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Mary O’Connell 

Former pricing analyst, supply chain planner, and broker/dispatcher turned creator of the newsletter and podcast Check Call. Which gives insights into the world around 3PLs and Freight brokers. She will talk your ear off about anything and everything if you let her. Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. 


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Recent Articles

Check Call: Long live Convoy

Mary O'Connell Tuesday, July 29, 2025

In this edition: Breaking down the Convoy sale to DAT and the rail merger of the century.

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Check Call: Broker liability hits the headlines once again

Mary O'Connell Tuesday, July 22, 2025

In this edition: Breaking down the new broker liability case in the Appeals Court and LTL classification changes get paused.

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Check Call: Cross-border volumes surge ahead of possible tariffs

Mary O'Connell Tuesday, July 15, 2025

In this edition: Cross-border volumes between the U.S. and Mexico surge and the weekly shipper report.

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Check Call: Tariffs pushed again

Mary O'Connell Tuesday, July 8, 2025

In this edition: breaking down the new deadline for tariffs and expansion into Mexico.

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Check Call: What a shipper wants, what a shipper needs 

Mary O'Connell Tuesday, July 1, 2025

In this edition: Breaking down Denim’s Shipper Pulse report and Carrier Source’s weekly shipper report.

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Check Call: It’s about giving more than receiving 

Mary O'Connell Wednesday, June 25, 2025

In this edition: The Go-Giver book review and cyberattacks hit again.

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