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Episode Summary:
FTR’s State of Freight: capacity to remain tight, economy is strong but there are some mixed signals. How the Denham amendment could impact the J.B. Hunt meal break trial. JP and Chad do “Five Good Minutes” with Ken Evans and Andy Dishner from Konexial. The Dallas freight market is leading the country. Indian logistics suffers from capacity fragmentation and labor shortage. JP and Chad discuss all this and more on this week’s episode.
Episode Notes:
Chad and JP pop the top on a fresh cerveza: Bell’s Two-Hearted and Sierra Nevada Southern Gothic. What’s new?
They cover the headlines of the week.
FTR’s State of Freight: capacity to remain tight, economy is strong but tricky time
How the Denham amendment could impact the J.B. Hunt meal break trial
The Dallas freight market is leading the country
Indian logistics industry suffers from capacity fragmentation and labor shortage
They spend Five Good Minutes with Ken Evans and Andy Dishner from Konexial.
Then, they cover not six but EIGHT headlines and all in the same two-minute span. Why? Because they think they can.
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U.S. Xpress is making its IPO tomorrow at $16/share: big deal, or little deal?
About the show:
What the Truck?!? is FreightWaves’ irreverent podcast breaking down the biggest stories in transportation and logistics. Join FreightWaves writers John Paul Hampstead and Chad Prevost on Friday afternoons as we discuss all things freight.
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