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GSCW: Weathering the storm at Texas ports — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

For the last episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? during Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude checked up on Texas and the impacts of last month’s winter storm. 

They welcomed Patrick Maher, vice president of business development at Gulf Winds International, to talk vessel delays, port congestion and chemical plant shutdowns. Maher said recovery is going well: “We bounced back as an industry, I believe, better this time around than even during [Hurricane] Harvey.”

Even with that recovery, the...

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Wild weather grips most of the country — Midday Market Update

MMU 11/24

The Southern Plains are preparing for a second wave of winter weather as millions of people from Missouri to Southern Texas are experiencing rolling blackouts from the first storm. Interstates have been closed due to freezing rain and inches of snow while Texas struggles to keep up with electricity demand during its coldest snap in decades. 

A second winter storm is forecast to roll through the same region in the next two days, dropping more snow and ice and keeping temperatures dangerously low,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wild-weather-grips-most-of-the-country-midday-market-update

Career Tracks: Former Mack president joins startup TrovaCV

Denny Slagle, who retired as executive vice president of Volvo Group and president of Mack Trucks in 2018, has joined electric vehicle startup Trova Commercial Vehicles as senior adviser.

TrovaCV was launched this summer to provide commercial vehicle manufacturers with customized engineering, design and manufacturing expertise while at the same time developing its own electric vehicle from the ground up.

Denny Slagle joins TrovaCV as senior adviser.

TrovaCV founder and CEO Patrick Collignon,...

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Commentary: It’s time to keep truckers safer

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

Truck drivers have always kept our economy moving. About 80% of all cargo in the United States is transported by trucks, and the trucking industry itself is responsible for roughly 6% of all full-time jobs in the country – employing about 3.5 million professional truck drivers. Without truckers, the American economy would grind to a halt.

No event in recent...

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How to fight the effects of nuclear verdicts (with video)

A number of nuclear verdicts have rocked the transportation industry over the last several years. FreightWaves teamed up with Gulf Winds International to discuss how these massive jury awards are driving insurance rates up and taking a lasting toll on carriers. 

FreightWaves Director of Freight Intelligence Zach Strickland and Texas Trucking Association President John Esparza tackled the issue head-on in a recent video chat. 

Jury awards against trucking companies continue to swell to higher and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-fight-the-effects-of-nuclear-verdicts-with-video