What The Truck?!? - January 04, 2019
WTT episode sponsored by Redwood Logistics First, JP and Chad are joined by special guest, Sultan of SONAR, Zach Strickland, and all imbibe upon a Bells Two-Hearted in a tip of the cap to JP's go to. Then, they get right down to the headlines of the week. Distressed LTL carrier Xpress Global Systems snapped up by Aterian Investment Partners Transport in 2018: the year that ELDs, the economy and the driver squeeze all came together Relationship between Dallas and Los Angeles explains the freight market in 2018 They spend 5 Good Minutes with Paul Enos, CEO of the Nevada Trucking Association, and follow that by a rousing rounds of Big deal little deal, what's the deal with you? FMCSA says trucks can use cameras instead of rear-view mirrors All roads on the Silk Road lead through Xiamen, China a16z, General Catalyst pour $100M into Samsara at $3.6B valuation Andrew Silver reflects on MoLo Solutions’ first full year of operations Amazon says it delivered 1 billion holiday `items' for free under Prime service Freight delays loom if government shutdown goes long-term The FreightWaves oil report: "Puts" put the pressure on petroleum prices Electric vehicle manufacturing in China drives metal demand