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Flexport CEO says 80% chance of port strike; art of freight photography | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Nick Souza

On episode 774 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s prediction that there’s an 80% chance the ILA goes back on strike January 15th. With automation still up for debate, this strike could hit 5 days before the US inaugurates a new president and just two weeks before Chinese New Year. 

Think freight is a big ugly business? Nick Souza transforms the ordinary world of freight into the extraordinary world of massive machines that it is. He’ll tell us the stories behind some of his most amazing pictures. 

We’re in the middle of a devastating hurricane season that just slammed the Southeast with Helene and Milton. Reliance Partners’ Ashley Hammonds tells us how natural disasters are impacting truck insurance rates.

Part 4 of our new documentary ‘Rebuilding the Gateway to America’ looks at partnerships in Southern California.


Plus, Illinois trucking company lays off most of its drivers; robot dog landscapers; mariner dogs that can strap and more. 

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.