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Both diesel and spot rates continue to decline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Questions over how much money/time Nikola has - what is the latest on this? Now that their financial hardship is public, what are they doing to extend the life of the company? And they are still looking for suitors for their hydrogen based business, how is that going? What are their chances to be bought? Learn more about your ad choices...

Reefer freight volumes pick back up slightly, rejection rates remain steady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX Topic: Nearshoring has created a warehousing/distribution center boom at border What is going on here? When we say border - is everything right at the border or is it spreading out away from border crossings? What has this done to the local real estate economy there? What kinds of companies or industries are starting to take advanta...

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Ryan Rogers - CEO - Text Locate Matt McLelland - VP for Innovation - Covenant Transport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What was the cause? Was this a compilation of bad hiring mistakes coupled with an inability to see how fragile the market was when it was so high?  Or was this a money grab to get as much as possible knowing that the environment was not sustainable and that layoffs would be coming anyway? We’ve heard from a number of companies, not a ton of them - yet we also really haven’t seen a definite bottom...

Andrew Lockwood - Senior Director, managed Logistics - Suddath Global Logistics I've done some research, cross-referencing 2022 Port TEU data, market warehouse vacancy rates, and current warehouse construction by sq feet to try and figure out what's the best/optimal supply chain approach in 2023 and beyond with regard to where the best places are to import containers relative to US population, whi...

OTVI rebounds back above 10,000 index points Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Generic drug manufacturers were at a major loss during the pandemic - much more than we’d like them to be. Nearshoring is not a quick option. Given our experience through the pandemic, how much of this is (a) a just in case solution where we have a backlog of medications ready for distribution? And (b) how much of it is a homeland security issue in terms of being able to get drugs to people when t...

Diesel fuel prices drop, spread remains above $1.50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topic: Reports: Locomation is out of business at month’s end Alan, what do you know? What happened? Is this a casualty of the economic times we’re living in or perhaps bad decision making internally - or both? Was Locomation the only company in the autonomous space to be working with the convoy model - and if so, do you see anyone else that might pick up the baton if they saw at least the idea of...

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Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves JP Hampstead - Strategic Analyst - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Midwest and Southeast remain the best two markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the most common methods used by criminals to steal cargo during transit? How has the problem of cargo theft in the supply chain changed in recent years, and what new challenges have emerged? What steps can companies take to reduce the risk of cargo theft in their supply chain operations? How does technology play a role in preventing cargo theft in the supply chain, and what are some of th...

Reefer rejection rates decline to 4.27% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Diesel fuel prices fall to $4.57 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John KIngston - Editor-at-Large - FreightWaves This seemed to pop up out of nowhere but the sale of Travel Centers was something that was pushed for quite a while - how did this deal go down? What will be the main effect in the truck stop industry of this acquisition now with Travel Center, Love’s and Pilot Flying J with a large market share of the industry? How does this effect BP’s oil and gas p...

Will imports impact the trucking market? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contracted rates are on the move Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices