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  • Top Story - FreightTech Companies announce impressive funding numbers.

    Noi Mahoney - Borderlands WRiter - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX

    1. Unity SCM secures $8M Series A funding to expand supply chain solutions
    2. Arkansas startup Ox receives $12.6M in Series A funding
    3. Supply chain risk management firm Prewave raises $19M
    4. Pando raises $30M to improve logistics operations across supply chains
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      9 min
    6. Round Table - How does freight look now on the oceans vs where it’s going?

      Henry Byers - Head of Ocean Intelligence - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN

      Greg Miller - Senior Writer - FreightWaves - New York, NY

      Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves NOW


      1. Before we get to Greg’s latest article, how do things look out on the open seas?

      2. Henry, what do you make of this little uptick in Greg’s article - is it just a blip or could it be signs of things starting to get better?

      3. Greg: We talked Monday about the economics of this freight recession and Anthony said “the bad decisions have already been made.” It seems like the ocean carriers could still make some mistakes - what’s your sense about how people are making decisions?

      4. Henry: Same question

      5. Greg how much of your analysis of what’s happening out there looks consistent with what Henry wrote about last week?

      6. Henry, last time you were on, we talked about what carriers needed to do to be ready for this - what do ocean carriers need to be able to do in order to try and get through this without losing too much?

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        13 min
      7. AI investments in retail tech

        Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI


        1. What’s the newest trend in AI in retail?

        2. As AI gets involved more in retail, where is that industry as a whole going?

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          9 min
        3. Investing in Technology while planning for an exit

          Peter Rentschler - CEO - Metafora - Boulder, CO


          1. How do you think about Investing in Technology in the context of planning to sell your company?
          2. How do these strategies change depending on who you may be selling your company to?
          3. Given the broader freight recession we're in, should companies planning on selling stop investing in Technology?
          4. Do you have any advice for how to best plan ahead for different scenarios in this turbulent market? How can we use this time as an opportunity to continue to improve our businesses?
          5. Where can we learn more or get in touch?
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            12 min
          7. Top Story - DHL making moves and seeing moves made

            Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA

            Several news developments that all involve DHL Express to some degree: 

            1) Scoop - FW has learned that a DHL airline in Europe (technically Austria) has applied for permission to operate to the U.S. with a new set of freighters it's acquiring - it's interesting on several levels, including that this DHL unit is supposed to just operate in Europe 

            2) Air Transport Services Group reported 1Q earnings last week. They lowered their guidance but the news is that investors are trading off the stock, which has dropped in value, because they feel the company is allocating too much for cap ex to buy planes for the leasing side the business, which also has the better upside than the airline side. (The DHL angle is that ATSG leases a lot of planes to DHL and also flies aircraft for DHL)  

            3) Atlas Air announced a leadership succession, with CCO moving up to CEO. Atlas too is a DHL contractor and JV partner in Polar Air . . .  

            4) Japan Airlines is standing up a freighter division again, beefing up its cargo service.

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            10 min

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