FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit: Tech that is changing the industry – WTT

On Episode 690 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is coming to you live from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit, where we’re looking at tech that is transforming the industry. Front’s Craig Klemp looks at emerging systems that aim to empower global and domestic trade. He’s breaking down what Front is seeing in the automation, AI and connected…

Why brokers should care about nuclear verdicts and speed limiters

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Legal issues and regulations to watch for in 2024. DETAILS: Transportation attorney Matthew Leffler dives into three hot topics affecting commercial trucking — nuclear verdicts, speed limiters and noncompete agreements — and how brokers should prepare for them. KEY QUOTES FROM…

Borderlands Mexico: Mexican ports’ cargo volumes surge in January

Mexico’s major ports handled 728,116 twenty-foot equivalent units during January, a 20% year-over-year (y/y) increase in total container volume for the country’s 18 ports, according to Mexico’s naval ministry. The country’s nine Pacific Coast ports handled the bulk of container movements in January, totaling 532,534 TEUs for the month. Mexico’s two largest Pacific Coast ports…

Truckstop’s Hutto sees Q4 truckload cycle inflection

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: An overview of the truckload market. DETAILS: The current capacity oversupply is likely to linger until the fourth quarter, said Brent Hutto, chief relationship officer at digital freight marketplace Truckstop, during FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit. KEY QUOTES FROM HUTTO: On the overall…

Evaluating FreightTech: Prioritizing business needs and user enablement

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: A guide on how to evaluate FreightTech products DETAILS: In this fireside chat, Ryan Schreiber, chief growth officer at Metafora, dives into the critical considerations leaders must ponder when assessing their companies’ FreightTech requirements. He dissects the distinction between early and…