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Apr 18, 2023 • 10min

Top Story - What’s with the rash of recalls all over trucking?

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Volvo, Nikola, Daimler, Bendix and Navistar recalling over 100,000 trucks for various reasons. Is this coincidence or is there something behind all of these issues coming at once? The electric recalls are obviously very low in number, but it’s the entire fleet at times - that being the case, how much do electric truck makers have to be good on quality control just so their product can be marketable and not always been sent back for a recall? Who has more to worry about here - the fact that Daimler and Navistar had about 100K trucks recalled or that electric makers had their entire fleets recalled? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 12min

Round Table - Fed concerned about nearshoring in terms of goods and people coming to America?

Loren Smith - President - Skyline Policy Risk Group - Manassas, VA Randy Mullett - Senior Advisor - Immaginnovate - Washington, DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 8min

Borderlands - 04/17/2023

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Reporter - FreightWaves Topic: Borderlands: Mexican-made trucks surge coming to America in March. Topic: Target opening three distribution centers in Texas Topic: Maersk opens service centers in Brazil and Mexico City Topic: Walmart closing facility in Fort Worth, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 9min

What to expect from CPG companies’ earnings

Mike Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 10min

Another way to getting hydrogen: Splitting ammonia

John Kingston - Editor-At-Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY What is this new technique in attempting to get hydrogen to power a drivetrain? How feasible is this given the other ways companies are trying to use hydrogen to fuel electric vehicles? This is going to be tested on a Tugboat in the Hudson River near Brooklyn.  What does using Ammonia do differently for emissions than LNG or other methods? What are the chances of adoption - in specifically Norway, where this might have a good chance to be used? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 11min

Top Story - Aurora building terminals for autonomous trucks

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Why are these terminals necessary? How do they aid autonomous trucks in their downtime? How does Ryder key into this development? The facility isn’t completely ready, but it’s close - what has to happen for one of these terminals to be completely functional? Will this be the same for long haul and short haul trucks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 5min

4th Carrier Update - 04/17/2023

Lanes of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 6min

3rd Carrier Update - 04/17/2023

Reefer rejection rates increase in the Memphis, Buffalo and Syracuse markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 5min

2nd Carrier Update - 04/17/2023

Freight volumes hover just above 10,000 index points Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 5min

1st Carrier Update - 04/17/2023

Retail diesel fuel prices fall back to $4.25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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