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  • Top Story - Startups continue to struggle in 2023

    Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Nunica, MI

    https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hyzon-considers-sale-of-fuel-cell-business-to-raise-capital

    https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ev-battery-maker-proterra-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection

    https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cash-starved-workhorse-group-seeks-to-create-new-shares

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    9 min
  • Announced Top Women Owned Businesses in Transportation

    Jennifer Hedrick - President - Women In Trucking - Washington, DC

    • Yellow (mainly just want to give a plug to people to reach out to us if needed, and to extend member benefits)

    • Just announced “Top Woman-Owned Businesses in Transportation

      • Women In Trucking Association Names 2023 Top Woman-Owned Businesses in Transportation

      • Accelerate! Conference Updates

      • Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition

        • The Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition Launches with More than 500 Inaugural Member Organizations – Groups Will Advocate to Help Pass the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (asaecenter.org)

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          10 min
        • Life after Yellow in LTL

          Mary O’Connell - Check Call Community Host - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO

          • Redwood has a significant parcel business, what do you think the potential impact of the UPS union negotiations on the overall market will be?

            • Does UPS get the customers back that left pre-agreement?

              • Now that there is a tentative agreement in place with UPS, what can shippers and 3PLs learn from this almost crisis strike?

                • What kind of contingencies need to be in place.

                  • Yellow has ceased operations and is anticipated to file for bankruptcy any day now. What is the best approach to take with shippers that are facing massive disruptions in the wake of this?

                    • Basically how do you tell those shippers that only use the cheapest carrier that they gotta pay a lil more?

                      • Do you think there will be a massive ripple effect in the LTL industry for the next few months or will things stay relatively unphased?

                      • What steps should customers take to make sure their network keeps moving and how best can they learn from Yellow going under?

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                        9 min

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