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Check Call: The 2025 crystal ball

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2025 is around the corner. Literally, it’s in like 36 hours, and with that come New Year’s resolutions and big goals for the new year. Over here at all things Check Call, we like to abandon resolutions and goals and make predictions about what could happen in the new year. All we have to go on is vibes, hunches and a few well-educated guesses.

The first big prediction is about returns and reverse logistics. This has consistently been an area that shippers and 3PLs have struggled...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-2025-crystal-ball

Check Call: Rating 2024 supply chain predictions

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It’s the end of the year, which is the time for best-of lists, year in review and predictions for the new year. The predictions will absolutely come before the end of the month, but before that let’s look at what the predictions were for 2024. Grade the work if you will. 

The big predictions I had for 2024 at this time last year were:

A year of self-reflection in the industry: working on internal processes – what’s working, what needs help – as well as identifying pain points and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-rating-2024-supply-chain-predictions

Check Call: Gains find their way into the 3PL space

The Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the event of the fall. Subscribers to Check Call have a special discount code for F3 registration. This is going to be one of the best deals on F3 tickets. Use the code CheckCallF324 or go to this link, and the discount will be applied. There is no better party than a Chattanooga party. This is not one to miss.

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Everyone’s favorite group, the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), has put out the “3PL Market...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-gains-find-their-way-into-the-3pl-space

Check Call: The rise of cross-border struggles – and the response

The Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the event of the fall. Subscribers to Check Call have a special discount code for F3 registration. This is going to be one of the best deals on F3 tickets. Use the code CheckCallF324 or go to this link, and the discount will be applied. There is no better party than a Chattanooga party. This is not one to miss.

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Cross border continues to the theme of 2024, with nearshoring on the rise and Mexico continuing to top the U.S....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-rise-of-cross-border-struggles-and-the-response

Check Call: Shippers spell out expectations for 3PLs 

The Future of Freight Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the event of the fall. Subscribers to Check Call have a special discount code for F3 registration. This is going to be one of the best deals on F3 tickets. Use the code CheckCallF324 or go to this link, and the discount will be applied. There is no better party than a Chattanooga party. This is not one to miss.

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It’s the summer of research, and another study has come out for 3PLs: the 19th annual “Inbound Logistics...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-shippers-spell-out-expectations-for-3pls

Check Call: Long live the tale of Coyote Logistics

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Coyote Logistics has had an interesting life span. Founded in 2006 by Jeff Silver, the company started out small and quickly became one of the top freight brokerages in the U.S. Fast forward to 2015 and UPS bought Coyote for a casual $1.8 billion. UPS and Coyote had always worked closely together before the acquisition as Coyote would take any excess full truckload shipments during peak shipping seasons.

Fast forward again to present day. UPS wanted to sell Coyote and found a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-long-live-the-tale-of-coyote-logistics

Check Call: IPO calls to logistics companies

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Transportation and logistics stocks are the future, something I’m a little surprised about. Turns out, while everyone was watching initial public offerings for Skims, Discord and the like, the logistics sector has come out in force for IPOs in 2024.

The motivation behind an IPO is typically for a privately held company to raise capital in hopes of expanding. Also, venture capitalists may use IPOs as an exit strategy to receive their return on investment in private rounds of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-ipo-calls-to-logistics-companies

Check Call: Study highlights lingering disconnect between shippers, 3PLs

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New year, new 3PL study from NTT Data, Penn State and Penske. This year’s study, aptly named “The Power of Partnerships: Exploring Collaboration Through Data and Innovation,” focuses primarily on the role of partnerships in the shipper and 3PL industry. It homes in on three key areas: the power partnerships provide, the flow of data and looking beyond the hype of technology – something we’ve all fallen prey to as the latest and greatest tech has come out.

How shippers and 3PLs...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-study-highlights-lingering-disconnect-between-shippers-3pls

Check Call: The effects of nearshoring in Mexico

Future of Supply Chain is right around the corner in Atlanta. Registration is still open, and in a surprise to everyone, the exclusive Check Call discount code was extended to the end of this week. May 24 is the last day to buy tickets using the promo code CheckCallFSC24. As of next week, tickets are back to regular price, so grab the deal while you can. 

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2024 is undoubtedly the year of nearshoring and of just about everyone investing in manufacturing in Mexico. Mexico is seeing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-the-effects-of-nearshoring-in-mexico

Check Call: Q1 earnings did most carriers no favors

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It’s earnings season, which means it’s time to see how the competition stacked up.

Starting off earnings season was none other than J.B. Hunt’s brokerage unit reporting a $17.5 million operating loss as loads declined 22% year over year, with revenue per load down just 5%. The main reason for the loss was higher insurance expenses and integration costs from the acquisition of BNSF Logistics. The company overall reported earnings per share of $1.22 instead of the $1.50 target,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-q1-earnings-did-most-carriers-no-favors

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