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The Gals update you on industry events including Hispanic Heritage Month and the winner of a recent announced supply chain award. We also invite Dunavant’s COO to discuss current market trends.  Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mechanical services and DOT inspections, Love’s and...

In today’s episode, FreightWaves’ Sydney Edwards talks about her experiences in journalism and media, and how the message and medium matter.  Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mechanical services and DOT inspections, Love’s and Speedco are invested in getting drivers back on the r...

Kaylee Nix wears her meteorologist hat on this episode of At Your Doorstep to talk about new technology and using AI to create transportation specific weather forecasts. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mechanical services and DOT inspections, Love’s and Speedco are invested in g...

FreightWaves Mary O’Connell and Anaid Chacón from Nuvocargo dive into cross border trade with Mexico and women in the supply chain industry. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mechanical services and DOT inspections, Love’s and Speedco are invested in getting drivers back on the ro...

Jack and DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole sat down to talk...mailboxes. Specifically, the smartest mailbox you’ve never heard of — and it accepts drone deliveries!? Listen in to hear why smart mailboxes could be part of drone delivery’s future. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mechanical...

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are all about rail safety. They’re joined by Rachel Maleh, Executive Director at Operation Lifesaver, Inc.’s who’s here to get us on track with rail safety awareness.  Freight at rest is freight at risk according to Elizabeth Simpkins, Regional Underwriting Officer, Inland Marine Transportation at Travelers. She’ll let us know if you need...

Austin Kreinz, Founder & CEO of Atomix Logistics opens up about his endless fascination with fulfillment and how every day is a new puzzle waiting to be solved. Listen in as he shares his goal of joining the BBC (Billionaire's Bootstrapper's Club) and how supporting his team is the best part of the journey.  Follow The Bootstrapper's Guide to Logistics on Apple Podcasts Follow The Bootstrapper's G...

Factoring is the grease that makes trucking run. Independent owner operators and small fleets need to get paid quicker than the standard 30 days or more terms, and factoring allows it. But what if technology can pay drivers even faster? Where does that leave factoring? Craig Cohen is the CEO of a new factoring company called TransCap. He joins host John Kingston on Drilling Deep to discuss the sta...

On this episode of Running on Ice, Vernon O’Donnell from Project44 and Sudarsan Thattai from Lineage Logistics break down the partnership between the two companies and their work on bringing greater visibility to the food and beverage space. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering light mecha...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson about her remarkable journey to become company president. Simpson started as an hourly customer service rep in 1994 and has gone on to become one of the most powerful women in freight. Simpson shares her perspective on career growth, intermodal and rail strikes, driver appreciation and living up to the company motto...

AI and simulations have been used throughout the development of autonomous vehicles, but the technology still requires millions of miles on the highways before mass commercialization. Bringing AI and simulation to the forefront allows for safer development of autonomous vehicles, while also cutting down on the number of highway miles required to implement self-driving technology. Raquel Urtasun, F...

The Inflation Reduction Act promotes the production of low-carbon hydrogen, which is good news for Nikola, which wants to produce and sell the fuel for long-distance trucks in North America. We talk to Pablo Koziner, Nikola’s president of energy, about the IRA and the rest of Nikola’s busy line-up of projects, including electric trucks and how to charge them. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nat...

Most companies think about content marketing wrong. Some common misconceptions include:  –“Too expensive” –“I don’t want to manage/invest in it” –“What's the ROI of this one blog post? Or a podcast?” –“The barrier of entry is too difficult”  We use these types of misconceptions to talk ourselves out of attempting a bold content marketing strategy to begin with. But what if we shifted our mindset i...

In this special episode the tables are turned as Leah Shaver, President & CEO of the National Transportation Institute, is joined by none other than THR host and CEO & Founder of DriverReach - Jeremy Reymer! Remember you can submit any questions or comments, including those which may appear on upcoming Deeper Dive segments - at podcast@driverreach.com. And don’t forget to rate and review Taking th...

The rail strike nearly brought another round of economic chaos to the economy, illustrating that supply chain disruptions can still have huge impacts. Anthony and Zach discuss what other possible risks to economic stability are still looming in 2022.  Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With more than 1,500 maintenance bays offering l...

Autonomous trucking software developers have enough on their plate without having to sweat the details of integrating their technologies with the engine and transmission. Many are leaving that work to Cummins Inc., the world's largest engine maker whose expertise in making systems work together has thrust the company into a key role in the autonomous trucking space. J. Michael Taylor, Director of...

Does autonomous trucking have to leave out the driver to be successful? Plus runs a Level 4 high-autonomy system beneath advanced driver assistance system software, but drivers will continue to play an important role as it racks up billions of real-world miles before removing the human from the equation. Shawn Kerrigan, COO and Co-Founder at Plus, is joined by Trucking Carrier Expert Thomas Wasson...

Bill Bleim of NFI Industries was in on very early of testing Class 8 electric trucks. He knows their limitations and what roles they perform best. Rob Reich of Schneider has less experience but both companies are proving where electrified transportation fits in the heavy-duty freight world. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. With mor...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and Tony Mulvey will discuss the impact of Labor day and the most recent inflation reports impact on the freight market.  We will also look further down the road at why a potential peak season may not be what we have traditionally experienced in the past. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the roa...

Grace celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week and also exposes the current and future gaps of labor from technology providers, to automation integrators to those working the floor at your favorite retailers. She also invites Elise Crevier, president of yard management and dock scheduling software provider C3 Solutions, to speak on the importance of building a culture that builds loyal e...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are celebrating Truck Driver Appreciation Week with Convoy’s founder and Chief Experience Officer Grant Goodell. He’s here to talk TDAW, Haul Stars, ride-alongs and getting fleets paid faster. Is a rail strike coming and how did we get here in the first place? FreightWaves Editorial Director Rachel Premack tells us how it all went off the rails. Back The Truc...

Drue Epler takes the BTU Podcast behind the scenes with stories of Grave Digger, Bigfoot, and the Monster Truck Racing Association   Sign up for the Back The Truck Up Newsletter and get up to date information on the stories here, for truckers, by truckers! Sign up for the Back The Truck Up Newsletter and get up to date information on the stories here, for truckers, by truckers! Check out BackTheTr...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the CHIPS Act and what it means for ports and the auto industry. Bill Doyle, Executive Director at Maryland Port Administration, leads the top port in the nation for handling automobiles, light trucks, farm and construction machinery. He’s here to fill us in on what’s rolling off the ro-ros.  School is back in session, football is back and C...

On the far edge of electrification is REE Automotive, which places electronic drive, steer, and brake technology at each wheel corner to take advantage of efficiencies like regenerative braking that could quickly close the total cost of ownership gap with conventional powertrains while adding features like four-wheel steering. Sam Abuelsamid, Principal Analyst at Guidehouse Insights, and Daniel Ba...

The electric vehicle industry in the U.S. desperately needs more local sources of lithium. Enter Snow Lake Lithium, which is establishing a massive, “sustainable” all-electric lithium mine in northern Manitoba. CEO Phil Gross explains how this will work, and how it will be better for future EVs. Love’s Truck Care & Speedco is the nation’s largest preventative maintenance network over the road. Wit...