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Zach Strickland looks at van outbound tender rejection rates falling rapidly in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Luke Falasca talks about volume levels almost reaching seasonal norms, and then Mike Baudendistel returns this week with Anthony Smith to discuss the economy dragging down rail traffic and truck orders in the Rail and Intermodal Update.

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The industry wrestles with COVID-19, jobless rates rise; plus, are we headed for a freight cliff?

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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are covering headlines concerning the grocery supply chain and if we’re running out of food, more manufacturers aid in making face masks as shippers pivot, and what new overweight waivers mean for carriers.

Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead talk about the current state of freight. Outbound tender rejections have dropped to 14%, about where they were on March 18, 2020. Some markets like Harrisburg, PA and Atlanta, GA are performing better due to the demand for specific goods. Why is this happening?

Zach Strickland looks at the market volatility map in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, and Andrew Cox brings us the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index. This week is leaning toward carrier favorability at 60 on the scale.

Anthony and Zach discuss the swelling unemployment numbers as well as the plummeting freight volumes and what the endgame might look like for the COVID-19 outbreak.

On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston welcomes Mike Baudensitel of FreightWaves to discuss whether the nation’s rail and intermodal sectors are getting any sort of lift from the trends that have helped the trucking markets since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.  John also discusses the desperate attempts to bring the collapsing […]

With opinions from experts Steve Ferreira, CEO & Founder, Ocean Audit LLC, Lori Ann LaRocco, Sr. Editor of Guests, CNBC, and Bob Poulos, CEO, V3 Transportation

In the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Kevin Hill and Anthony Smith examine which markets are currently thriving. Then in the Shipper Update, they discuss jobless claims reaching another all-time high.

On EP22, Kevin and Andrew discuss the inevitable accounts receivable risk incoming in the transportation industry with Peter Rentschler from CarrierDirect. Andrew introduces a new segment and expectations are set for the March unemployment rate. Check out other episodes here.

On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking about CRMs, sales tech stacks and best practices with FreightWaves President George Abernathy

Zach Strickland examines capacity loosening quickly at the end of March in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet. Then in the Shipper Update, Andrew Cox and Anthony Smith discuss the long-term effects panic-buying has on the freight market.

On today’s CFMU we will be talking about the economic impact that covid-19 is having on freight and the transportation industry. They’ll cover the latest news and freight flows backed by data driven insights powered by SONAR.