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May 11, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Import shipping volumes decline the first week of May
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 11, 2023 • 9min
Top Story - FreightTech Companies announce impressive funding numbers.
Noi Mahoney - Borderlands WRiter - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX
Unity SCM secures $8M Series A funding to expand supply chain solutions
Arkansas startup Ox receives $12.6M in Series A funding
Supply chain risk management firm Prewave raises $19M
Pando raises $30M to improve logistics operations across supply chains
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May 10, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 10, 2023 • 13min
Round Table - How does freight look now on the oceans vs where it’s going?
Henry Byers - Head of Ocean Intelligence - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN
Greg Miller - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - New York, NY
Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW
Before we get to Greg’s latest article, how do things look out on the open seas?
Henry, what do you make of this little uptick in Greg’s article - is it just a blip or could it be signs of things starting to get better?
Greg: We talked Monday about the economics of this freight recession and Anthony said “the bad decisions have already been made.” It seems like the ocean carriers could still make some mistakes - what’s your sense about how people are making decisions?
Henry: Same question
Greg how much of your analysis of what’s happening out there looks consistent with what Henry wrote about last week?
Henry, last time you were on, we talked about what carriers needed to do to be ready for this - what do ocean carriers need to be able to do in order to try and get through this without losing too much?
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May 10, 2023 • 10min
Lead generation in a down market
Blythe Brumleve - CEO - Digital Dispatch - Jacksonville, FL
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May 10, 2023 • 6min
Carrier Update - What does Tony think?
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 10, 2023 • 9min
AI investments in retail tech
Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI
What’s the newest trend in AI in retail?
As AI gets involved more in retail, where is that industry as a whole going?
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May 10, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - NTI drops to $2.12 rpm
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 10, 2023 • 11min
Investing in Technology while planning for an exit
Peter Rentschler - CEO - Metafora - Boulder, CO
How do you think about Investing in Technology in the context of planning to sell your company?
How do these strategies change depending on who you may be selling your company to?
Given the broader freight recession we're in, should companies planning on selling stop investing in Technology?
Do you have any advice for how to best plan ahead for different scenarios in this turbulent market? How can we use this time as an opportunity to continue to improve our businesses?
Where can we learn more or get in touch?
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May 10, 2023 • 6min
Carrier Update - You can change the date on the map !!
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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