Adam Wingfield

SFOO Summit: Navigating the trucking downturn – Adam Wingfield’s Playbook for Success

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday.

The trucking industry’s yearslong roller coaster ride from COVID highs to post-pandemic lows was especially impactful for smaller trucking companies. For small fleets and owner-operators, the boom then prolonged bust cycle is a central theme.

In a keynote address at the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit, Adam Wingfield, founder of Innovative Logistics Group, candidly assessed the current market and...

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Una carta abierta a la industria de camiones: el libro de jugadas está aquí

Hay momentos en la vida en que una idea toma forma de una manera que nunca esperaba: cuando la conversación correcta ocurre en el momento correcto, desencadenando una reacción en cadena que conduce a algo más grande de lo que esperaba. Para mí, ese momento comenzó con un tweet. Estaba compartiendo...

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An Open Letter to the Trucking Industry: The Playbook Is Here

There are moments in life when an idea takes shape in a way you never expected — when the right conversation happens at the right time, setting off a chain reaction that leads to something bigger than you anticipated.

For me, that moment started with a tweet.

I was sharing my thoughts on a compliance issue — one of the many daily battles small carriers and owner-operators face — when Craig Fuller, CEO of FreightWaves, saw it. He reached out via direct message, inviting me to speak at the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/playbook/an-open-letter-to-the-trucking-industry-the-playbook-is-here

FMCSA clearinghouse rule puts bullseye on freight capacity

When even a small percentage of tens of thousands of trucks get forced off the road, a major freight capacity shift can ensue – and that’s exactly the scenario playing out now that states have new enforcement power over roughly 179,000 truck drivers.

That’s the number of drivers in “prohibited status” as of Oct. 1, the latest data available from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. On Monday, all those drivers’ CDLs were automatically revoked. Those...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/capacity-shakeout-coming-down-the-pike