Ben Tschirgi @BenTschirgi
Lover of freight, family, and fun. VP of Sales at Cowan Logistics. linkedin.com/in/bentschirgi Joined December 2022-
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Y’all need to stop writing interesting tweets that disappear 2 seconds after opening the app
Freight Brokers in 2021 8 seconds Freight Brokers in 2024 8 years
Freight Brokers in 2021 8 seconds Freight Brokers in 2024 8 years
Who would you want to see roasted in the logistics world?
A non-solicit is not the same as a non-compete. Did I get that right? @decarrera @ArmhairAtty
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25 years ago today Star Wars Episode 1 was less than 2 weeks away from opening. CH Robinson was on its way to earn $2.26 billion in revenue. TQL was in its second year of existence. YRC was a publicly traded company and XPO didn’t exist yet. May the 4th be with you.
Corporate life is being overly worried you are about to be fired, putting way too much trust in your superiors, all while having your entire identity tied to your job title
Assuming this is how a new Load Board attracted users back in the day? Pay carriers to exclusively post their trucks on said Load Board in tight markets. Where there are carriers, brokers will follow.
Assuming this is how a new Load Board attracted users back in the day? Pay carriers to exclusively post their trucks on said Load Board in tight markets. Where there are carriers, brokers will follow.
Q1 was the “largest decline on record.”
YOY for CH is out
I took the day off to recharge my brokerlink implant. Ask me anything. No, it does not plug into your butt.
What is the best temp for the office thermostat and why is the only correct answer 78?
The first container ship just called at the port of Baltimore since the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse on March 26th. Excellent work by the salvage crews clearing the channel in to restore Baltimore’s connection to the global ocean so quickly. I thought it would take longer.
We Fr8 Grinderz LLC New freight brokerage that posts non-stop hustle porn on LinkedIn all hours day and night. Outbound emails are like “I literally do nothing but refresh tracking on your loads.” Reps get $5k monthly bonuses if they respond to every email in under 30 secs
Dooner 🏴☠️ @TimothyDooner
17K Followers 2K Following From FedEx to freight media | WHAT THE TRUCK?!? producer/host @freightwaves @fwwhatthetruck @roaddogtruckingCraig Fuller 🛩🚛.. @FreightAlley
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5K Followers 1K Following The fastest & most entertaining way to digest freight news. Join 10k+ others and subscribe (it's free) at https://t.co/dWmhrEQh5w.Blythe Brumleve @blythebrum
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879 Followers 215 Following Load Planner | Logistics Manager | NLP Practitioner Certified | Logistics Memes Content Creator10xLogisticsExperts @Logisticsexpert
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161 Followers 580 Following Cargo and freight company in Toronto. As a team that carries over 30 years of experience in logistics, we're client focused and knowledgeable in our field.Debbie Wadsworth @deb_wadsworth1
116 Followers 291 Following Educator. Writer. Passion for virtual education @cvavipers. Business/Computer Science CTE Teacher. LOVE innovative and trailblazing technology.Lukas Schmidt @worldbridgels
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6 Followers 22 Following Dirige les innovations technologiques et de transport, améliorant les paysages économiques et logistiques mondiaux.Dooner 🏴☠️ @TimothyDooner
17K Followers 2K Following From FedEx to freight media | WHAT THE TRUCK?!? producer/host @freightwaves @fwwhatthetruck @roaddogtruckingCraig Fuller 🛩🚛.. @FreightAlley
67K Followers 5K Following Freight-Affiliated Media. Founder/CEO of FreightWaves, American Shipper, and CEO of FLYING Magazine.WHAT THE TRUCK?!? @FWwhatthetruck
10K Followers 921 Following WHAT THE TRUCK?!? is @freightwaves award-winning podcast covering the latest news, players and viral trends in supply chain Podcast | YouTube | SiriusXMFreightWaves @FreightWaves
41K Followers 213 Following FreightWaves is the most trusted provider of global supply chain news and market intelligence.SuperTrucker®™🚛.. @supertrucker
5K Followers 4K Following Supply Chain Crisis Actor. I drive a desk now. DoD contractor, USPS, and Freightwaves. Currently consulting/ghostwriting for social media.Rachel Premack @rrpre
20K Followers 2K Following 1980 Motor Carrier Act truther. Previously: @freightwaves @businessinsider @umichMatthew Leffler @ArmchairAtty
3K Followers 5K Following Father. Husband. The Armchair Attorney®. Legal & supply chain. Tweets & threads are mine alone.Man, I Love Freight �.. @freightcaviar
5K Followers 1K Following The fastest & most entertaining way to digest freight news. Join 10k+ others and subscribe (it's free) at https://t.co/dWmhrEQh5w.Blythe Brumleve @blythebrum
7K Followers 2K Following logistics girlie and attention economy stories | founder-driven marketing | building @digidispatch | host: everything is logistics podcast | #IWATJMACK LOVIN @hellbenthagen
29K Followers 9K Following Owner of @HellBentXpress, Father of 5 girls, married to @hillarymhagen. What man is a man who does not make the world betterJames Bowen @RoosterBTU
2K Followers 2K Following Freight Industry Theorist, 20+ year OTR Trucker, former Pharmacy Technician, small scale industrial produce farmerReed Loustalot 🚚 �.. @lostisreed
4K Followers 903 Following freight guy. stumbling blindly in a dark room grasping for threads to pull on... found a few so far. freight tech founder @lostfr8_ @pleaseadvisoryGrace Sharkey 🚛�.. @graciemanelafr8
2K Followers 2K Following Freight Nerd circa 2013. Former freight broker. Journalist. SiriusXM Radio Host. Self-proclaimed president of the @cage_writer fan club. Beyhive member.Cathy Roberson @cmroberson06
17K Followers 6K Following #Supplychain researcher & writer. Catch me on Logistics Trends & Insights LLC's LinkedIn page for comments & shares and for the Freight Forward newsletter.Boris Panov @BorisPanov15
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707 Followers 1K Following Founder/CEO of DeGroot Logistics. Produce trader. Obsessed with Ag Commodity/Transportation markets. DeGroot's Vegetable Farms | FreightSOS | Dock411@BenTschirgi Wow can’t believe Cowan has name rights to the flat iron building
Freight. Freight never changes. #f3memes
Surviving the freight recession of 2023 could fill a book, and this year's accidents could too. After 12 accident-free years, we've already had three incidents by May. Just last Saturday, an 80-year-old man ran a red light and hit one of our drivers. Like the other accidents, it…
Lumper Appreciation Week Starts on Wednesday
I am confident in the company’s continued success and growth trajectory. My near-term priority is to focus on my health. businesswire.com/news/home/2024…
@BenTschirgi Been there. Done that. And to answer your question, I feel like @_userprime would be fun to roast.
A little data in advance of Lumper Appreciation Week #LAW
We need lumper transparency. The economy will collapse without it.
A little data in advance of Lumper Appreciation Week #LAW
we're studying the correlation of SONAR data & the financial performance of transportation companies. In this chart, we compare the Outbound Tender Reject Index (OTRI) (offset by 3 quarters) with the summed net incomes of all publicly-traded truckload carriers.
Me, leaving for a Scotland trip right before Lumper Appreciation Week and so scheduling my memes in advance #f3memes 180/365
@BenTschirgi Premier Global in Ohio. Check out their reviews. Our one interaction with them was terrible.
More interesting PAM Transport details from their share buyback release: we catch a glimpse of their overall fleet count and how many new trucks they plan on purchasing. Avg age of each tractor is 2.9 years which implies they buy around 753 new class 8's each year.
FreightWaves’ @ThomasWasson7 looks at market health. A slew of bankruptcies, layoffs, and disappointing earnings reports has struck the industry this spring. Will the beatings continue until morale improves? Watch the full episode of @FWwhatthetruck with @TimothyDooner here:…
@BenTschirgi I was thinking decades. You must be making those 80% margins!
This cowbell is filling up with stickers