3PL recap: How Ukraine’s logistics professionals are working during war

Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski of FreightCaviar, right, with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill.

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves 3PL Summit

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How the war in Ukraine is affecting logistics professionals on the ground. 

DETAILS: Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski, the founder and president of Freight Caviar, spent three years working in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was sent there to set up and run an outsourced operation for Evanston, Illinois-based freight brokerage Everest Transportation Systems. Now in Poland, Jaroslawski still has close ties with his former colleagues....

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Check Call: FreightWaves has no chill

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FreightWaves Corner

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We are taking a small deviation from our regularly scheduled programming to break down some BIG FreightWaves developments. We have no chill and it’s a lot to keep up with sometimes. There’s no time like the present to break it down. 

First of all, next week is the 3PL Summit. It’s virtual! So grab your comfies and join us Wednesday for all things 3PL. We’ve got a chat for just about everything. Want to grow your business and find new shippers? Got it....

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3PL Summit: Freight cycle puts truck brokers in good spot — Great Quarter, Guys

INTERVIEW TOPIC:  Outlook for freight brokers

SPEAKER: Bruce Chan, vice president and senior analyst, Transportation & Logistics Equity Research Group at Stifel

BIO: Chan covers freight forwarding, airfreight, contract logistics, truck brokerage and asset-light trucking. He was named a 2018 Rising Star by Institutional Investor Magazine. Chan has a law degree from the University of Maryland.

TAKEAWAY: Freight brokers’ value proposition is becoming more evident in this period of record tight...

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3PL Summit: The Suez Canal crisis — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Dooner and The Dude are live from the FreightWaves 3PL summit with a round of industry expert “speed dating,” and they welcome guests from every corner of the freight world on this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? The guys also discuss the big problem in the Suez Canal and what it means for freight delays globally.

First up is Larry Klein, vice president of logistics at Bringg, who talks about overcoming the challenges of resource shortages from drivers to trucks and trailers and overall capacity....

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3PL Summit: Show carriers love in tight capacity market, execs say

A screen capture of a video chat between David Broering, NFI’s president of non-asset solutions, (left) and Mark Ford, BlueGrace Logistics’ chief operating officer, discuss how carrier capacity strategies during FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Strategies for navigating tight carrier capacity in 2021

DETAILS: It’s no secret that capacity is extremely tight in trucking, and there’s no sign that the situation will change anytime soon. With this in mind, executives from NFI and BlueGrace Logistics discuss ways for third-party logistics providers to ensure that they’re being a good partner to their carriers. 

SPEAKERS: David Broering, NFI’s president of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-summit-show-carriers-love-in-tight-capacity-market-execs-say

3PL Summit: Freight technology with StratusGrid CTO — Put That Coffee Down

StratusGrid CTO talks on freight technology and using the cloud.

This Put That Coffee Down session is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit

PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN TOPIC: The impacts of freight technology

DETAILS: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, chats with Chris Hurst about the benefits of using the cloud and how almost everyone is using it even if they don’t know it. They discuss why freight and logistics are lagging in terms of adopting technology.

SPEAKER: Hurst, chief technology officer at StratusGrid

BIO: Hurst has worked with startups, small- to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-summit-freight-technology-with-stratusgrid-cto

3PL Summit: How smaller 3PLs can use technology to compete

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves  3PL Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How smaller 3PLs can use technology to compete

DETAILS: Running a logistics startup can be overwhelming. You watch large competitors stroke multimillion dollar checks for technology platforms while you are focused on maintaining positive cash flow to pay your carriers and employees. Fortunately, there are tools that can help limit risks of scaling a business while giving you the competitive advantage that legacy...

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3PL Summit: Addressing the gap between contract and spot rates – #WithSONAR

This edition of #WithSONAR is a discussion that hosts Luke Falasca and Kyle Taylor held with Kyle Lintner, principal and managing director of K-Ratio, at the FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How a 3PL deals with a big difference between contract and spot rates

DETAILS: In a roaring, hot spot market like this, the gap between contract rates and spot rates can become enormous. The natural reaction is to reject the loads that are under contract, leading to the current high Outbound...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-summit-on-sonar-live-addressing-the-gap-between-contract-and-spot-rates

3PL Summit: Nolan Transportation president on takeaways from pandemic

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SUPPLY CHAIN SPOTLIGHT TOPIC: What will the ‘new normal’ look like for 3PLs? 

DETAILS: The past 12 to 15 months turned the freight transportation and logistics world upside down as stakeholders grappled with the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the supply chain. How did 3PLs adapt and what lessons will the industry take into the future?  

SPEAKER: Geoff Kelley, president, Nolan Transportation Group

BIO: As president of Nolan Transportation Group (NTG), one of the largest and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-summit-nolan-transportation-president-on-takeaways-from-pandemic