FreightWaves

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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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Carrier Update - Retail to Wholesale fuel spread increases to $1.57 04.05.2023

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

Predatory lease purchases and double brokering challenges 04.05.2023

Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN FMCSA predatory truck leasing task force - where the large carrier folks at? - what makes it predatory - how is it normally done? - SiriusXM drivers talk about it Double brokering challenges - was not really something I noticed until becoming a broker - large carriers typically work with only a handful of trusted brokers - Wh...

Carrier Update - Freightos Baltic daily index declines to $1527.38 04.05.2023

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

Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release 04.05.2023

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Topic: Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release The consortium is growing - for those that don’t know, what is the consortium and who is in it? Who is looking to become part of this group? What will be the effect of a new API they want to build? How feasible is it? Is this one step of a larger goal? Learn more about you...

Carrier Update - Import volumes remain low, but stable 04.05.2023

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

Top Story - Reaction to new emissions rule and Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule 04.05.2023

John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington DC Topic: Reaction to new emissions rule What was the reaction? How strong was it? Will there be more hearings on this in the future? Topic: Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule What is the issue here? One of the arguments is that it would harm the agricultural and livestock industries Brecheen cited a 2005 study that fou...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 03.05.2023

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

Round Table - Why ocean container volume recovery won’t be fast 03.05.2023

Henry Byers - Head of Ocean Intelligence - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryder’s Loyalty Incentive Program and Earnings from E2Open 03.05.2023

John Kingston - Editor At Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY Topic: Ryder’s Loyalty Incentive Program and Earnings from E2Open This is an interesting incentive program, how does it work? And it’s not based on how many dollars a customer spends with Ryder… They also had their earnings release - with their Fleet Management Systems still bringing in the lion’s share of revenue, but more growth fr...

Carrier Update - Are produce rates increasing in Florida? 03.05.2023

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

AI Procurement, Kroger/Albertsons merger 03.05.2023

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

Carrier Update - VHAULEX250 for longhaul capacity in markets 03.05.2023

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

The court battle between Convoy and DAT 03.05.2023

JP Hampstead - Strategic Analyst - FreightWaves Where is this battle now? What here is at stake? “the court allowed Convoy’s contention that DAT’s contracts illegally attempted to restrain trade to proceed.”  What does that mean in the long run? Is Convoy’s case made if they can prove DAT is a monopoly - or if DAT can prove that there is significant competition, does that make Convoy’s allegations...

Carrier Update - Few markets are changing across the nation 03.05.2023

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

Top Story - Daimler announces eM2 truck 03.05.2023

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Anaheim, CA What is the big announcement? How will this advance Daimler’s spot in trucking? Did they express any thoughts about the lack of infrastructure available for recharging the trucks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 02.05.2023

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

Hurry up and wait? 02.05.2023

Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Joe Antoshak - Senior Editorial Researcher - FreightWaves - Washington D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is air cargo booming or busting? 02.05.2023

Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA Discussing the ongoing decline in the air market as seen through some carrier earnings and forwarder earnings like Kuehne Nagel/DSV (profits way down but still great quarter) and also UPS cutting flight ops. But then Sun Country being an outlier for special reasons and Hawaiian, a soon to be Amazon carrier, gearing up for Amazon but wi...

Carrier Update - Outbound Tender Market Share weekly/monthly/yearly 02.05.2023

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

The impact of what 4PLS can do for your logistics 02.05.2023

Mary O'Connell- 3PL Expert - FW - St. Louis, MO What role do 4PLs play in improving a shipper's sustainability metrics, and how can they help shippers achieve their sustainability goals? What specific sustainability metrics do 4PLs track and report on, and how do these metrics help shippers to improve their environmental impact? For those who currently don’t have metrics set up where should they s...

Carrier Update - Dry van rejection rates increase to 2.90% 02.05.2023

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

Preparing the infrastructure for charging electric trucks 02.05.2023

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Anaheim, CA Given California’s timetable for ZEVs, how difficult is it going to be to get charging stations in place by then? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Average dry van contracted rates fall to 2.45 rpm 02.05.2023

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

DOT announces oral fluid testing is ok, hits roadblock 02.05.2023

John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington, DC What is the new rule? What is the obstacle getting in the way of this moving forward? Any reaction to this new rule from trucking companies or OOIDA? Brandon Wiseman - CEO - TruckSafe.com - Greenfield, IN Initial impacts that carriers will have to be aware of…. Are there any new legal issues with oral fluid testing? Do you e...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 01.05.2023

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

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