FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Early experiences with battery-electric fleets.
DETAILS: Bill Bleim of NFI Industries was involved in the very early tests of Class 8 electric trucks. Bleim knows their limitations and what roles they perform best. Rob Reich of Schneider has less experience, but both companies are proving where electrified transportation fits in the heavy-duty freight world.
SPEAKERS: Bill Bliem, senior vice president of fleet services at NFI; and Rob Reich, EVP and chief administrative...
La Cumbre de Vehículos Autónomos y Eléctricos de FreightWaves deconstruye la oleada de empresas de adquisición de propósito especial que hizo que muchas startups de transporte salieran a bolsa durante la pandemia.
Vince Cubbage, director general de Tortoise Acquisition Corp. ha hecho públicas dos de esas empresas. Está buscando un objetivo para una tercera SPAC. Cubbage será el orador principal de la segunda cumbre anual (en su mayor parte) virtual de AEV, que se celebrará el miércoles.
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The FreightWaves’ Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit deconstructs the wave of special purpose acquisition companies that brought many transportation startups public during the pandemic.
Vince Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp., has brought two of those companies public. He is seeking a target for a third SPAC. Cubbage keynotes the second annual (mostly) virtual AEV Summit on Wednesday.
Cubbage sees a correlation between a lack of business travel during the pandemic and sports...
Have you ever wondered how much you could make as a truck driver? Or if you’re already a driver, have you wondered how much you could make driving for another company?
In our newly unveiled FreightWaves Ratings Driver Pay Guide, we have an answer for you.
Representatives from nearly 100 fleets provided FreightWaves with compensation and incentive data, and Tuesday that list is live on FreightWaves Ratings, completely free of charge. We were surprised by what we learned.
First of all, $58,000 is...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-ratings-introduces-truck-driver-pay-guide
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Strategies for navigating tight carrier capacity in 2021
DETAILS: It’s no secret that capacity is extremely tight in trucking, and there’s no sign that the situation will change anytime soon. With this in mind, executives from NFI and BlueGrace Logistics discuss ways for third-party logistics providers to ensure that they’re being a good partner to their carriers.
SPEAKERS: David Broering, NFI’s president of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-summit-show-carriers-love-in-tight-capacity-market-execs-say
Driver recruiting and sales have a lot in common, but there’s more to hiring than just a sales pitch.
DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer welcomes Lance Christensen, director of recruiting and independent contractor capacity at NFI, to this week’s episode of Taking The Hire Road to dive into recruiting methods that turn conversations into conversions.
Leading a recruiting team requires one to assess the situation. Christensen suggests taking into account what your team’s strengths and...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/taking-notes-on-recruiting-from-sales-playbook-taking-the-hire-road
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, as 2020 drew to a close, freight rates boomed, jumping 12% in the fourth quarter according to new data. Plus, Amazon wants to help truckers build their own business as part of a plan to add capacity, and Knight-Swift makes an interesting acquisition.
End-of-year rate increasesShippers spent 12% more per mile for dry van truckloads on average through most of the fourth quarter of 2020 than they did...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-freight-rates-jump-amazon-to-aid-trucking-startups
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While the ball was already rolling prior to COVID-19, Transplace’s most recent acquisition is a strategic move that couldn’t come too soon. The leading logistics provider announced on Sept. 1 its acquisition of LeanCor Supply Chain Group, a consulting firm specializing in lean principles. This marks Transplace’s third acquisition of 2020.
We’ve seen recent,...
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