About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of the trucking market with insights from Spot's leadership team.

In our latest podcast episode, Andrew Elsener, Co-founder of Spot, sat down with two of Spot’s Senior National Account Directors, Theo Mascari and Alex Buening. The group dissects the current state of the trucking market. From sudden rate surges to the rising threat of cargo theft, we covered the critical trends shippers and carriers need to watch as we move through the first half of the year. Download Spot's February 2026 Market Update report: https://spotinc.com/blog/logistics-m...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Elsener

Guests: Theo Mascari, Alex Buening

Topics covered

• trucking market
• rate surges
• cargo theft
• shipping trends
• logistics

Keywords

• trucking
• market trends
• cargo theft
• shipping rates
• logistics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spot, Spot, Inc.

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