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Women in Trucking, CarriersEdge to launch Diversity & Inclusion Index

12 October 2020

Women in Trucking (WIT) and CarriersEdge are launching a survey and contest to collect and share best practices in diversity and inclusivity across the industry.

CarriersEdge CEO: “The beauty is [the survey] is not about current events — it’s about how you treat your people.”

The initiative comes amid nationwide reckoning over systemic racism and lack of diversity in American business.

Women in Trucking (WIT) and CarriersEdge are launching a survey and contest to collect and share best...

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The Daily Dash: Changing peak season; XPO looks to downsize

6 October 2020

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Amazon is altering the industry’s perspective of peak freight season. Plus, Women in Trucking named the top employers for women and XPO could be looking to downsize.

Peak season is earlier than ever

How long is peak shipping season? According to one analyst, the way peak is defined is changing, and it’s all thanks to Amazon.

Mark Solomon explains how Prime Day is playing a role: Amazon ‘creating the...

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Best transportation companies for female employees named

5 October 2020

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has released its 2020 list of the top transportation companies for females.

The annual Top Companies for Women to Work for in Transportation list was created by WIT magazine Redefining the Road in 2018 as part of its mission to promote the accomplishments of businesses focused on the employment of females in the trucking industry.

Companies making the list this year were listed alphabetically, beginning with AGT Global Logistics, founded and led by Angela...

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Career Tracks: Yang Ming names new CEO

5 October 2020

The board of Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. has elected Cheng Cheng-Mount as chairman and chief executive officer.

Effective Thursday, Cheng succeeded Hsieh Chih-Chien as leader of the Taiwanese container carrier. Cheng was appointed by the National Development Fund, Yang Ming’s second-largest shareholder, to the company’s board of directors in 2018.

Cheng, who earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, began his career as an assistant research fellow at...

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FreightCasts Weekly Recap (9/7-9/13)

13 September 2020

You can find every FreightWaves podcast conveniently in one feed via the free FreightCasts channel on freightwaves.com/podcasts, iTunes, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found.

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The full list of FreightWaves media can be streamed via the FreightWavesTV app available for your smartphone, Apple TV, Roku and Fire TV. The app is free on all platforms.

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

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