FreightWaves Today

Bill Priestley Thomas Wasson Donny Gilbert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tell us about Sync Training-as-a-service platform for the transportation industry Training is overlooked New hire perspective Continuing education perspective It’s an area where employers really struggle, so we’re putting together Sync to deliver training more effectively, to help people ramp more quickly and to lessen the burden on management. Why is training overlooked? Nobody thinks it’s unimpo...

NTI holds at $2.39 rpm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO What are some of the biggest challenges that rural communities in developing countries or rural America face when it comes to accessing temperature controlled medical supplies? How do you think technology can help address the issue of temperature control for medical supplies in these areas? Can you tell me about any successfu...

Will reefer rejection rates fall below dry van rejection rates? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Volvo wants to incubate inventions by startups. Phillips Industries wants to help accelerate young businesses. Can these approaches work in trucking the same as they do across the technology landscape? VOLVO created CampX, a physical location where more than 50 startups have explored and accelerated new ideas under the watchful eye of t...

Freight volumes (OTVI) climb to 10,500 index points, OTRI increases to 3.55% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did the earnings report say about how much money TA made on fuel in the fourth quarter? How was that different from past quarters? Why? Was that a reason for the BP acquisition? How will things be different at TA after the BP acquisition? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lanes of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Strickland - Head of Freight Intelligence - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Research Associate - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Mulvey - Research Associate - FreightWaves Zach Strickland - Head of Freight Intelligence - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Leffler - The Armchair Attorney - Chicago, IL When there is an accident in a populated community, what does the company presumably at fault have to worry about in terms of legal action from residents of that area, the town itself….etc? What can individuals do in these cases who have been affected negatively by the derailment? Legally, what does an accident like East Palestine force the ind...

Average diesel fuel prices have fallen to $4.44 as rack prices hold steady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Trucking Expert - FreightWaves -lower freight volumes = more gaps and spot loads - more spot loads = lower volumes and pricing pressure - pricing teams now are looking for more customers at lower contract rates - those contract customers are also shopping around, putting overflow on spot - carrier is hit with double wammy of lower contract volumes and bidding on same loa...

OTLT has been extended to 3 days, but spot rates are still on the decline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hotboxes have come under scrutiny, what can you tell us about their connection to system failures? What are other areas where there are concerns for safety on the railways? Safety has always been an issue touted by both the railroads and the unions - what do accidents like this say about automation and technology that could - and in this case probably should - have avoided this outcome? Learn more...

OTVI peaks just above 10,400.00 index points Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How has this progression gone for Hyliion? What does Hyzon Motors bring to the equation? When recent news has centered on electricity, how is the hydrogen market getting on? Best prognostications for Hyliion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lanes of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Hall - Former Chairman of the NTSB - 1994-2001 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Mulvey and Joe Antoshak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1) Talk about decline in flight hours among all-cargo airlines - ATSG, Atlas Air, etc. - and what that tells us about market; 2) More cargo conversion activity - Qantas, ATSG, etc. - and what that tells us about market, maybe too much supply? 3) Cargo airline investments in more aircraft putting pressure on cash flow - Air Canada, ATSG; 4) Earnings - ATSG, Atlas Air, Air Canada, (also Singapore an...

Is the Laredo market starting to warm? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What steps do you take to prevent double brokering in brokerages? Are there policies and procedures in place to verify the credentials of carriers and ensure that loads are only being assigned to reputable and reliable carriers? How do you ensure that your internal staff are aware of the risks of double brokering and the importance of avoiding it? Is there additional training or education on this...

Freight volumes peak as we close out February Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices