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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 - Lanes of the Day 11.05.2023 4:43

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

Round Table - What has surprised you the most in this economic downturn? 11.05.2023 11:40

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

On The Spot - Small fleets feeling the pain 11.05.2023 7:27

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

Carrier Update - NTI drops to $2.15 rpm 11.05.2023 4:50

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

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Road Check 11.05.2023 9:13

Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Truck tech and parking, my interview with Wayleadr's Trucking expert Caolan Cullen - Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) holding annual road check - International Road Check from May 16 - 18 - focus on anti-lock braking systems (ABS) and cargo securement - Level I inspection = most detailed one DOT can do - many smaller...

Carrier Update - Port of Long Beach shows a 6.1% Y/Y increase in freight volumes 11.05.2023 4:54

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

Reaction to yesterday’s congressional hearings on speed limiters 11.05.2023 9:30

Norita Taylor - Director of Public Relations - OOIDA - Independence, MO “All kinds of studies show that when all traffic flows at the same speed, it’s much safer for everyone,” Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, told the highway subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday. How do you feel the hearings w...

Carrier Update - Import shipping volumes decline the first week of May 11.05.2023 5:01

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

Top Story - FreightTech Companies announce impressive funding numbers. 11.05.2023 8:36

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands WRiter - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX Unity SCM secures $8M Series A funding to expand supply chain solutions Arkansas startup Ox receives $12.6M in Series A funding Supply chain risk management firm Prewave raises $19M Pando raises $30M to improve logistics operations across supply chains Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 10.05.2023 5:14

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 does freight look now on the oceans vs where it’s going? 10.05.2023 12:58

Henry Byers - Head of Ocean Intelligence - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Greg Miller - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - New York, NY Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Before we get to Greg’s latest article, how do things look out on the open seas? Henry, what do you make of this little uptick in Greg’s article - is it just a blip or could it be signs of things starting to get better? Gre...

Lead generation in a down market 10.05.2023 10:04

Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Jacksonville, FL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - What does Tony think? 10.05.2023 5:52

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

AI investments in retail tech 10.05.2023 8:50

Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI What’s the newest trend in AI in retail? As AI gets involved more in retail, where is that industry as a whole going? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - NTI drops to $2.12 rpm 10.05.2023 5:15

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

Investing in Technology while planning for an exit 10.05.2023 11:22

Peter Rentschler - CEO - Metafora - Boulder, CO How do you think about Investing in Technology in the context of planning to sell your company? How do these strategies change depending on who you may be selling your company to? Given the broader freight recession we're in, should companies planning on selling stop investing in Technology? Do you have any advice for how to best plan ahead for diffe...

Carrier Update - You can change the date on the map !! 10.05.2023 6:00

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

Top Story - DHL making moves and seeing moves made 10.05.2023 9:52

Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA Several news developments that all involve DHL Express to some degree: 1) Scoop - FW has learned that a DHL airline in Europe (technically Austria) has applied for permission to operate to the U.S. with a new set of freighters it's acquiring - it's interesting on several levels, including that this DHL unit is supposed to just operate...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 09.05.2023 5:56

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

Round Table - Are we witnessing an arms race in rail? 09.05.2023 12:24

Tony Hatch - CEO - ABH Consulting - New York, NY Harris Ligon - CEO - Telegraph - Chicago, IL Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Corner - Evidence of a second half recovery not appearing 09.05.2023 7:52

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

Retail chargebacks, chargeback fees, and retail compliance 09.05.2023 8:17

Phil Schmidbauer - Senior Director - Analytics and Solutions - ODW Logistics - Cincinnati, OH Retail Chargebacks, chargeback fees, and retail compliance– what they are and tips a shipper can use to avoid them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Build your own DTS heatmap 09.05.2023 5:18

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

3PLs using PR or Marketing firms for their business 09.05.2023 8:40

Mary O'Connell- 3PL Expert - FW - St. Louis, MO What’s your take on those who think that marketing and PR aren’t key components of a good 3PL or Logistics service provider? What are the signs that indicate it is time to seek the aid of a PR firm or outside agency in supply chain and logistics, rather than handling everything in-house? What specific challenges do supply chain and logistics companie...

Carrier Update - Louisville or Minneapolis? 09.05.2023 5:19

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