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Reefer rejection rates decline to 4.27% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diesel fuel prices fall to $4.57 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John KIngston - Editor-at-Large - FreightWaves This seemed to pop up out of nowhere but the sale of Travel Centers was something that was pushed for quite a while - how did this deal go down? What will be the main effect in the truck stop industry of this acquisition now with Travel Center, Love’s and Pilot Flying J with a large market share of the industry? How does this effect BP’s oil and gas position now that they have a distribution outlet directly to the trucking community? As far as the deal is concerned - is $86 a share a fair price for Travel Centers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will imports impact the trucking market? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contracted rates are on the move Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anne Reinke - President - TIA - Washington, DC Will talk about the new protocols set out by the FMCSA Can also go back to the “bad actors” conversation we had in the Freight Conversation two weeks ago. Who are the “bad actors” she is referring to? What are ways you’d like to see this handled? What conversations have you had with others about this subject and how spread out are the opinions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expected drop in port volume Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Wasson - Enterprise Trucking Expert - FreightWaves Takeaways: UPS trucks might be destroyed versus sold to prevent seeing old trucks on the road with faded graphics Make sure to note if permanent or semi permanent wrapping for trucks, as there is a difference Wrapping trucks with 3M reflective surfaces is legit if you drive mostly at night, helps prevent accidents Wraps and graphics are made with giant printers and designed with pressure sensitive adhesives Cass Transportation Index Report January 2023 (Cass Information Systems) TL:DR: Amidst a mode shift to truckload, shipment volumes fell 3.2% m/m in January. Yet in a moment of unusual stability, overall rates were eerily steady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spot market getting close to a bottom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices