Newsletter #19

Howdy,

This is the LOST FR8 Community Newsletter. Your weekly digest of what’s going on in the group.

Here’s what’s going on this week:

• Hot Loads In Your Area 🔥

• Celebrate some community wins 🏆

• Freight Caviar does some math 🧮

• Genlogs shows us some cool charts 📊

Reed

P.S. At the end of the newsletter there’s a referral section. If you refer subscribers, I’ll be sending you a reward. Should be pretty cool, too.

🚚 LOST FR8

LOSTFR8.COM is a tool for carriers to

Carriers build public profiles that contain all the information brokers/shippers are looking for:

• Capacity

• Equipment profile

• Preferred Lanes

• Contact

This information is then shareable via a public profile and a truck list email tool.

🔥 Hot Lanes

Calling All Brokers & Shippers!

Do you have regular lanes or special opportunities that you’d like to put in front of the LOST FR8 carrier base?

Reply to this email with:

• Origin/Destination City, State

• Frequency

• Equipment Type

• Any special information

Every Friday, I send this list to the LOST FR8 carrier base.

🏟️ Community Section

The LOST FR8 Discord is a digital freight community. It might even be a

It’s comprised of 1210 freight professionals ranging from drivers, brokers, fleet owners, freight forwarders, tech bros, journalists, and more.

Each week, we have a series of events. I know you can’t always attend, so I’m going to be sharing what goes on here.

Wins

There is daily chatter in the #hot-loads channel. Brokers sharing loads they need capacity for, carriers sharing where they need freight, etc.

Yesterday, new member Just In Time (I don’t know his name), joined the Discord, immediately hopped in the hot-loads channel and booked a load with TheFreightIntern (Stephen Ruhe).

I share this to emphasize and encourage collaboration amongst the group. If you need something from the group, or are looking for someone in particular, reach out to me and let me know. I can help.

It’s always better to work with people you’re friendly with!

Events

In The Arena

The Arena is the crucible of the Discord.

In it, movers & shakers share their stories in front of a live audience. It’s recorded.

I’ll have some new guests to announce in the next week or so. Stay tuned.

Tech Bro Tuesday

Tuesdays at 9pm EST (Discord)

Click here to RSVP.

Last week, we had

Freight Therapy

Thursdays 9pm EST (Twitter Spaces)

Click here to RSVP for this week’s therapy session.

👷Community Jobs

If you’d like to list a job opportunity here, reply to this email and let me know.

Director of Business Development - Mone Transport

Location: Austin, TX

Experience: International Trade (US/Mexico)

Apply Here

🐟 Freight Caviar Corner

This week, Freight Caviar asks: Can you guess the total marginal cost per mile for operating a semi-truck in 2022?

🐦 What’s Up On FreightX?

My friend Ryan and his team over at Genlogs uses AI to track all US truck traffic via a proprietary nationwide network of sensors, open-source and commercial datasets.

Last week, they released truck volume data captured using Genlogs sensors in the Southeast.

I, for one, am very interested in seeing this data plotted over time as they grow their sensor network. Check out Genlogs.

We’re Going To Manifest

We are ONE week away from Manifest 2024. Very excited to see you all there.

Shoutout to Logistics Girlie for the invite to Manifest 2024!

Check out the full agenda details & SAVE $200 on the current registration rate ($600 off the on-site rate!)

🔗 Some Links

• Flexport laid off 20% of its staff (Freightwaves)

• UPS is cutting 12,000 jobs and may sell Coyote (Freightwaves)

• A drone in Jordan strike left 3 US soldiers dead along with many others injured, escalating tensions in an already high-strung Middle East region. (CBS)