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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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On The Spot - Back to the basics 01.06.2023 7:46

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

How to be ahead of the curve when you sense a market change coming 01.06.2023 8:46

Kevin Hill - Managing Partner - OTR Advisors, LLC - Fort Worth, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Rail volumes still better than 2020, worse than last 2 years, cost a factor? 01.06.2023 5:47

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

How trucking/brokerage back office jobs remain in demand 01.06.2023 9:00

Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Small uptick in Contracted Accepted load volumes can't stem contract rate declines 01.06.2023 5:55

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

ECommerce delivery expectations and ways to scale ecommerce offerings 01.06.2023 10:06

Dave Hauptman - Chief Commercial Officer - Kenco Group - Franklin, TN Key trends in eCommerce delivery: Cost Over Speed: Consumers place more value on free shipping than the speed of the delivery. Visibility: While speed is not as essential as cost, it is critical companies ensure their customers have visibility into their order status from the time they check out to receiving the package at their...

Carrier Update - Outbound tender rejection rates in context are really low 01.06.2023 5:51

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

Top Story - California Dems pushing for $700M charging project 01.06.2023 9:49

John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington, DC What would the 700 million dollars go towards? “If DOT approves the project application in the amount requested, it will take up the entire $700 million that the agency made available in its first round of funding, for fiscal years 2022-2023, in its Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) competitive grant program.” The pr...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 31.05.2023 5:00

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

Round Table - The debt ceiling: what needs to get done by Monday 31.05.2023 12:11

Loren Smith - President - Skyline Risk Policy Group - Manassas, VA Jim Lucien - Managing Director - Capital Alpha Partners - Washington DC Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heads or Tails - Ignorance + Confidence = Success? 31.05.2023 7:57

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Michael Rudolph - Research Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marketing up, ChatGPT and what to do when you’re just starting in marketing 31.05.2023 9:37

Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Jacksonville, FL How do you market yourself when you know your target has the upper hand (as in carriers to shippers right now)? Will ChatGPT be the end of personal Blogs as a marketing tool? What should I do if I’m just starting out in marketing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Import data to help or hamper freight volumes? 31.05.2023 4:59

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

NVIDIA set to hit the one trillion market cap 31.05.2023 9:02

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Spot rate forecast predicts summer doldrums 31.05.2023 4:52

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

Mobility in transportation employment 31.05.2023 9:21

Charlie Saffro - CEO - CS Consulting - Chicago, IL Charlie, we’re seeing lots of layoffs and obviously some repositioning of a lot of pieces right now - how hectic is the world of recruiting at the moment? One of the interesting points we talked about on a show last week was high level executives moving from one company to another - like the head of Uber Freight going to Flexport. What are you he...

Carrier Update - Outbound tender volumes waiting for post Memorial Day bounce 31.05.2023 4:46

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

Top Story - CPKC again expands network after merger 31.05.2023 9:11

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX What is CPKC up to now with refrigerated freight in their merger? How does this link cities in the midwest to cities in Mexico? Can you give a little timeline to what this company has done since its formation? This seems like it was all planned even before the merger became official. What has CN been doing to try and keep pace with...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 30.05.2023 6:25

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

Round Table - What’s true and not true in rail right now? 30.05.2023 12:26

Mike Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX Harris Ligon - CEO - Telegraph - Chicago, IL Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Corner - Spending still holding on, what are the impacts for freight? 30.05.2023 7:48

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

How to deal with double brokering 30.05.2023 7:54

Karl Fillhouer - VP of Sales - Circle Logistics - Phoenix, AZ How big of a problem is double brokering in your experience/? TIA president Anne Reinke said that double brokering is a safety issue and not just a crime of commerce - should the FMCSA have more legal boudaries when it comes to double brokering or should stopping or deterring potential double brokers come under someone else’s jurisdicti...

Carrier Update - Memphis, Savannah and Louisville glow up on Headhaul Index as fuel prices down south improve 30.05.2023 5:53

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

Training at brokerages? How and why? 30.05.2023 8:33

Mary O’Connell - Check Call Community Host - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO Training is a relatively new concept to the world of supply chain and brokerages. Like we talked about last time, it's always been welcome to the company, have a nice day. Why have some of the better brokerages adapted a more comprehensive training plan? We all know what the cream of the crop does, but what about those who s...

Carrier Update - Spot rates Memorial Day bump, contract still falling 30.05.2023 5:46

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