We sat down with Jonathan Kolb, Founder of OBC ONE, to explore the high-stakes, hand-delivered world of onboard couriers where packages fly 8,000 miles and delays can cost millions. Plus: our featured carrier of the week.
Plus: Strait of Hormuz tensions, Senate pushes English tests for CDL drivers, Craig Fuller slams FourKites’ CEO, and more in today’s newsletter.
Craig Fuller clarifies that his comments on Project44’s Movement platform were misrepresented by FourKites CEO Matt Elenjickal
California authorities closed a 100-mile stretch of I-80, linking Reno and Sacramento, due to "spin-outs, high winds, and low visibility." The closure, from the California-Nevada border west of Reno to near Emigrant Gap, California, lacks an estimated reopening time.
Good morning. We hope your weekend was peaceful and relaxing. Unfortunately, truckers on I-80 experienced quite the opposite. The Sierra Nevada was hit with a blizzard, leaving many truckers stranded in the snow. Check out our main story for more on that. In other news, produce season has unofficially begun, Andrew Silver joins his father, Jeff, at Mastery, and a truck driver from Sysco escaped a harrowing death.
🤔 Question of the Day: Which fruit (you might think it's a vegetable, but it's not) is harvested in Texas between March and April? Scroll to our What's Cookin' in Freight image to find out.
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We sat down with Jonathan Kolb, Founder of OBC ONE, to explore the high-stakes, hand-delivered world of onboard couriers where packages fly 8,000 miles and delays can cost millions. Plus: our featured carrier of the week.
Plus: Strait of Hormuz tensions, Senate pushes English tests for CDL drivers, Craig Fuller slams FourKites’ CEO, and more in today’s newsletter.
Plus: An industry data sleuth challenges FMCSA, $1.4M in Nintendo consoles vanish, Trump targets more imports, and more.
Week of June 19: A round-up of the most engaging and talked-about freight content from around the web and from us.
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