FreightCasts

2021 was an epic year for deal activity and values for 3PLs. Will the trend of ever growing multiples and easy deal terms continue in 2022? Chris Wofford of Wofford Advisors, is joined by FreightWaves Director of Passport Research, JP Hampstead, in this fireside chat.  Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to re...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and Tony Mulvey will discuss the declining truckload demand and its relationship with rising ocean imports and rising intermodal volume. In addition, we will look at the incredible downward pressure on truckload spot rates out of LAX. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation el...

Logistics providers aren’t the only ones going through a FreightTech revolution. Government systems are under fire as well.   In this episode, Grace breaks down Egypt’s national agenda to achieve sustainable development, how it affects retail and chats with the chief business development officer of CargoX, a blockchain document transfer solution that Egypt depends on to maintain a sustainable cust...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Convoy founder and CXO Grant Goodell about his trucking trip to MATS. What did he learn about the life of a driver while sitting shotgun in a rig? We’ll find out.  Matt Legg, VP of growth and strategy at Ox, talks about building a FreightTech company aimed at automating e-commerce logistics.  Jessica Cardinale, director of operations at Brillia...

This week, we dig deep into the realities of tungsten and what it means for electric vehicles with Almonty CEO Lewis Black. Black returns to Transmission to talk about how the pandemic has affected the world’s supply of tungsten, what the realities are of starting up new mines and how EV adoption can worsen our supply chain troubles. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why Char...

In this episode, Mike Baudendistel discusses CPG supply chains with Raj Patel, VP, Industry Strategy, 3PLs, at FourKites, a company that provides end-to-end supply chain visibility for shippers.  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...

Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey talk to Anthony Sutardja about Parade’s approach to supply chain innovation through industry investment and step-ladder collaboration. 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 c...

Kaylee Nix digs into why improving infrastructure, like the eventual roll out of 5G technology, could have unintended impacts on last mile delivery services. 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 chargep...

Kevin welcomes Matt Perkins, VP of customer solutions at BTB Logistics, to discuss the finer points of starting and maintaining long-term relationships with shippers.  Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! #sales #PutThatCoffeeDown Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs,...

Mary O'Connell and Ryan Rogers from Text Locate sit down to talk about the world of visibility and the struggles that come with knowing where your freight is at all times. 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....

Nick Reasoner, CEO & Founder of TransLoop shares the sacrifices it takes to build and grow a successful business from scratch. Listen in as he shares how leaving a legacy and supporting others becomes a higher priority than achieving material success. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs...

Creating predictable revenue streams with a freight brokerage is all about leaving the transactional lifestyle behind and focusing on building the relationships needed to move consistent freight. Michael Johnson, Executive Vice President of Strategy at Redwood Logistics, is joined by FreightWaves Executive Publisher, Kevin Hill, in this fireside chat. Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready?...

Everyone wants to grow their brokerage, but its all so overwhelming. In this fireside chat Mary O’Connell sits down with founder of Freight 360, Ben Kowalski to talk about strategies to grow a brokerage with or without years of experience.  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...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about volumes, rejections, rates and trends in the trucking market. They’ll break down the latest data in SONAR. East Coast ports are getting slammed as shippers shift cargo from the West Coast; what does that mean for you? And Google enters the FreightTech scene.  Mason George, president at IMC Companies, talks about creative solutions to port co...

Bestselling author David Hoffeld and Kevin Hill, FreightWaves Executive Publisher, discusss how we can all use science and the human psyche to drive sales by sticking to our ethics.  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...

FreightWaves’ Grace Sharkey speaks with Mark Vickers, Executive Vice President of International Logistics at Reliance Partners, about the common mistakes and assumptions freight brokers make when purchasing their insurance policies. Vickers describes recurring issues that often arise when filing claims and how different regions, like Mexico, often need very different policies than brokers realize....

Go with the flow rather than fight the tape. Today’s Navigate B2B helps you define narrow rules that allow you to make the tiny adjustments needed to survive the cost of ocean. 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 advan...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the raging inferno at a Walmart DC; a trucker who killed his co-driver; and another Evergreen vessel runs aground.  Latham Woodward, founder and CEO of Sense Distribution and Shoogies, talks about the logistics of lighting up the cannabis retail market. Marcus Cooksey, CEO at Duke.ai, is partnering with educational institutions to recruit un...

Peter Bolstorff, Executive Vice President at Association for Supply Chain Management, joins Tyler Cole to chat about sustainability as the new normal. ASCM has long been a leader in training and certifying organizations to become leaders in supply chain management. By providing thought leadership, organizational and individual training and certification, and open access to enterprise standards, AS...

The transportation industry has been male dominated since the beginning, now as more women are stepping into leadership Mary O’Connell sits down with Owner and CEO of Sunset Transportation, Lindsey Graves, to talk about what the space looks like for women owned 3PLs and how it’s only the beginning. If you aren't in love with the title feel free to change it. Basically we are focusing on the transi...

With so much other news, you may have lost track of what is going on with the backed-up ports on the U.S. West Coast and how their situation has spilled over into other ports. Greg Miller, FreightWaves senior editor who has been following the port backups for months, joins host John Kingston to bring listeners up to date on the easing of the backlog but why the situation is far from being over. Al...

We’ve been featuring some of the top companies trying to fix some complex issues in the trucking sector and today’s show is no different. CEO of Edison Motors Chace Barber is joining the show live to talk about how his idea to retrofit old trucks with an electric kit has been making waves on TikTok to the tune of more than 700k followers. Then we’ve got Locomation’s COO Glynn Spangenberg giving us...

Zach and Anthony reunite with Dr. Zac Rogers and discuss the big build up happening upstream 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 Freightonomics on Apple Podcas...

Jeremy Reymer, CEO & Founder of DriverReach, chats with Max Farrell, Co-founder and CEO of WorkHound. 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! There are no words to express how deeply we feel for the peop...

Data, data, data! Shipper networks have been put to the test over the past two years and data has allowed for shippers to build resilient supply chains despite the curveballs they have been thrown. ESG is also in the early innings, but data has allowed for carriers and shippers to find and improve inefficiencies within networks and drive improvements to their carbon footprint. Scott Sokoloff, Vice...