The TIA’s Take on The 3PL Market
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Bob Voltmann, President and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association in Alexandria, Va.
Recording Date/Time
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 1:15PM
Podcast Duraton
00:13:19 hrs/min/sec
During this podcast, TIA’s Voltmann provided a deep overview of the ins and outs of the 3PL (third-party logistics) market, with a sharp focus on over-the-road freight brokerage activity.
Themes focused on over the course of this podcast included: the current state of the economy as it relates to 3PLs and the freight brokerage market; the impact of COVID-19 on business conditions; the current status of truckload capacity, in terms of supply and demand; and 3PL margins, rates, and pricing; among others.
Voltmann has been at TIA since 1997 and prior to that he served as Director of Policy for the National Industrial Transportation League in Washington, D.C.
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