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On our first episode, Zach “The Sultan of SONAR” Strickland joins Tim Dooner to discuss how his experience in finance has helped shape his worldview on transportation.

On this special Memorial Day weekend edition of What The Truck?!? we have all the latest news in FreightTech, supply chain, and trucking – including a focus on Craig Fuller’s state of the industry report, Earnings Over/Under, On The Radar, Fast Paced Forecast, and some hot tips on how to spend your holiday weekend. All this and more on WTT?!? Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player choice and never EVER miss an episode. No paywalls, no borders.

Market expert Brian Aoaeh explains why all of us should be rooting for Uber, Lyft and other startups. Read why!

Convoy, a freight-matching and supply chain solutions technology company, has been named Anheuser-Busch’s Non-Asset Carrier of the Year.

Funding for FreightTech, software companies that aid in the movement of freight is rapidly increasing.

College students interested in supply chain and logistics from 14 schools across the country competed in the first-ever FreightTech Innovation Case Challenge Competition this weekend in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

What the Truck is going on in all things freight this week? We are visited by two special guests for this week’s episode: Zach Strickland and making his “inaugural debut” Michael Crosby. Weekly Market Update: What is happening from a carrier’s perspective, and what is happening from a shipper’s perspective? We’ve got the yen and the yang. Futures: And as a matter of fact, it’s these two different points of view that make for a trucking freight futures market: Houston and Dallas. And then Zach and Chad play a round of Big deal, little deal (what’s the deal with you)?

project44’s Jett McCandless, KeepTruckin’s Ori Franco, Transfix’s Drew McElroy, and Freightos’ Philip von Mecklenburg-Blumenthal were all panelists.

The Houston-based startup is run by executives with decades of experience in global logistics, and plans to tackle the oil and gas vertical first.

What the Truck is going on in all things freight this week? The dynamic freight duo discuss the weekly market playbook. Weekly Market Update: Volumes recover as end of month nears; Polar vortex heats up Chicago. And then on to the other big headlines of the week. Finally, JP talks to Scott Cousins, CTO of Redwood Logistics, for 5 Good Minutes.

The financial tech and freight tech sectors both have a huge addressable market, and both have been traditionally resistant to change. Will the disruption continue, and what should we expect after similar patterns of explosive growth?

WTT episode sponsored by Redwood LogisticsThe dynamic freight duo are joined by guest star, Zach Strickland, as they discuss the weekly market playbook:Weekly Market Update: Largest single day drop in freight volume since Spring of 2018The Permian Basin’s demand for crude oil tanker trucks could quadruple in Q2Shippers have the upper hand in 2019. Here’s what that means:

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.

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)?

WTT episode sponsored by Redwood LogisticsFirst, JP and Chad are joined by special guest, Sultan of SONAR, Zach Strickland, and all imbibe upon a Bells Two-Hearted in a tip of the cap to JP’s go to. They spend 5 Good Minutes with Paul Enos, CEO of the Nevada Trucking Association, and follow that by a rousing rounds of Big deal little deal, what’s the deal with you?

Transfix is reportedly trying to raise a Series D that values the company at 10x gross revenues.

First, Chad and JP crack open a Victory Golden Monkey Tripel Belgian and a Green Bench Happy Hermit Pale Ale. That’s right, JP is branching out. Then, they cover some of this week’s headlines in all things freight and logistics. Finally, they play another round of Big deal little deal, what’s the deal with you? Will they make it a record tying four in a row?

Vector helps streamline trucking operations by digitizing paperwork and assists carriers and shippers in expediting workflow communication.