FreightCasts

Responding to pressure to be more transparent about their service performance following the major railroad mergers of the 1990s, the freight railroads began providing shippers and regulators weekly data on metrics such as rail car velocity and terminal dwell times. But one measure that they haven’t been providing, asserts an executive at one of the country’s largest agribusiness companies, is how...

On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Michael Vincent and Zach Strickland talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Andrew Lockwood, Senior Manager, Suddath Global Logistics; David Broering, President Non Asset, NFI; Alan Adler, Detroit Bureau Chief, FreightWaves; and FreightWaves market experts Andrew Cox, Anthony Smith, with Nick...

Kristen Johnson, Taylor&Associates chats with FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller. Watch SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freightwaves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freightwaves/   Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it e...

Purchase returns and the reverse logistics portion of last-mile delivery have become a focal point as more consumers settle into the lifestyles and purchasing habits that have become the new norm in a COVID world. Consumers’ acceptance of a digital retail channel has provided salvation to many retailers that have seen pandemic-related shutdowns choke off traditional in-store buying. At the Freight...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about cargo theft, building culture in freight, financial problems for small carriers, tales from the PR circuit, and a #PlayItForward to Baby’s Got Chargebacks.  Plus, a Cold Chain Summit event preview.  They’re joined by special guests Tom Whaley, President, Level One Technologies; Indie Bollman, Vice President, Organizational Development, Trai...

Dr. Yossi Sheffi, the Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics chats with FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller   Watch SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freightwaves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freightwaves/...

To put the U.S. last-mile trucking market in broader perspective, look at non-U.S. markets. Things are really different over there across the border. In a fireside chat during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit, Liftit co-founder and CEO Brian York outlined how his company is growing its last-mile operations in Latin America, which now span Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. Wit...

On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, Andrew Cox of FreightWaves talks to host John Kingston about how strong the peak season is going to be given two big factors: the pandemic and what that has done to spending patterns, and the growing tightness in driver capacity. Kingston will also talk about a possible turn in the diesel market. That shift in economics may occur because of things that data is...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Morning Brew CEO/co-founder Alex Lieberman about how he helped build a $20M+ media empire based off of a newsletter. Are small carriers in for an extinction level event? We investigate. Andy Hedrick of TK7 Products plays it forward with an original song written by The Dude. Can he sustain a beat as well as TK7 Products works towards sustainabi...

Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead talk about what's happening with freight volumes and rates over the last week.   Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here. L...

There is nothing simple about providing a reverse logistics service, especially for large replacement or return items that do not fit neatly into a small package. However, more U.S. third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) and trucking companies in recent years have found this to be the type of niche service where their expertise can shine. “We have found this especially important to our app...

Grocery stores in Canada need to invest in robust e-commerce capabilities to prevent a repeat of stock-outs and long delivery delays that disappointed large numbers of customers who opted for virtual shopping at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a food industry expert at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit. Canadians are hungry to shop online for food and staples, but the...

On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Steve Ferreira, CEO / Founder, Ocean Audit Inc.; Charley DeHoney, Executive / Growth Advisor / Angel Investor; John Kingston, editor-at-large, FreightWaves and FreightWaves market experts Zach Strickland, Anthony Smith, wit...

The U.S. Postal Service faces a set of conditions that no other business in the U.S. confronts on a daily basis, and it isn’t helping that its potential and actual competitors get a seat at the table in determining its fate. That was the view of Gordon Glazer, a senior consultant with Shipware LLC and a specialist on the Postal Service. Glazer was interviewed by FreightWaves senior writer Mark Sol...

As e-commerce continues to take market share from brick-and-mortar retail, the heavy bulky last-mile market is seeing rapid growth, with reverse logistics as a particularly strong revenue driver. That was one of the takeaways from a fireside chat between Kirby Fine, principal, ATL Partners, and Gordon Branov, CEO of Pilot Freight Services, during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit on Thur...

Zach and Anthony cover the latest in the logistics industry with special guest, Dr. Zac Rogers. Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

"What I told you was true, from a certain point of view. You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." - Obi Wan Kenobi On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking all about selling from a certain point of view: that of the shipper. How do you go about outlining the needs of your customers and in what ways do you position your pitch to addre...

The head of J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc.’s (NASDAQ:JBHT) final-mile operation said Thursday that significant investments must be made in the home delivery of big and bulky items because it is fast becoming the most critical part of the supply chain. Nick Hobbs, who runs the Lowell, Arkansas-based company’s Dedicated Contract Services (DCS) and Final Mile Services operations, said during...

Despite the hype surrounding the Tesla Semi truck, the future for electric vehicles in the transportation and logistics industry seems to be coming sooner and on a larger scale for fleets serving the last mile. Case in point: Amazon’s order for 100,000 customized electric delivery vehicles produced by Rivian.  “It just makes so much sense for an electric vehicle with that stop-and-go application a...

On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Mark Yeager, CEO, Redwood Logistics; Richard Sharpe, CEO, Competitive Insights and FreightWaves market experts Anthony Smith, Andrew Cox, with Nick Austin on weather.   This is a live interactive event, viewers are encourag...

Andrew and Kevin discuss Ted Weschler, Berkshire money manager and his move to purchase $45mm of Dillard's stock. Then, we break down the upcoming clean energy SPACs.   Watch the video Listen to more FreightWaves Podcasts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competiti...

In this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead, FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller sits down with the wonder of Candor Expedite, Nicole Glenn. Watch SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freightwaves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freightwa...

The coronavirus pandemic forced many companies to adapt the way they manufactured and packaged their products, as well as how they shipped them to their final destination, according to Karen Tyndall, GlobalTranz Inc.’s director of customer solutions. “What we found was that [customers] were buying online and ultimately making those purchases from their living room,” Tyndall said. “The unique chall...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Uber Freight’s Bill Driegert who plays a drum solo, the five worst weather states for trucking, the CEO perspective from SmartHop's Guillermo Garcia on building a company, and CRST International's Hugh Ekberg on the potential impacts of a driver shortage. Plus, Bad News/Good News concerning this week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index, bro...

An XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO) executive forecast Thursday that XPO might need an additional 25-30% of delivery capacity during this fall’s strong peak season. “We want to go into this peak period and really prove that we’re ready for the Super Bowl and ready to do this,” XPO Last Mile President Erik Caldwell told FreightWaves President George Abernathy during the keynote event, “How Changes in Cons...