Heartland Express acquires CFI truckload unit for $525 million

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are joined by FreightWaves Tony Mulvery to talk about Heartland Express’ $525 million acquisition of CFI’s truckload unit. That move makes Heartland Express the 8th largest truckload fleet in the U.S.  Great packaging moves the needle in retail but what are the logistics behind it all? How do you get your display in the best part of the store? We’ll find out from Joshua Linden and Chad Sadler at Bay Cities Packaging. Spencer Hennigar, VP of Sales at Convoy shares solutions for navigating volatile freight markets in this Future of Freight segment.  It’s time to get mindful this Monday as Dr. Rhonda Bompensa-Zimmerman, Director of fitness and wellness at GlobalTranz gets us centered with physical and mental techniques aimed at taking the tension out of logistics.  Plus, freight broker sentiment shaky heading into the back half of 2022; a review of ‘Fall’; installing a bath in a semi truck; battle of the forklifts; first AI rapper signs major label record deal; and how not to deliver a container. Visit our sponsor Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices