WHAT THE TRUCK?!? EP637 Uber Freights autonomous loads; truckload volumes plunge; FreightTechs new API

Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 5:38 p.m.

On today\u2019s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about a massive plunge in outbound tender volumes nationwide. What\u2019s causing it? A bad market, the UAW strike or Ozempic?\n\nUber Freight and Waabi are teaming up on autonomous loads with a new 10-year deal. Waabi\u2019s Dustin Koehl talks about drivers-as-a-service robotics and how that will factor into digital brokerage services.\xa0\n\nThe Scheduling Standards Consortium announced the achievement of a landmark milestone \u2014 the publication of its technical standard for developing scheduling APIs for transportation management systems. Now that it\u2019s live, Raj Subbiah at Uber Freight and Chirag Modi at Blue Yonder get us up to speed on how it works.\n\nBooking per-load insurance has historically been time-consuming and frustrating for motor carriers and freight brokers, so Reliance Partners and McLeod Software have teamed up to streamline the process. Per-load shipper\u2019s interest insurance is now integrated directly with McLeod. Reliance Partners\u2019 Mark Vickers tells us everything we need to know.\n\nJosh Gonzalez co-founded a freight market in one of the worst markets in history. We\u2019ll find out why this Amazon alum is bullish on his new trucking company, TJG Logistics.\xa0\n\nPlus, why Georgia police got a semi; emergency alert snitches on the Amish; bad trucking investments; and why you should always wear a hardhat.\xa0\n\nWatch on YouTube\nVisit our sponsor\nSubscribe to the WTT newsletter\nApple Podcasts\nSpotify\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices