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Mike Baudendistel - Head of Intermodal Solutions - FreightWaves - Dallas, TX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI Questions over how much money/time Nikola has - what is the latest on this? Now that their financial hardship is public, what are they doing to extend the life of the company? And they are still looking for suitors for their hydrogen based business, how is that going? What are their chances to be bought? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reefer freight volumes pick back up slightly, rejection rates remain steady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX Topic: Nearshoring has created a warehousing/distribution center boom at border What is going on here? When we say border - is everything right at the border or is it spreading out away from border crossings? What has this done to the local real estate economy there? What kinds of companies or industries are starting to take advantage of this? Topic: ZF Group announces $250M expansion in Mexico Ths is a German auto company - what made them want to expand to Mexico? How much is Europe looking at Mexico as a manufacturing hub? Topic: Ascend working with Volvo’s Autonomous lane in Texas What can you tell us about this new partnership? Is this indicative that we’re seeing a lot more relationships being formed when it comes to the race to autonomy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What was the cause? Was this a compilation of bad hiring mistakes coupled with an inability to see how fragile the market was when it was so high?  Or was this a money grab to get as much as possible knowing that the environment was not sustainable and that layoffs would be coming anyway? We’ve heard from a number of companies, not a ton of them - yet we also really haven’t seen a definite bottom to this freight downturn - do you expect to see more? How trustworthy does this make freight brokerages look when they hire during the good times and then layoff during the bad times - nobody is saying “we made a mistake” here yet the brokers are painting a picture of “we’re not trustworthy” Post pandemic, we’ve entered a new normal where volatility is the norm - do you see freight brokerages continuing on as normal or will there be any changes in practices? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lockwood - Senior Director, managed Logistics - Suddath Global Logistics I've done some research, cross-referencing 2022 Port TEU data, market warehouse vacancy rates, and current warehouse construction by sq feet to try and figure out what's the best/optimal supply chain approach in 2023 and beyond with regard to where the best places are to import containers relative to US population, which warehouse markets are the tightest for space and where shippers can drive down overall costs in their supply chain. Think of it as what Clark Howard would do to help your supply chain save a buck. A few fun facts: as of this morning, it costs a mere $1400 more to ship from China to East Coast vs. to the West Coast. Based on this year's census data, only roughly 20% of the population lives in the Western third of the US vs. the 28% in the central US and 51% on the east coast. If you're selling to the entire US, the most under-utilized ports are Houston and Norfolk. Why pay the $4000 cross-country rate from LA to Norfolk when you could pay $1400 extra to the ocean line + drayage? Looking to store things at the cheapest rate? Try the cities with the loosest vacancy rates and lowest rates (Memphis TN, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Atlanta) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices