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What The Truck?!? - September 7, 2018
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week, JP and Chad begin with Bell’s Two-Hearted (not exactly a surprise), and Hutton and Smith’s Marzen style Rocktoberfest. Then, they're good and ready to take on an extravaganza of this week's headlines in logistics.
Headlines of the week:
Andrew Silver, freight prodigy, is running the hottest brokerage in Chicago
K & L Freight doubles down on data analytics and financial services
Autonomous vehicles, crowdsourcing, drones and even humans are all seeking a place at the last-mile table
BNSF intermodal facility on hold as Port of Los Angeles and City ponder next move
Finally, the dynamic freight duo takes on eight headlines in under two minutes (barely!).
Chad asks JP:
Dallas freight volumes drop, West Coast surges
xChange helps container lines cut expenses by reducing empty containers transit
CargoX CEO: smart contracts reduced BoL transfer time to 4 minutes
Deutsche Bank starts following six transport companies; e-commerce is a big factor in its ratings
JP asks Chad:
Authenticating the supply chain: Bonafi’s blockchain solution to counterfeiting
Manufacturing activity surges to a 14-year high as producers shrugs off tariff concerns
One year after Harvey, tropical storm Gordon threatens Gulf Coast
Offshore wind power stations on the East Coast would bring in 25,000 jobs
Headlines of the week:
Andrew Silver, freight prodigy, is running the hottest brokerage in Chicago
K & L Freight doubles down on data analytics and financial services
Autonomous vehicles, crowdsourcing, drones and even humans are all seeking a place at the last-mile table
BNSF intermodal facility on hold as Port of Los Angeles and City ponder next move
Finally, the dynamic freight duo takes on eight headlines in under two minutes (barely!).
Chad asks JP:
Dallas freight volumes drop, West Coast surges
xChange helps container lines cut expenses by reducing empty containers transit
CargoX CEO: smart contracts reduced BoL transfer time to 4 minutes
Deutsche Bank starts following six transport companies; e-commerce is a big factor in its ratings
JP asks Chad:
Authenticating the supply chain: Bonafi’s blockchain solution to counterfeiting
Manufacturing activity surges to a 14-year high as producers shrugs off tariff concerns
One year after Harvey, tropical storm Gordon threatens Gulf Coast
Offshore wind power stations on the East Coast would bring in 25,000 jobs
Released:
Sep 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
What The Truck?!? - Episode 6: ELD hard enforcement begins. Carriers seek better driver retention methods in the capacity crunch. XPO joins the digital freight booking push. Reefer rates climb out of the Salinas, Central, and Imperial Valleys. JP and Chad discuss all this and more in this week's episode. by WHAT THE TRUCK?!?