run nearby. It all started around 6:20 a.m. Sunday morning, when reports came in of a vehicle fire, Shapiro sa...

Dolores Santos - Consultant - Sacramento, CA Obviously we are a long time away from Class 8 trucks using less fuel on the west coast, how do you see that transition occurring and will it occur on time? What do you see as far as the global demand for oil and gas with the US being the largest oil producer? (CHART 2) We’ve got another chart here you sent of where fuel demand will be over the next 17...

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Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX El Paso, Texas-based Mustang Express has been acquired by Online Transport Inc., a truckload carrier with more than 550 power units and 600 employees. U.S. officials recently requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico over the country’s plan to restrict imports of genetically modified (GM) corn from the United States. Me...

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Joanna Marsh - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, VA What exactly is the FRA proposing in terms of new oversight into Class 1 railroad safety guidelines? Is this all a response to the Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio or are there other areas the FRA is concerned with that brought on this new attention? What are the FRA looking at in terms of train lengths and hazardous material transpo...

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Clarissa Hawes - Senior Editor - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO We knew this was coming - what was the situation with the city as these layoffs were determined? What was the program these drivers were working through? How does the city of Los Angeles hope to recoup the personnel necessary to get the streets work done that these drivers used to do? Was there an attempt to make these drivers employ...

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Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Contributor - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO Can you explain the role of refrigerated containers in mitigating food spoilage during transportation and storage? What products/industries are more prone to spoilage and loss from suboptimal transportation conditions? How do refrigerated containers contribute to extending the shelf life of perishable food items, and what i...

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Paul Brashier - VP for Drayage and Intermodal - ITS Logistics - Reno, NV Work “no-shows” continuing to put a little scare into how negotiations are going, how do you see the situation now? We heard that one sticking point is a 3-year wage freeze the PMA wants to put on the ILWU  - Greg Miller reports that higher pay is an issue for workers that currently make over $200K. - have you heard about any...