FreightCasts

White House takes swipe at the ocean freight cartel controlling global trade. How politics and the media distort what’s already a top 3 story. Plus, we look at why possible labor disruption actually gives ocean freight vendors more options. Plus we take a look at COVID and OMICRON actually showing up as Importers in U.S. Government stats. How can that be? Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Foll...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about turnover in trucking and whether drivers should chase sign-on bonuses. Brian Runnels, vice president of safety at Reliance Partners, chimes in on why bonuses aren’t always what they seem.  Convoy co-founder Grant Goodale is team driving with Isaac Wilke, owner of Starlight Transportation and a Convoy Haul Star. They’re talking about how driv...

FreightWaves’ Director of Carbon Intelligence, Tyler Cole is joined by Jack Schickler, founder and CEO of Service Professionals Inc. (SPI). Jack is a retired General Motors executive with over 55 years of emission control engineering experience. They dig into the science of making diesel trucks happy, which is the promise of SPI’s latest innovation, the SPIER System. This low-cost retrofit maximiz...

Don Newell and Scooter Sayers are long-time LTL industry experts and consultants. Although the stock prices of LTL companies have been soaring on Wall Street, Newell and Sayers join host John Kingston on Drilling Deep to talk about some underlying fundamental problems in the LTL sector that they want to see fixed. Also on the podcast, Kingston discusses the recent OPEC reaction to the release of o...

It’s that time of the year again. Budgets. Goals. Analysis. Planning. It feels like all of these pile on us at once as we start thinking about who and what we wanna be in the new year.  It can become overwhelming really quickly. And with the pace that our digital world has rapidly changed--it can be tough to know which tactics and tools to invest in and more importantly, which ones to steer clear...

Zach and Anthony breakdown the nuances hitting the freight markets this peak season and talk 2022 expectations Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Reymer, CEO & Founder of DriverReach, chats with Peter Schneider, President of T.G.S. Logistics. 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! Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking...

Anthony Smith and Tony Mulvey dive into FreightWaves’ latest research, a comprehensive truckload capacity forecast for peak season in 2021.  Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Apple Podcasts Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace dives into recent retail headlines before introducing a new robotics software company called SVT Robotics. She will explain how SVT aims to become the “USB of robotics” by explaining the impact of inventing the USB, how it made computing technology more deployable and how SVT sees the robotics industry lacking in the tools needed for mass robot deployment in warehouses today. Follow Point of...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to SEKO Logistics’ Brian Bourke about this year in freight, the cargo situation as we race toward Christmas, peak season insights, whether abandoned containers are an issue and if the supply chain bullwhip will crack next year. DHL Supply Chain North America’s Jim Monkmeyer talks about the issues that will dominate the conversation in the freight...

Ravi Shankar, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, sits with Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial and Emerging Markets at FreightWaves, to talk about emerging technologies in freight. The two zero in on autonomous vehicles which address the cost, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability goals in transportation.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More Fr...

BMW i Ventures invests in start-ups that will help the automaker build better, cleaner vehicles, sure, but it also wants to invest in companies that will help all automakers build better, cleaner vehicles. Managing partners and Kasper Sage and Marcus Behrendt tell us how it all works. Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about y...

Mary O’Connell sits down with Bill Morrisroe of iShared Transportation to talk all things shared truckload, and how to mitigate the excessive length LTL charges. Follow Check Call on Apple Podcasts Follow Check Call on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Regulations for autonomous trucking likely will be ready when the trucks are around 2024, but avoiding a state-by-state hodgepodge of rules is important, according to Finch Fulton, a former Department of Transportation official and policy and strategy vice president at autonomous convoying startup Locomation. He is watching the progress of five pieces of pending federal regulation. He is joined by...

Bart De Muynck, Research Vice President at Gartner, leads this presentation at the F3 Virtual Experience.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past year, retailers have become incredibly creative in addressing their supply chain issues. Unfortunately, a better procurement process, new capacity providers and automation can only go so far as many of these retailers are seeing unprecedented growth pushing their supply chain operations to its limits. In order to get a step closer to their distribution operations, many large retailer...

Chris Visser of JD Power has been tracking used truck prices for a long time. And as he will tell you, he's never seen a used truck market quite like this one. He joins Drilling Deep co-host John Kingston to discuss the wild swings in prices and what needs to happen for them to slow their upward march. Also on the podcast, Kingston discusses the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...

Brad Clark, Sales Director at EZ Loader Software, is joined by Vice President of Sales at Reliance Partners, Jessie Merritt, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Mullen, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer at TuSimple, is joined by FreightWaves Detriot Bureau Chief, Alan Adler, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alfonso Quijano the CTO from Lean Solutions and Mary O'Connell sit down to talk about the most effective way to harness data for process improvement. Automation is king and they talk about where to start.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On her last episode, Grace talks with BlueGrace Logistics’ Vice President of Logistics Operations, Todd Trompeter, on the complexities of consulting auto suppliers and OEMs on logistics. Trompeter dives into the company’s managed service offerings, how it differs from other logistics operations and how it has become table stakes for automotive operations. He also explains the importance of opening...

Kaylee Nix sits down with the cofounders of Beans. Ai to talk about why the most important piece of final mile delivery is in the last 100 feet. Follow At Your Doorstep on Apple Podcasts Follow At Your Doorstep on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary O’Connell and Chris Arredondo from Cargo chief sit down to talk about process automation, software as a service technology improvements, and overall improvements for employees. Follow Check Call on Apple Podcasts Follow Check Call on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Compain, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at Project44, is joined by FreightWaves Executive Publisher, Kevin Hill, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Lewis, CEO & Co-Founder of Convoy, is joined by FreightWaves CEO & Founder, Craig Fuller, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Join the F3 Virtual Experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices