FreightWaves Flashback to Transparency19 in Atlanta’s day 3 keynote with David Rowan, former editor of Wired UK. Also, FreightWaves’ CEO joins us to talk about the art of the keynote. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch this historic moment Get tickets to FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago More FreightWaves Podcasts
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Technology is reshaping the transportation and logistics world, bringing innovation, opportunities and threats to existing ways of doing business, journalist David Rowan, founding editor of Wired UK, said during a keynote at Transparency19. “Freight wasn’t one of the first, but it’s deep in it now. There are billions to be made if you see ahead,” […]
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Over the last decade, J.B. Hunt has not only tripled in size, but has evolved from a big truckload and intermodal operator to offering dedicated services and what has turned into a billion-dollar brokerage and third-party logistics provider (3PL). The next stage, according to Shelley Simpson, the company’s chief commercial officer, executive vice president and […]
Nikola executive Elizabeth Fretheim’s journey to a company developing zero-emissions trucks had an unlikely start in Canada’s oilpatch.
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