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Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO What are some of the biggest challenges that rural communities in developing countries or rural America face when it comes to accessing temperature controlled medical supplies? How do you think technology can help address the issue of temperature control for medical supplies in these areas? Can you tell me about any successful initiatives or programs that have been implemented to improve access to temperature controlled medical supplies in developing countries or rural America? What role do you see governments, non-profits, and private industry playing in addressing this issue, and what steps can they take to ensure that temperature controlled medical supplies are accessible to those who need them most? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will reefer rejection rates fall below dry van rejection rates? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Volvo wants to incubate inventions by startups. Phillips Industries wants to help accelerate young businesses. Can these approaches work in trucking the same as they do across the technology landscape? VOLVO created CampX, a physical location where more than 50 startups have explored and accelerated new ideas under the watchful eye of the global truckmaker. Phillips Industries, a manufacturer of advanced electrical and air brake system components for the commercial truck and trailer industry, announced Phillips Innovations. Phillips Innovations will focus first on sustainable energy technologies. Companies partnering with Phillips Innovations are: Merlin Solar, which makes kits to power cab comforts in Class 8 trucks; ProEV, which makes high-voltage harnesses and electric vehicle technology for battery-electric and fuel cell-powered Class 8 trucks and trailers, and Spartan Radar, whose trailer blindspot detection devices layer with trailer camera radar technologies to help reduce accidents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freight volumes (OTVI) climb to 10,500 index points, OTRI increases to 3.55% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did the earnings report say about how much money TA made on fuel in the fourth quarter? How was that different from past quarters? Why? Was that a reason for the BP acquisition? How will things be different at TA after the BP acquisition? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Zach Strickland - Head of Freight Intelligence - FreightWaves Tony Mulvey - Research Associate - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Mulvey - Research Associate - FreightWaves Zach Strickland - Head of Freight Intelligence - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Leffler - The Armchair Attorney - Chicago, IL When there is an accident in a populated community, what does the company presumably at fault have to worry about in terms of legal action from residents of that area, the town itself….etc? What can individuals do in these cases who have been affected negatively by the derailment? Legally, what does an accident like East Palestine force the industry to do as a whole including manufacturers who obviously don’t want to be a part of a future accident? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices