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The cold truth at the ports — Freightonomics

Demystifying refrigerated transport situations amid port congestion

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On this episode of Freightonomics, FreightWaves Market Expert Zach Strickland and Lead Economist Anthony Smith dig for the cold, hard truth about reefer transport and port congestion.

They welcome Matthew Mugar, co-founder of BOA Logistics, Logica Trucking and Flow Cold Warehouse, to discuss the challenges of operating a refrigerated fleet and brokerage over the past year. The three also dig into what they think are the biggest problems facing the ports and what some solutions may be following peak season. 

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Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.