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Freightonomics top 10 of 2020

Anthony Smith Zach Strickland

The best of Freightonomics from Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland

It was a topsy-turvy year for freight, with the COVID-19 pandemic ushering in an explosive growth in e-commerce. 

The guys rank their favorite Freightonomics episodes from a year when anything went in the freight market. 

How long will the bull run: Live from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit, Strickland and Smith talk about the booming freight market in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the trenches: Hear from Smith’s cousin with...

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FreightCasts Weekly Recap (8/17-8/23)

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Users of the FreightWavesTV app also have access to a full lineup of FreightWavesTV...

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The Daily Dash: FreightWaves Carrier Summit wraps up, and what is a digital trucking fleet?

Digital trucking fleet

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the FreightWaves Carrier Summit concluded on Thursday with a series of sessions focused on carriers, driver recruiting, the supply chain and technology. Plus, U.S. Xpress CEO Eric Fuller explains what a digital trucking fleet is, Amazon suffers another court loss, and Prologis is training the workers of the future.

Carrier Summit concludes

The FreightWaves Carrier Summit concluded its two-day run on...

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FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Boosting your bottom line using technology (with video)

Every decision can impact the bottom line, says Terri Lucas, vice president of sales at SkyBitz Inc.

“Customers want to be sure their return on investment (ROI) is there before moving forward,” Lucas said. “We are working every day to provide the right data set so that they can derive those ROIs.”

Lucas, along with Debbie Sackman, SkyBitz’s senior product manager, took part in a “Technology in Action” talk during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit, which is streaming live Thursday on FreightWavesTV...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-boosting-your-bottom-line-with-video

FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Using tech to cope with COVID (with video)

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Technology was already a huge timesaver for trucking carriers. Then came the coronavirus. The outbreak created more market volatility and simultaneously forced trucking to operate in a different — socially distanced — manner. All of which makes trucking technology even more important.

How Nashville, Tennessee-based C&N Deliveries uses the technology solutions of Bloom Global offers a case in point.

C&N CEO and founder Nicole Clemons spoke with FreightWaves Director of Market Intelligence Zach...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-using-tech-to-cope-with-covid-with-video

FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Pivoting during a pandemic (with video)

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Chris Hummer, president of Don Hummer Trucking, says that his company was able to successfully pivot to a remote work environment in mid-March because it already had a strong technology infrastructure in place, including its partnership with companies like McLeod Software, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hummer shared his insight on how his company was able to operate and thrive during the pandemic with Heidi Boggs, director of customer care and support for McLeod Software, in a virtual...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-pivoting-during-a-pandemic-with-video

The Daily Dash: FreightWaves Carrier Summit; digitization of the supply chain; FedEx shipping charges set

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the FreightWaves Carrier Summit began on Wednesday with a series of sessions focused on carriers, driver recruiting, the supply chain and technology. Plus, an upstart company wants to dig deeper into your supply chain, Blume Global wants everyone to have access to digital tools and FedEx sets peak season shipping charges.

Carrier Summit kicks off

The FreightWaves Carrier Summit kicked off on...

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FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Military hiring initiatives (with video)

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Veterans who become truck drivers — and the carriers that hire them — discover that there’s a lot in common between serving in the military and driving a big rig, according to JIm Morbach, vice president of field and government recruiting for Werner Enterprises (NYSE: WERN).

Morbach was interviewed by Matt Beach, vice president of sales for SeatMyTrucks, to discuss military hiring in a virtual fireside chat that was part of the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Thursday.

Former military personnel...

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FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Trucking deals outpacing other sectors (with video)

JT Engstrom and Spencer Tenney virtual fireside chat at FreightWaves Carrier Summit

A countercyclical truckload (TL) mergers and acquisitions market appears to have developed, at least in comparison to broader M&A or even normal TL deal flow. During a virtual fireside chat at the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Thursday, FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom and Spencer Tenney, president and CEO, Tenney Group, discussed the current interest in trucking deals.

Tenney Group is an advisory firm focused on M&A in the transportation industry.

Tenney said broader M&A activity...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-trucking-mampa-outpacing-other-sectors-with-video

FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Avoiding HR pitfalls crucial when recruiting drivers (with video)

Kevin Hill and David Robinson discuss HR strategies in trucking.

Motor carriers agree that competition is fierce to find and hire qualified truck drivers. It often can be a race to see which company can successfully help applicants navigate the hiring process first.

Kevin Hill, director of research at FreightWaves, discussed how to avoid legal HR pitfalls when recruiting drivers with David Robinson, a labor and employment law partner at the Scopelitis Law Firm, during a virtual fireside chat at the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Wednesday.

After working with...

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