What The Truck?!? – October 5, 2018

Subscribe for free: Apple Podcasts l Google Play l Stitcher l Spotify 

Episode Summary:

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case that tests how owner-operators, carriers settle disputes. Railroads + Shippers = Solutions Conference. What’s a mango got to do with it? Blockchain expert panel at McLeod’s User Conference. They sit down for Five Good Minutes with Tom McLeod at the McLeod UC2018 conference. JP and Chad discuss all this and more on this week’s episode.

Episode Notes:

Feeling guilty about tricking JP into a beer other than Bell’s Two-Hearted last week, Chad breaks down and shares a Bells Two-Hearted with JP.

Then, the dynamic freight duo takes a shot at some serious headlines of the week.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case that tests how owner-operators, carriers settle disputes

What’s a mango got to do with it? Blockchain expert panel at McLeod

They sit down for Five Good Minutes with Tom McLeod at the McLeod UC2018 conference. 

Finally, they play another rousing round of Big Deal, Little Deal?

The ‘new NAFTA’ creates certainty for oil & gas investors

FreightWaves to compete for FIA Innovator of the Year 2018

SambaSafety announces new CSA scorecard to address FAST Act score model

Larkin: LTL to benefit most from e-commerce growth

Drivers continue switching jobs as turnover rate hits 5-year high

A creative approach to solving a big (rig) problem

Record rainfall, water rescues in the Desert Southwest

FMCSA plans proposed rulemaking to address regulations slowing development of autonomous technologies

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.