Join our host Samantha Jones as she sits down with Ian Weiland from Junction Collaborative Transports, one of LA/Long Beach' largest asset drayage providers, and Anna Salasky and Jason Strickland from Givens Incorporated, a drayage and warehousing provider based out of Chesapeake VA (Norfolk Ports), with warehouses/terminals in Savannah GA, and Greensboro, NC.

With all the disruptions tariffs have caused, Samantha wanted to hear first hand from leaders in the ports what type of activity they have been sing these past months, and what they are anticipating moving forward.

If you now drayage providers in ANY port, please tag them in the comments and invite them to attend, we will be sharing insights from all of our listeners as well as they provide them in the comments! Please, meet us for coffee, and be a part of an active discussion!

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Join our host Samantha Jones, as she sits down with Phil Rosen, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Opening Bell Daily, to learn more about where markets stand today, and the direction of the US economy.

Phil Rosen is the founder of Opening Bell Daily, an independent financial media company delivering data-driven Wall Street reporting, syndicated by Inc. Magazine and featured on Bloomberg Terminals. Prior to this, Phil spent three years at Business Insider covering markets and investing, where he built one of the most-read financial newsletters in media. Phil has bylines in Fortune, Morning Brew, BuzzFeed News, and more. He’s also the founder of Journalists Club, a growing NYC-based community for media professionals. A Fulbright Fellow and bestselling author, Phil has published over 2,000 essays and articles and frequently speaks on careers, media, and audience-building.

In this episode of Meet Me For Coffee, host Samantha Jones sits down with Frank Wurst, Director of North America Logistics at Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging products and services. With more than two decades of experience across logistics, procurement, and supply chain strategy, Frank brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to the conversation.

We dive into the modernization of supply chains, the growing role of technology in transportation, and why the truckload market often leads the charge in innovation. Frank shares insights on managing a diverse carrier network, the process of evaluating new providers, and how transportation cost pressures are shaping decision-making in today’s economy.

We also explore how broader market conditions impact logistics strategy—and how Frank uses trends within Greif as a pulse check on the economy.

If you’re interested in freight, procurement strategy, or how leading companies are adapting to a rapidly evolving logistics landscape, this episode is for you.

Please connect with Frank and Samantha on LinkedIn before the show, and feel free to start adding your questions in the comments anytime! Thanks for meeting us for coffee!