FreightCasts

Keeping Employees Happy: It’s about a work/life balance. Dalton Tielens of WEL Companies joins Running on Ice and explains how listening to your employees wants and needs can improve retention and benefit the company overall. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA about their Artemis mission to land Americans back on the moon.  What’s the mission all about? According to NASA, “The agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for their multi-day journey to lunar orbit. There, two crew members will transfer to the SpaceX human landing system (HLS...

Ken Kaelin, President of Bottomley Enterprises in Mt Airy, NC joins Ingrid Brown, Host of FreightWaves, “AMERICA On 18 Wheels” in a fireside chat to talk about the economy in trucking today. We’ll be addressing the rising costs of operations, recruiting and retention and back up plans that all small fleets and owner operators face today. Bottomley Enterprises is a 120+ fleet that is growing and yo...

Karon Evanoff is the vice president of the global supply chain at a major manufacturer of audio equipment. A few years ago, she was saddled with out-of-date systems that weren't keeping up with the latest developments in supply chain software and visibility. She joins host John Kingston on Drilling Deep to talk about her company's supply chain transformation and what it took to change direction in...

SmartHop cofounder Guillermo Garcia discusses why treating people fairly and supporting each other are the best business practice for smaller fleets. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with o...

Social media has been around since the mid-2000s but it's still widely considered a "new" trend in freight.  Magnum Transportation and its rockstar marketing manager, Katie McPherson, are proof of the benefits of having a creative and results-driven social strategy.  Katie was at the Transportation Marketing and Sales Association's annual conference and she was kind enough to share some of those s...

Jeremy Reymer, CEO & Founder of DriverReach, chats with Tim Chrulski, Chief Operating Officer of Garner Trucking and host of Beyond the Cab podcast. 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 the Hire Road on whatever platform you listen on! With more t...

Zach and Anthony discuss how companies are changing their strategies in response to a slowing economy and how transportation demand has been a leading indicator. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain profic...

America on 18 Wheels and BTU contributor Ingrid Brown sits in with the guys Welcome to the Back The Truck Up Podcast, where we share the news and reviews from the trucking and logistics industry. Justin “SuperTrucker” Martin, and James “Rooster” Bowen, are here to bring everyone together and welcome our dear sister, Ingrid Brown from “America on 18 Wheels.” Ingrid is an over the road veteran with...

Gary Bevers, President at Bevers & Co., is joined by John Kingston, Executive Editor and Oil Market Expert at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with outs...

Owner-operators are faced with increasing uncertainty in the freight markets but there are steps they can take to handle whatever the freight market throws at them. Understanding your costs and building quality relationships serve carriers better than taking the ‘bear down and hope” approach that small fleets have operated under in the past. Chris Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer at Trucker Path, i...

Matt Parry, Senior VP of Logistics at Werner joins us today to talk about how asset based brokerages add value and access to smaller carrier’s freight networks. With decades of experience and thousands of trucks, these brokerages can provide additional benefits compared to digital asset light brokerages in terms of customer mix, technology solutions, equipment assistance, and trained staff with ba...

Grace discusses the past, present and future of retail patents. She explores some of the most impactful patents in retail and the companies’ leading today’s patent race.  With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply cha...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about one of the most hated practices in trucking: double brokering. We’ll also find out how bad actors are stealing MC and U.S. Department of Transportation carrier numbers to steal trucking company identities.  FreightWaves’ editorial director, Rachel Premack, has the latest on retail inventories and reports on a record-high net revocation of tr...

James Bowen, aka The Rooster from BackTheTruckUp.com sits down with Jamie Hagen, "CEO Extraordinaire" of HellBentExpress to talk about "The proper way to start an owner operator trucking company". From knowing how to even start the process, finding out your cost of operations, to getting fully legalized, they will cover the bases for someone wanting to get into trucking from the ground level and r...

Running your own truck or small fleet is all about risk versus reward. Kevin and Drew discuss how to evaluate situations and partners to put your business on the path of long-term profitability. Drew Herpich, Chief Commercial Officer of Transportation Insight at Nolan Transportation, is joined by Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. With more than 60 years of exp...

Understanding a battery’s health by measuring voltage, current and resistance is not the only way to check if there’s a problem. Liminal has another idea: use ultrasound and machine learning analytics to look inside each cell in the factory, to catch any problems before they make it to the pack and then the vehicle. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a famil...

Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey are joined by The Maritime Professor,  Lauren Beagen to discuss hot topics in ocean shipping, marine law, and what it takes to start your own podcast.  With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates...

In today’s episode, Frank Mabry, a Senior Analyst for Corporate Strategy at Torc Robotics joins me as we talk about the much lauded and always impending autonomous truck rollout. We dive deep into what the autonomous truck future may actually look like and challenge the narratives on why so many autonomous truck companies want you to think they’re ready to deploy this technology tomorrow.  With mo...

Freightwaves Mary O’Connell and Arrive’s David Spencer return with a June freight market update. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates supply chain proficiency with outstanding, attentive, and expedient customer service...

Bestselling author David Hoffeld and Kevin Hill, FreightWaves Executive Publisher, discuss how we can all use science and the human psyche to drive sales by sticking to our ethics. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Dunavant generates...

We talk with Prasad Gollapalli, Founder, Strategic Advisor of TruckerTools about the various ways drivers and carriers can utilize rewards programs and how brokers can create greater value in the process. We discuss the importance of establishing good relationships with carriers and brokers and how those benefits can pay off. He is joined by Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert, Thomas Wasson. With...

Chad Carlton, COO of Everything Kitchens and the Founder of an e-commerce 3PL opens up on the struggles he faced when his family lost it all and how it shapes his outlook on business and life. Listen in on how to avoid having your identity wrapped up in the wrong things. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ens...

This episode is for those curious leaders and entrepreneurs who want to learn more about the technology that everyone is raving about. Learn about how this San Fran native started the company, worked through challenges, and found product-market fit. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domesti...

Ingrid Brown joins us with 40 years of experience in being the boss of her product. This weeks show describes how a driver can take charge of shipments and bridge the gap between them and broker. With more than 60 years of experience in logistics innovation, Dunavant is a family-owned business that has the knowledge to ensure global and domestic shipping practices are efficient and effective. Duna...