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May 4, 2023 • 12min
Round Table - How much of the Q1 losses was preventable?
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW
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May 4, 2023 • 8min
On The Spot - How is the macroeconomy faring?
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
Anthony Smith - Chief Economist - FreightWaves
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May 4, 2023 • 8min
How to find transparency in sales
Kevin Hill - Managing Partner - OTR Advisors - Fort Worth, TX
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May 4, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Retail to Wholesale fuel spread increases to $1.57
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 4, 2023 • 10min
Predatory lease purchases and double brokering challenges
Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN
FMCSA predatory truck leasing task force
- where the large carrier folks at?
- what makes it predatory
- how is it normally done?
- SiriusXM drivers talk about it
Double brokering challenges
- was not really something I noticed until becoming a broker
- large carriers typically work with only a handful of trusted brokers
- Why does it happen and what can folks do about it? .
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May 4, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Freightos Baltic daily index declines to $1527.38
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 4, 2023 • 10min
Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release
Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI
Topic: Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release
The consortium is growing - for those that don’t know, what is the consortium and who is in it?
Who is looking to become part of this group?
What will be the effect of a new API they want to build?
How feasible is it?
Is this one step of a larger goal?
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May 4, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Import volumes remain low, but stable
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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May 4, 2023 • 9min
Top Story - Reaction to new emissions rule and Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule
John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington DC
Topic: Reaction to new emissions rule
What was the reaction?
How strong was it?
Will there be more hearings on this in the future?
Topic: Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule
What is the issue here?
One of the arguments is that it would harm the agricultural and livestock industries
Brecheen cited a 2005 study that found that interactions among vehicles traveling 10 mph below the posted speed limit were 227% higher than among vehicles moving at traffic speed. Such interactions lead to more crashes, said Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which supports Brecheen’s bill.
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May 3, 2023 • 5min
Carrier Update - Lanes of the Day
Donny Gilbert - Director of Customer Solutions - FreightWaves
Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves
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