Assessing the freight transportation and logistics markets with Tom Nightingale, AFS Logistics

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Tom Nightingale, CEO, AFS Logistics LLC, a 3PL and freight audit and payment company.

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Assessing the freight transportation and logistics markets with Tom Nightingale, AFS Logistics
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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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Jeff Berman
Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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