Walmart starts brokering freight; valuing carriers; MATS, muscles and murder | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Key Takeaways:

  • Walmart is onboarding carriers into its new brokerage network, despite claiming to be in early stages.
  • The episode covers a $2.8 million COVID relief scam involving a fictitious logistics firm.
  • Truck Parking Club's Michael Lombard discusses driver wellness, the Mid-America Trucking Show, and a trucking CEO murder.
  • Industry experts discuss payment innovation, building carrier trust, and other trucking topics.

On episode 815 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about Walmart’s push to add carriers to their new brokerage network. Although the company says it is still in “stealthish” mode, carriers are already getting onboarded. 

Also in headlines, the ‘owner’ of a fictitious logistics firm sentenced in $2.8M COVID relief scam. 

Truck Parking Club’s Michael Lombard stops by to talk about building muscles behind the wheel; the road to Mid-America Trucking Show; and the motive behind an Illinois trucking CEO murder. You can support Lombard on his Ironman journey here.

TriumphPay’s Haley Evans shares the latest in customer-led payment and audit innovation. 

3Ts Logistics’ Matt Nelson talks about building carrier trust through margin transparency and being a great community partner. 

Plus, fed up Amazon delivery driver; how to save a truck in the wind; and more.


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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.