FreightCasts

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to truckers who are using social media to build their own brands and make bank with side hustles. With the market loosening, there’s no better time than now to get a handle on your finances while creating new revenue streams.  We’ll hear from Tik Toker Clarissa Rankin, whose videos have received more than 32 million likes.  Chris Lee is using his...

Tyler Cole interviews Jennifer Wong, Head of Sustainability at Convoy, to review Convoy’s latest report on sustainability in truckload transportation. They discuss the rising focus from shippers and logistics service providers on topics ranging from the value of data to improving vehicle efficiency and reducing emissions in freight. Convoy is a climate leader and working to educate and empower the...

The U.S. is releasing more oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve than it ever has before. Is this good policy? On the Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston discusses why such a move now is precisely why the reserve was built in the first place. Tracy Rosser, an executive vice president at Transplace, is the guest of the week on Drilling Deep. What does the massive amount of data that his...

When we build online, the last thing we want to do is annoy the very people we’re trying to attract. So in today’s show, we’re talking about the ways you’re annoying your website visitors so you can create a pathway to conversion. This plus chatting with Pearl Trans CEO Lorena Camargo on the intricacies of medical shipments and Hawke Media CEO Erik Huberman on what a business needs to know before...

Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience for DriverReach, chats with Ron Yazzetti, Senior Director of Sales for Work4. 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! There are no words to express how deeply we...

Tyler Robertson CEO & Founder of Diesel Laptops shares the wild ride from starting with $1,000 to being offered $100M...and turning it down. Listen to how building something you're proud of matters more than financial rewards. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and @Craig Gentile will discuss the continued softening in the truckload market, and dive further into the reefer market to explore its softening in the wake of produce season and what you can do to stay ahead of it.  Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce...

Grace talks with Point Pickup Technologies’ founder and CEO Tom Fiorita about the challenges of building out a middle mile and last-mile delivery network and how companies can incentivize its gig workers to build a sustainable delivery solution. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, elim...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Ross Kennedy about Cold War 2.0, the state of global supply chains, and the potential collapse of the trucking market. Phil Hyland and Steven Bedford of Steam Logistics stop by the studio to talk about how entertainment logistics works. We’ll learn all about how the biggest bands and events in the world keep the show on the road. Bob Bortner, m...

In this episode, Mike Baudendistel discusses the freight topics of the hour, including shutdowns in Shanghai and the emerging FreightWaves thesis of a coming correction in the trucking industry. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a...

Automakers are working with tire manufacturers to find just the right balance between low rolling resistance, immediate grip and noise reduction for their new EVs. This week, Pirelli’s Bryce Jones joins us to talk about these factors as well as how today’s supply chain challenges affect the production of new tires. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the righ...

Gabe Grifoni, CEO of Rufus Labs, joins Kaylee Nix to talk about his company's recent 3PL partnership and why its important to bring automation to every sector of supply chain. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advant...

Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey talk to Varstar Alliance about the challenges that come with expanding brokerage networks across a continent and eventually across the globe on this episode of Great Quarter, Gals. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-...

Mary O'Connell and Freight Waves’ Joe Antoshak sit down to talk about the top 500 for hires carrier list and the 2022 driver pay guide just completed. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage. Visit chargepoint.so...

Kevin welcomes Chris Seeds, Sales Director at Bridge Logistics and the host of “What Not to Miss with Chris”, the weekly market update on LinkedIn. Kevin and Chris discuss the best of times and the worst of times in sales and why habits developed in the best of times often leads to disaster in the worst of times.  Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! #sales #putthatcoffeedown E...

In this episode we talk with Craig Fuller, CEO and founder of FreightWaves about recent market trends and the data painting the picture of an imminent downturn in the U.S. trucking market. Based on the data, we examine the possibility of a freight recession that would rival the recent COVID related downturns in 2019.  Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the r...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to ice road trucker, Jason Kraft. We’ll learn all about the perils of the business and what makes ice road trucking cool. Johnny Araiza, vice president of cross-border and Mexico operations at Dunavant, talks about increasing opportunities for cross-border trade with Mexico.  Kevin Clonch, group director of customer logistics at Ryder, talks about...

Meet the President of Steam Logistics. Learn what is driving him to step out and away from Status Quo --- starting with Cassandra's most HATED thing: non-f***ing-competes. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage....

In today’s episode, Steve previews that we are in the eye of a container storm heading eastbound. When it hits, it’s not going to be pretty. How do the prime actors pick up the pieces? It’s all today, in Navigate B2B. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA’s Abdiel Santos-Galindo about the wet dress rehearsal of the Artemis 1 and NASA’s Space Launch System, which is the most powerful rocket it’s ever built. Brian Bourke, chief growth officer at Seko Logistics, talks about how his company is working with Project C.U.R.E. to send support to Ukraine. Jill Rice, partner at Port X Logistics, disc...

Tyler Cole is joined by Daniel MacGregor, co-founder of Nexxiot. They unpack frequently used buzzwords such as IoT, digital twin, and sustainable supply chains to explain how enterprise shippers and fleet operators are harvesting new operational data sets to improve business decisions. Profitability and environmental stewardship can and should go hand in hand. Nexxiot is focused on making triple b...

As the roads have become clogged again as the country comes out of the pandemic, there is some bad news coming from them: safety has not improved. Rob Abbott has spent much of his career dealing with truck safety issues. He's now the commercial leader for enterprise trucking at Lytx. He joins host John Kingston to discuss the state of safety on the roads today. Also on the podcast, Kingston looks...

We hear that phrase a lot and there’s no shortage of advice on the internet covering any topic, in any industry. But have you taken the time to study not just what people say but how they get it done? That’s our main topic for today’s show as we cover content marketing lessons from YouTuber, Mr. Beast, how to run a freight brokerage with Able Transport Solutions’ Liz Wayne, and creating data-based...

Zach and Anthony dive into the slower trends taking hold of the industry and the underlying trends leading up to it. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage. Visit chargepoint.solutions/freightwaves Follow Freigh...

Jeremy Reymer, CEO & Founder of DriverReach, chats with Tim Smith, co-founder and president of Pivotal Retention, about how he’s solving a missing piece in companies’ retention efforts. 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 whateve...