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You’ve been Suez-ed — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

After a week filled with big news stories, Dooner and The Dude close out with a WHAT THE TRUCK?!? filled with information on the problem in Egypt. 

The guys got the low-down on the Convoy story with founder and CEO Dan Lewis. 

Plus they discussed the impending inventory crisis, warehouse rates taking a big jump, human trafficking in trucking, Pepsi producing Peeps and more. 

Dooner and The Dude welcomed special guests Dan Lewis, CEO and founder of Convoy; Vitaly Bekker, senior transportation...

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Creating a culture with MoLo Solutions CEO Andrew Silver – FreightWaves Insiders

On this episode of FreightWaves Insiders, Dooner catches up with MoLo Solutions CEO Andrew Silver to talk about building a culture in freight. MoLo solutions was just included on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startups to Work For in 2021.

Silver is a multigenerational freight prodigy who cut his teeth at Coyote Logistics before joining MoLo as its CEO. Since that time business has been booming, and his employees have been thriving. On today’s show he’ll tell us how to build a freight culture...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/creating-a-culture-with-molo-solutions-ceo-andrew-silver-freightwaves-insiders

GSCW: Dealing with risk in ocean shipping — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

The last three days of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week are all about global maritime logistics and how people get things moved across the planet. Dooner and The Dude focused this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? on the challenges ocean shippers are still facing in the hot market. 

They welcomed Lauren Beagen, maritime industry expert and adjunct law professor at Roger Williams University, to the show and discussed a new program to respond to emergencies in the maritime industry. 

The Maritime...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw:-dealing-with-risk-in-ocean-shipping-—-what-the-truck?!?

GSCW: Is RNG the fuel of the future? — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Day 5 of Global Supply Chain Week focused on energy, mining and chemicals, and Dooner and The Dude were excited to jump into good discussion with Trinity Logistics and Digital Wildcatters. 

Jennifer Braun, Trinity Logistics vice president of Kansas City Operations, joined the show to talk about the intricacies behind moving hazardous chemicals. It takes special capabilities to move chemicals safely and legally, but Trinity specializes in hazmat transportation. 

Braun said so much regulation goes...

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Should freight companies pay their employees in bitcoin? – FreightWaves Insiders

FreightWaves Insiders is back and on this episode Dooner and his cohorts are talking about the meme stock movement, cryptocurrency, Robinhood’s behavior, whether freight employees should be paid in bitcoin, and where the venture capital is flowing in 2021. Should startups put their seed rounds in bitcoin?

Dooner is joined by BasicBlock CEO/co-founder Taylor Monks and TNT Ventures Limited Partner Charley Dehoney on the podcast.

Over the past few years, Monks has spent his time working with some...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/should-freight-companies-pay-their-employees-in-bitcoin-freightwaves-insiders

K-9 Agent Bico earns a biscuit – WHAT THE TRUCK?!? [newsletter]

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter sponsored by Legend Transportation Inc. In this issue, dogs in logistics, plus market crunches shippers, a look at Global Supply Chain Week, moving a house with a semi and more.

Rejects on the rise

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Find another carrier — Last week’s winter storms saw freight volumes drop down like my Robinhood portfolio but not at pace with capacity, which went offline at a faster rate. As Zach Strickland wrote in his Chart of the Week, “It is unusual, but not as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dogs-in-logistics-what-the-truck?!?

Control is crucial — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Health is something Chad Brueck, president of expedited solutions at CRST, knows is a valuable asset. He is a marathon runner, fitness enthusiast and a newly minted group fitness instructor and that discipline translates into good business practices.

Brueck handles truckload hauling of pharmaceutical products with CRST and has seen the industry shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brueck said CRST is focused on working with each of its clients to deliver products in the safest, most controlled...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/control-is-crucial-what-the-truck

ArcBest doles out pandemic support — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

In this session of the FreightWaves Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit, Dooner and Michael “The Dude” Vincent host a live session of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? with Danny Loe, president of asset light logistics and chief yield officer with ArcBest. 

ArcBest has been instrumental in expediting health and pharmacy supply chains by using integrated solutions combined with ArcBest’s individual owned assets. Loe says every customer in the logistics world has different needs and requires different solutions...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/arcbest-doles-out-pandemic-support-what-the-truck

The receipt for 2020 – WHAT THE TRUCK?!? [newsletter]

Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter sponsored by Legend Transportation Inc. In this issue 3,140 fleet failures, woeful state of yard management, spot rates back on the move, crash-causing koalas, robot chefs and more.

Run, spot, run

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Plus four — After slumping for most of ’21, the spot market has finally turned things around this week with a modest 4-cent gain elevating it to $2.75 a mile, inclusive of fuel. While we’re still a ways away from Jan. 3’s peak of $3.22 a mile, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-receipt-for-2020-what-the-truck-newsletter

Drones? In my mailbox? It’s more likely than you think – WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

This episode is brought to you by Legend Transportation, which has been establishing partnerships through outstanding customer service since 2007. Learn more at newlegendinc.com.

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking all about the rise of drone delivery and how Valqari plans on having your packages land with them.

Plus, Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, contract rates are up 12% this year, football fans’ love of avocado drives cross-border freight demand, Amazon’s trucking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drones-in-my-mailbox-its-more-likely-than-you-think-what-the-truck

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