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FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about FreightWaves third birthday, and the company’s past, present and future.

Anthony and Zach explain the primary cost drivers of operating a trucking company and the market influences that drive the pricing volatility on both contracted and transactional freight movements. Also, an update on the coronavirus situation and what we are seeing in the economy today that may affect your life tomorrow.

From the top-sellers to the toxic basement dwellers and all points in-between: this week Put That Coffee Down tackle sales culture.

Private equity-backed trucking companies have had a tough time during this market downturn.

FreightWaves LIVE: EP 25 Industry Keynote w/ Transplace CEO Frank McGuigan and news on Erin Andrews at #FWLive

Coronavirus hits markets, mass layoffs at Starsky, ex-employee talks MDL, J.B. Hunt becomes an NVOCC and more

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller welcomed Emerge founder Andrew Leto to the FreightWaves headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the two discussed Leto’s rise as a freight-tech innovator and the success of his digital freight marketplace.

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Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland is back to chat with Director of Passport Research JP Hampstead about the state of rates this past week. They also talk about the continued impact of the coronavirus and post-Valentine’s Day freight rates.

Guests from One Point Logistics on KeepTruckin shutting down brokerage, Knight-Swift, and TriumphPay on this stacked episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Spot freight may only account for 10-20% of total freight moved in the U.S., but its activity paints the picture of the entire freight market. Tom Mallon joins to discuss the direction of rates in 2020. Also; Coronavirus update along with the current state of the market as well as recent economic releases.

Average income for independent owner operators dropped in ’19, but maybe not as much as you might have thought.

How to think and grow rich using the right mindset with Andrew Leto, founder of Emerge

On today’s episode Dooner and Hill take on every salesperson’s least favorite part of the job: cold calling.

Today, Kevin and Andrew have two special guests: Bill Vitti, chief commercial officer of Truckstop, explains the recently announced partnership with Knight-Swift; then Peter Rentschler from Carrier Direct discusses his takeaways from last week’s Stifel Conference in Miami. Lastly, we discuss the triumphant return of flip phones and why Virgin Galactic stock has tripled since […]

In this FreightWaves Flashback to FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago we’ll hear from Ryan Rusnak, CTO and co-founder or Airspace Technologies during his session: Making or breaking your business with machine learning.

On this President’s Day episode, Dooner and Chad are talking about a trucker shot over a parking spot, the incoming capacity crunch, and the White House China trade deal watchdog group.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Julian Alvarez, Founder and CEO of Logixboard.

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This week we make a clean sweep of the headlines and all the freight and logistics action. It’s a tough balancing act, getting it all in a single live episode of What the Truck?!?, but if anyone can do it, Dooner and Prevost can. Just look at how we demonstrate the power of gravity with […]