FreightCasts

Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime, and FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill discuss how the bullwhip effect for ocean carriers started during the abyss of the pandemic and is still reverberating through supply chains. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Port of Los Angeles is on the front lines of America’s import surge. Its executive director outlines how the port is handling the load given capacity limits of rail, trucking and warehousing. Executive Director and Chief Logistics Officer at The Port of Los Angeles, Gene Soroka, is joined by FreightWaves Senior Editor Greg Miller in this keynote address. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts F...

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox is joined by Lead Economist Anthony Smith to discuss hard-hitting questions leading up to the holiday season, such as: Will high freight rates cause hyperinflation? And, will supply chain chaos and sky-high costs last until 2023? Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Apple Podcasts Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choic...

Kaylee Nix digs into the way different types of companies utilize different types of robots on this episode of At Your Doorstep. She welcomes John Seidl, partner at GreyOrange, to talk about the differences in robotics strategy and how companies can leverage robotics, no matter what size they are. Follow At Your Doorstep on Apple Podcasts Follow At Your Doorstep on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcas...

In today's episode, Kevin and Richie answer audience questions and provide some interesting answers.   Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! Follow Put That Coffee Down on Apple Podcasts Follow Put That Coffee Down on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of Freightwaves, sits down with Founder and CEO of Surge Transportation, Omar Singh.  They discuss Singh's story in business as well as in the transportation industry as well as the genesis and story of Surge Transportation. Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Apple Podcasts Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are kicking off the spookiest season of them all as ocean shipping conditions horrify shippers.  Radu Palamariu of Alcott Global gets us up to date on the latest in the world of supply chain executive hiring, recruiting horror stories and memes.  Anna Nagurney of University of Massachusetts Amherst shares what the return to in-person studies has been like for...

This week we have Spencer Ware and Patrick Visintainer from Repowr Transport – a Chattanooga / Birmingham-based startup that has created a new B2B Marketplace for asset based carriers with underutilized assets.  Using the Repowr platform, carriers can facilitate fully insured truck and trailer rentals so these assets are generating revenue when not in their own immediate use.  Spencer and Patrick...

In this episode of The Stockout, Tom Madrecki VP of Supply Chain at the Consumer Brands Association joins host Mike Baudendistel to discuss how CPG companies are using technology to improve their supply chain efficiency. Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China has entered its Golden Week holiday. For beneficial cargo owners is it fool’s gold, a head fake or the relief valve they have been deserving of? China’s political machine is buying/importing all commodities at all costs. The call to action from the China machine was put out just this week. What will it mean for factories producing goods for the American verticals it sells to. Is it truly imp...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are highlighting some of FreightWaves’ brightest reporters. Learn how they investigate and source stories, what’s newsworthy and what makes a headline click.  Plus, Pick your bottleneck: Ports, chassis, containers, labor; ransomware attack on Forward Air may have exposed sensitive employee data; Lordstown Motors may sell its plant to Taiwan’s Foxconn for $23...

FreightWaves' Director of Carbon Intelligence, Tyler Cole, sits down with Mike Roeth, Executive Director for the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) to discuss the findings from NACFE's latest initiative: Run On Less - Electric. This year's program featured 13 trucks demonstrating real-world truck technologies focusing on real routes, carrying real freight, in a variety of duty c...

Hospital systems aim to make their communities healthier. Traditionally, that means simply providing health care. Increasingly, hospitals are going a step further, trying to create healthier communities by working with local suppliers and reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Hospital systems aim to make their communities healthier. Traditionally, that means simply providing health care...

Alabama Motor Express is a growing truckload company that just added a terminal in Atlanta.   This may not sound like a big deal, but for the company that makes such a decision, it's a lengthy process to get the point of yes/no.   On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, Jared Moore of AMX joins host John Kingston to discuss the decision-making that goes into what is a monumental step to deploy capit...

Many creatives have felt rather safe from the robot apocalypse that has already affected so many other industries. But with new artificial intelligence tools creeping their way into the creative arts market, it may soon be extremely difficult to tell the difference between humans and robots when it comes to  audio, video, or writing.  Keeping the tech train going, we’re also speaking with Lindsay...

Zach and Anthony bring on Mary O’Connell to discuss what peak season may look like this year from a brokerage/managed transportation perspective.   Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DriverReach Founder & CEO Jeremy Reymer speaks with Dustin Koehl, Senior Vice President of Sales at U.S. Xpress, about U.S. Xpress' work on its so-called Variant Model fleet, a recent U.S. Xpress report about freight demand and trucking capacity issues, as well as Dustin's work on ATA's subcommittee on autonomous trucks. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke Falasca and Kyle Taylor will dive into some of the densest lanes surrounding the Chicago truckload market. With conditions shifting into greater favor of the carriers, Chicago lanes could poise to be even more difficult for shippers and brokers in the coming days and weeks. Follow #withSONAR on Apple Podcasts Follow #withSONAR on Spotify More FreightWaves Pod...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about surviving peak season. Caleb Nelson, Chief Revenue Officer at Sifted has 5 tips for making it out ok on the other side.  We’ll learn what happens when a driver abandons his truck and the logistics behind recovering it. Mohammad Banibaker, President at Azmi Freight Inc shares a recent horror story that had his company setting a trap for a tru...

E-commerce trends are beginning to merge into the automotive buying experience. We speak with Trent Broberg, CEO of ACERTUS, on how his company is digitizing the delivery experience for automotive manufacturers so you can not only purchase your vehicle at home... but have it delivered there as well! Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Lea...

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox is joined by Lead Economist Anthony Smith to sit down with Emerge CFO Brad Blomstrom. Emerge is a leading freight technology company that just raised a fresh $130 million Series B to continue expanding its freight procurement platform. We sit with Blomstrom to discuss what the last year of explosive growth has been like and what’s next for Emerge. Andrew and Anthony a...

In today's episode, Kevin and Richie discuss the importance of qualifying prospects. Like all steps in the sales cycle qualifying and discovery needs to happen on every call.  Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! #sales #PutThatCoffeeDown #surgetransportation Follow Put That Coffee Down on Apple Podcasts Follow Put That Coffee Down on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn mo...

Kaylee Nix looks at the biggest improvements needed to truly make the world ready for electric vehicle integration 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

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the massive influx of cargo ships to both U.S. coasts and the impacts they’re causing throughout the supply chain. With a squeeze on both ends of container ship flow, when will ports finally see some relief?  Andrew Smith, founder and CEO of Outrider, is pioneering autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs. We’ll learn some of the result...

Matt McLellend invites Sean Coakley, Chief Commercial Officer at Capstone Logistics onto the show to discuss how the supply chain is made up of a series of partnerships between customers, vendors, and competitors. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices