FreightWaves NOW – January 18, 2019
On todays episode, Chad Prevost catches up with Nick Austin about the weather, John Paul Hampstead about volumes, and John Kingston about IMO2020 as it relates to market prices.
On todays episode, Chad Prevost catches up with Nick Austin about the weather, John Paul Hampstead about volumes, and John Kingston about IMO2020 as it relates to market prices.
WTT episode sponsored by Redwood LogisticsFirst, JP gets back on track with a Bell’s Two-Hearted and Chad shares a Naked River Hop Hatch with special guest Zach Strickland. Then, they tackle the headlines with a Market Playbook angle: Weekly Market Update: Capacity abounds as volume flattens. Inflation pressure cools, but trucking rates keep climbing. Carriers roughed up as shippers, brokers search for freight market bottom. And onto other headlines of the week: U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of driver in dispute with New Prime. Ford, Volkswagen announce partnership to jointly develop commercial vans, pickups. Volkswagen announces Chattanooga plant expansion; focus on electric vehicles. Finally, they play an especially rousing round of Big Deal, Little Deal? And last but not least, they have 5 Good Minutes with SVP of Redwood Logistics, Steve Gadaleta.
To say the Sierras got some snow over the last few days would be an understatement.
Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsCultural alignment matters: one of the greatest barriers to successful M&As is lack of cultural integration.
Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsCultural alignment matters: one of the greatest barriers to successful M&As is lack of cultural integration.
On today’s episode Chad Provest talks to three Market Experts Nick Austin with the weather, Tech Expert Jeff Seibenhener, and Oil Market Expert John Kingston.
There’s been a significant increase in commercial motor fatalities over the past couple years. We look at some of the causes.
WorkHound, which offers an anonymous feedback platform for drivers, categorized driver comments into different groups to see what they were talking about. These were the top 5 themes.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Market Expert Micheal Crosby and Chief Legal Officer Kevin Martin about capacity volumes, and the Supreme Court ruling.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Chief Meteorologist Nick Austin and Chief Data Scientist Daniel Pickett and Chief Analytic Expert Dean Croke about traffic fatalities: where they are and how to prepare for them, and a look into a new index on SONAR related to air cargo.
A snowstorm is blasting through the Sierras right now. Here’s how much snow to expect and the impact it will have on transportation in the area.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Market Experts Nick Austin and Zach Strickland about current weather conditions, Inbound Market Volume, and Outbound Tender Rejections in the United States.
An overview of which jobs are being impacted by the government shutdown.
63% of online buyers expect items to be delivered within 3 days.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Nick Austin and John Paul Hampstead about weather conditions and the current pressure on contract rates.
WTT episode sponsored by Redwood LogisticsFirst, JP drinks tap water while Chad cracks open a Hutton and Smith Basecamp Blonde. Then they tackle an abundance of big headlines from this week in all things logistics. The dynamic freight duo then spend Five Good Minutes with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on building collaborations between logistics companies in Freight Alley. And then they tackle another eight headlines in under two minutes on Big deal little deal (what’s the deal with you)?
Major weekend storm still on track to dump snow, ice from Plains to mid-Atlantic. Potential for road closures, power outages.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost discusses weather, market volumes, and autonomous trucks with Market Experts Nick Austin, Michael Cosby, and Jeff Seibenhener.
Trains are getting longer and the U.S. Government Accountability Office is looking into it.