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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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BlueGrace’s Logistics Confidence Index 30.05.2023 8:25

https://mybluegrace.com/indexes/bluegrace-logistics-confidence-index/ Jason discusses the latest findings from our quarterly Logistics Confidence Index that details customers’ expectations and confidence in their organization’s financial growth or stagnation, level of inventory and warehouse capacity, as well as unique information on the expansion or contraction of orders for the upcoming quarter...

Carrier Update - Outbound tender rejection rates rise back to April levels 30.05.2023 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 - Retailers sounding more negative about prospects of a rebound 30.05.2023 10:27

Adam Josephson - Senior Vertical Expert - FreightWaves - Baltimore, MD What are the major concerns of retailers right now when it comes to discretionary income? Home Depot and Lowe’s have dropped their guidance for the rest of the year - what does that tell you about the state of the home improvement industry? What do you see as the major effects the freight industry will see out of this? How much...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 24.05.2023 5:16

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

Round Table - The latest in maritime shipping - from inside and outside the courtroom 24.05.2023 12:54

Sal Mercogliano - Professor of History at Campbell University - Buies Creek, NC Lauren Beagen - The Maritime Professor - Boston, MA Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can we make AI safe for companies to use? 24.05.2023 10:24

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

Carrier Update - Import volumes continue to slowly pick back up 24.05.2023 5:24

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

Finding new revenue in growing markets 24.05.2023 8:28

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Walmart Saw 26% quarterly increase in e-commerce global sales Reopening of China Phone and tech sales in India +, Flipkart sales up, added 35,000 new partners India’s GDP growth surpassed China (Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi, Mexico, Australia, and the US) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Several midsized markets increase market share Y/Y as the largest markets deteriorate 24.05.2023 5:18

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

Is a hybrid carrier model the way to go in the future? 24.05.2023 10:44

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Dan Lewis - Founder and CEO - Convoy - Seattle, WA Could you please explain the problems stemming from the trucking and brokerage that have historically made it difficult to leverage network effects? What is a hybrid carrier? What characteristics of this new model will promote economies of scale? What are those key ingredients? I th...

Carrier Update - Few markets show significant changes 24.05.2023 5:22

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

Top Story - Congress votes to overturn EPA’s nitrous oxide emissions rule 24.05.2023 8:58

John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington DC Ultimately, how did Congress vote on this matter? Was this a contentious fight or was this something that was a bit of a foregone conclusion with Republicans holding the majority in the house? OOIDA was a vocal proponent of getting rid of this rule because of the financial responsibility of about $8000 of hardware to limit NO...

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 23.05.2023 5:24

Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round Table - The state of freight tech in a down economy 23.05.2023 11:59

Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FW - Lansing, MI Natan Reddy - Senior Associate - Ironspring Ventures - New York, NY Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Corner - Were Zim’s first quarter earnings results really a surprise? 23.05.2023 7:24

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

How to use Agile to improve your business 23.05.2023 8:19

Kevin Jenkins - Senior Director - Engineering - Metafora - Hillsborough, NC Metafora.net. You can email me directly, kjenkins@metafora.net or reach out through LinkedIn. We offer a free Agile assessment to highlight areas for improvement within your organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - NTI continues to trend higher 23.05.2023 5:24

Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FedEx announces visibility tool for booking 23.05.2023 8:30

Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA Topic: FedEx announces visibility tool for booking What is this new tool and what does it do? How will this increase visibility to customers? What are some of the advantages - say when booking fright that has to go across an ocean? Topic: CMA CGM dropping air cargo service in US Was this the result of trying to make due on what was ori...

Carrier Update - Rejection rates move higher in the Southeast 23.05.2023 5:16

Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Werner suffers loss on appeal of $100 million judgment 23.05.2023 9:25

John Kingston - Editor At Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY Topic: Werner suffers loss on appeal of $100 million judgment Let’s go back to the original case and how blame was decided. What did Werner claim was not true about the verdict that they appealed? Can they continue to appeal this verdict or was this the end of the line? Topic: Trucking alliance still working on regulation What is the...

Carrier Update - Dry van volumes and rejection rates tick higher 23.05.2023 5:28

Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Story - Freightworks former employees band together in lawsuit 23.05.2023 8:49

Clarissa Hawes - Senior Editor - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO What is the allegation of the lawsuit? What is the WARN act and how does it apply here? DId FreightWorks shut down completely or is it still running in some form? What does the lawsuit seek? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day 22.05.2023 5:50

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

Round Table - Layoffs, is the avalanche just beginning? 22.05.2023 12:57

Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heads or Tails - Introduction and first look 22.05.2023 8:03

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