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What The Truck?!? – Episode 15

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Episode Summary:

FTR’s State of Freight: capacity to remain tight, economy is strong but there are some mixed signals. How the Denham amendment could impact the J.B. Hunt meal break trial.  JP and Chad do “Five Good Minutes” with Ken Evans and Andy Dishner from Konexial. The Dallas freight market is leading the country. Indian logistics suffers from capacity fragmentation and labor shortage. JP and Chad discuss all this and more on this week’s episode.

Episode Notes:

Chad and JP pop the top on a fresh cerveza: Bell’s Two-Hearted and Sierra Nevada Southern Gothic. What’s new?

They cover the headlines of the week.

FTR’s State of Freight: capacity to remain tight, economy is strong but tricky time

How the Denham amendment could impact the J.B. Hunt meal break trial

The Dallas freight market is leading the country

Indian logistics industry suffers from capacity fragmentation and labor shortage

They spend Five Good Minutes with Ken Evans and Andy Dishner from Konexial.

Then, they cover not six but EIGHT headlines and all in the same two-minute span. Why? Because they think they can.

“Sultan of SONAR” Zach Strickland to lead data and economic analysts in real-time: big deal, or little deal?

Lumber market update: futures prices still breaking records: big deal, or little deal?

FreightWaves raises $13M in oversubscribed Series A funding led by 8VC: big deal, or little deal?

Commodities rallying, outperforming equities in 2018: big deal, or little deal?

Stifel: U.S. dry bulk exports up as global demand for coal and grain rise: big deal, or little deal?

Trucker Path pushing the needle on the parking problem: big deal, or little deal?

How to getting in a shipper’s good graces: big deal, or little deal?

U.S. Xpress is making its IPO tomorrow at $16/share: big deal, or little deal?

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.