What The Truck?!? - September 7, 2018

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. JP and Chad discuss all this and more on this week's episode.

Episode 29 of the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? podcast, hosted by FreightWaves, titled "What The Truck?!? - September 7, 2018" was published on September 7, 2018 and runs 35 minutes.

September 7, 2018 ·35m · WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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