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Loadsmart spotlights small fleets’ technology needs and opportunities

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Leveraging Technology for Fleet Growth: What Smaller Fleets Need and What Can Be Provided

DETAILS: Casey Monahan, vice president of digital sales at LoadSmart, talks with FreightWaves’ Grace Sharkey about what his company’s TMS systems can provide and what today’s growing fleets need as technology advances.

KEY QUOTES FROM MONAHAN:

“Our carriers are the ones where AI is reading their trucks as they come...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loadsmart-spotlights-small-fleets-technology-needs-and-opportunities

Michael Kornhauser talks need for commercial vehicle navigation

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

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The Need for Commercial Vehicle Navigation

DETAILS: Michael Kornhauser, sector vice president of transportation at Colorado-based technology company Trimble, advocates for commercial navigation as an essential tool to keep drivers safe, legal and efficient on the job.

KEY QUOTES FROM MICHAEL KORNHAUSER:

“Whether you’re responsible for one truck, five trucks or 20,000 trucks,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/michael-kornhauser-talks-need-for-commercial-vehicle-navigation

4 things to know about the 2024 Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit

With the 2024 Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit revving up next week, here are four things to check out during this year’s virtual trucking program.

1. Where to watch

FreightWavesTV will livestream the event starting at 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 24. It will also be streamed to FreightWaves social media accounts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

2. Keynote topic

The summit will open with a keynote discussion between Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association President Todd Spencer and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/4-things-to-know-about-the-2024-small-fleet-owner-operator-summit

Leveraging feedback to improve efficiency – Taking the Hire Road

Max Farrell, CEO of real-time feedback platform WorkHound, joined Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to discuss the value of driver feedback, the creation of an effective feedback loop and trends in the current economic climate.

Retention is a hot topic, especially in this challenging freight environment. How are companies leveraging the kind of feedback that WorkHound provides?

During freight recessions like the current one, Farrell said, rightsizing is more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/leveraging-feedback-to-improve-efficiency-taking-the-hire-road

California carrier and freight brokerage ceasing operations, blames AB5

A family-owned trucking company and brokerage — California Intermodal Associates Inc. (CIA), headquartered in Commerce, California — is ceasing operations after nearly 25 years, citing the state’s independent contractor law.

CEO Gabriel Chaul said he recently notified customers that he is winding down operations.

“I blame AB5 for the main reasons our company is closing,” Chaul told FreightWaves on Tuesday.

He said all hope that his company would survive faded in March after a federal judge in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-carrier-and-freight-brokerage-ceasing-operations-blames-ab5

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