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Mar 9, 2023 • 13min
Roundtable - 03/09/2023
The state of rail: disorganized, in disarray or in need of an overhaul?
Tony Hatch - Founder ABH Consulting - New York, NY
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Mar 9, 2023 • 8min
On The Spot - 03/09/2023
A look at February’s LMI
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Mar 9, 2023 • 10min
Newest release within SONAR
Paul Howard - Senior Product Marketing Manager - FreightWaves - Boise ID
Tell us what you’ve got.
What does this do for the user that they have not seen before?
Where do you think SONAR is going with this development?
How can people inquire about getting SONAR and more to the point, SONAR training on this and other aspects of the software?
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Mar 9, 2023 • 6min
3rd Carrier Update - 03/09/2023
Effects of diesel on rejection rates
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Mar 9, 2023 • 10min
The Weird Wild World of Trucking
Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Trucking Expert - FreightWaves
Comments on FreightWorks folding in North Carolina.
- Emerging technologies impacting enterprise trucking with Walter Mitchell CEO of Tai Software
- Chat-GPT3 ai bots and how they can be useful to speed up stuff
- Importance of visibility and challenges
- Why can't 53' dry vans become drone mega carriers
- LTL carriers have all the drone related fun
- partly due to weight, drones have to work hard to lift heavy 1500 - 2000 lb pallets vs parcel
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Mar 9, 2023 • 6min
2nd Carrier Update - 03/09/2023
Flatbed rejection rates increase to 15.89%
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Mar 9, 2023 • 5min
Trucking Insurance
Reid Spitz - Co-Founder - HDVI
We’ve concentrated on rates here at FW, how have you seen trucking insurance rates change pre-pandemic to now?
Through the time when trucks were being bought left and right to now when everyone is just trying to hold on to what they have, what have you seen as the role of the insurance company through these two really different times?
What have been some of the changes in insurance rates and policies with regard to new innovations like telematics and cameras?
Tell us about HDVI Shift and what it can do for fleets?
Where do you see HDVI Shift taking the vehicle insurance industry?
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Mar 9, 2023 • 5min
1st Carrier Update - 03/09/2023
Diesel fuel's first increase in over a month
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Mar 9, 2023 • 9min
BNSF sued by unions over using non-union mechanics
Joanna Marsh - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Falls Church, MD
How did it come about that the unions knew BNSF was using non-union labor for locomotive maintenance?
Give us a short timeline on what conditions created the situation where BNSF had to go outside the union for help.
Any word from BNSF responding to the lawsuit?
The unions cite the derailment in East Palestine as the major event which railroads should see as a cautionary tale to avoid - how much of this is a safety oriented lawsuit and how much is simply a labor lawsuit?
Are any other railroads being scrutinized the way BNSF is under the microscope here?
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Mar 8, 2023 • 5min
4th Carrier Update - 03/08/2023
Lanes of the Day
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