Newsletter #20

We're Manifesting a Great 2024

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:

  • We’re at Manifest 🃏

  • Freight Caviar finds stolen cargo 🎁

  • Igloo has a sweet guard shack 💂

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.

We’re At Manifest

In an effort to Manifest a great 2024, I am attending the Manifest conference in Las Vegas. I’m attending alongside the LogisticsGirlie team!

Conferences are always fun. You get to see all your freight friends in one place, have fun, and maybe talk business.

If you’re here, reply to this email, lets link up!

Look at this sweet flyer I made

🔥 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 1268 freight professionals ranging from drivers, brokers, fleet owners, freight forwarders, tech bros, journalists, and more.

Something to ponder: this place is a conference. There are almost as many people in here as there are attending your typical logistics conference

We are literally conferring 24/7.

Wins

I’m always thinking about ways we can turn the connectivity up a notch in the community.

“Hot lanes” is an attempt to connect the shippers, brokers, and carriers in the community. I’m happy to report we had a successful lane match already!

You never know what will happen if you just reach out to someone, or participate in a group conversation!

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)

Last week we had Matt Silver come in and talk about his new startup Cargado. He talked about fundraising, and building the team. Go subscribe to his newsletter to follow the journey!

Freight Therapy

Thursdays 9pm EST (Twitter Spaces)

👷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)

🐟 Freight Caviar Corner

This week, Freight Caviar details a massive cargo heist that unraveled in Los Angeles.

🐦 What’s Up On FreightX?

My friends over at Gatego shared this picture of the Igloo DC guard shack. I lol’d and thought I’d share it here.

🚚 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.

Samco Freight

🔗 Some Links

  • Uber Freight begins piloting the Scheduling Standards Consortium’s protocols (Freightwaves)

  • The global oil market is looking increasingly local as militant attacks in the Red Sea and surging freight rates make (gCaptain)

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