Assessing the freight transportation and logistics markets with Tom Nightingale, AFS Logistics
During this podcast, Nightingale provided a detailed overview of the new Cowen/AFS Freight Index report and variuous market issues.
Themes focused on over the course of this podcast included:
- a Peak Season outlook;
- capacity and rates;
- the increasing emergence of nearshoring; and
- the impact of the Baltimore situation on supply chains and logistics operations, among others
Prior to AFS, Tom Nightingale served as President and CEO of International Package Shipping and its operating companies. He has also held leadership roles at GENCO (now FedEx Supply Chain), ModusLink, Con-way Inc. (now XPO) and Schneider National.
Tom has a master’s in Business Administration from Syracuse University, a bachelor’s in Marketing/Management from Siena College and serves on the board of several organizations, including Syracuse University’s Franklin Supply Chain Advisory Board, CSCMP, and formerly The Warehouse Education Research Council and Women in Trucking.
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