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Good morning. Today, FreightCaviar is bringing some humor to your daily freight grind. Whether it’s a broker named Michael Jackson demanding PODs or a carrier repping Thomas Shelby of Peaky Blinders, this industry has seen some wild fake dispatchers.
We’ve rounded up some of the funniest, most absurd encounters that have been sent our way.
Deep learning, what else?
The internet, ladies and gentlemen, where people wake up, choose violence, and expect you to care.
There's a new dispatcher in town, and his name is Thomas Shelby.
T'was the night before Christmas when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.
....or All In the Family?
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We all know who the 'responsible' one is out of the two.
One thing's certain, he's Never Never Gonna Give Up on you.
Provide additional details or beat it.
Which team are you on, Captain America or Iron Man?
And we all know how that ended...
Kayne certainly is.
He's at the weight station right now.
Hope he won't be going to any theaters anytime soon.
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Plus, a carrier pleading guilty to mob money laundering while still FMCSA-active, Iran's first post-ceasefire attack and what it means for diesel surcharges, FedEx Freight's first earnings as a standalone company, and more in today's newsletter.
Bad carriers are gaming the weigh station system. Plus, C.H. Robinson's own engineer goes scorched earth on Reddit, the Ghost Truck Act gets roasted, and more in today's newsletter.
Plus, overseas ELD tampering, 100 pallets of stolen womenswear, 20,000 Mexican truckers losing US visas, and more in today's newsletter.
While everyone in trucking is watching rates, capacity, and fraud, a much bigger shift may be happening quietly in the background: the future of rail.
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