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It’s Truck Driver Appreciation Week and that means you’ve likely seen several posts on your social media feeds “Thanking a Trucker.”  But what are some ways you can do more than a social media post? We’re breaking down some campaigns being run by some of the bigger companies but also revealing exactly what truckers have previously said they want during this week and year-round. In addition to this...

When you advise independent owner operators on their finances, you get a good look at how they're doing. And Todd Amen of ATBS likes what he's seeing.   Amen, president and CEO of ATBS, sat down with host John Kingston on Drilling Deep to discuss what he's seeing in the finances of the independent fleet. The market is great and it's showing up in their performance. Also on Drilling Deep, Kingston...

FreightWaves Morning Minute for Friday September 17  2021. Read the headlines at FreightWaves.com More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The COVID-19 pandemic caused demand for PPE to spike and demand for products used in elective procedures and primary care visits to plummet. Effective vaccines raised hopes for a return to normal, but the delta variant has complicated that calculus. The next step is predicting how demand will change in this new stage of the pandemic. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Follow Medically Ne...

 Zach and Anthony bring on Gabrielle Bosché, co-founder of the purpose company and expert on millennial culture, to discuss how to navigate generational differences as hiring and retaining employees becomes a growing challenge. Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Bartz, Director of sales and service at DriverReach, speaks with Josh Mecca, Director of Recruiting at American Central Transport (ACT), about how ACT is dealing with the ongoing driver shortage, how the past 18 months have shifted the landscape for carriers in driver hiring and retention, as well as a question submitted by a listener for the "Deeper Dive" segment.  Follow Taking The Hire Ro...

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox is joined by respected e-commerce expert Brittain Ladd to discuss the rapid changes occurring in the grocery supply chain. From online ordering, to micro fulfillment, same-day and same-hour rapid delivery, there’s structural shifts playing out. Join us to learn about robotics, gig economy couriers, various MFC models, and the future of grocery retail. Follow Point of...

On today's episode of #WithSONAR, Luke and Kyle will discuss the possibility that spot rates have peaked and what signals are pointing toward that picture. Follow #withSONAR on Apple Podcasts Follow #withSONAR 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 to Locomation driver DJ Hoff about what autonomous convoys mean for drivers. With eCommerce Week back in Los Angeles, HawkeMedia founder and CEO Erik Huberman gets us up-to-date on the inner workings of e-comm. Vets2Trucking owner Ivan Hernandez celebrates National Driver Appreciation Week and discusses veterans in trucking and how the industry ca...

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox is joined by Lead Economist Anthony Smith to chat with Nate Skiver, Founder of LPF Spend Management, a consultancy focused on leveling the playing field for e-commerce shippers. The three discuss the importance of UPS’ acquisition of Roadie, the upcoming peakiest of peaks for parcel, and the current state of e-commerce home delivery.  Follow Great Quarter, Guys on App...

Wallbox has already sold 200,000 electric vehicle charging units, but with EV sales expected to grow rapidly in the coming years, the company is expanding production to the U.S. We talk with CEO Enric Asunción about the new plant and how they’re designing products to avoid future supply chain shortages. Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts...

In today's episode, Kevin and Richie discuss the phrases and answers from prospects and customers that make all salespeople roll their eyes. Plus, we lay-out the self-defeating phrases that salespeople use when they’ve given up on the sale. #sales #SurgeTransportation Follow Put That Coffee Down on Apple Podcasts Follow Put That Coffee Down on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about yo...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. We’ll find out how the industry is stepping up this year as Anthony Eber, head of driver recruitment at DHL Supply Chain, and Cody Griggs, Director of Capacity Management at C.H. Robinson, share what their respective companies are doing. “The Rideshare Guy” Harry Campbell used to be an engineer before...

Tyler Cole is joined by Keith Wilson, President of Titan Freight Systems & Matt Leuck, Technical Services Director for Road Transport at Neste Fuels to discuss the operational and sustainable benefits of renewable diesel for fleets. Keith reveals learnings from their journey to reduce emissions and how they selected renewable diesel as the fuel of choice to accomplish those goals. Along with Matt,...

In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses the biggest developments in the food industry this week, including the Biden Administration announcing that it will crack down on what it sees as profiteering in a concentrated meat processing industry. In addition, Mike discusses what the Administration’s mandate that companies with over 100 employees need to be vaccinated means for the...

Ocean freight continues its unique behavioral patterns that would stymie Freud. In today’s episode Steve reviews the new olive branches being extended to the Shipper community along with the frenzied real time efforts causing sleepless nights amongst key decision makes on both the Shipper, Factory and ocean freight vendor side of the coin. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Koop Technologies co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Kamron Khodjaev about next-gen data-driven autonomous vehicle insurance. LuckyTruck CEO and founder Devin Bostik gets us up to date on the world of InsurTech. Slync.io founder, Chairman and CEO Chris Kirchner shares his company’s new booking and allocation management solution for logisti...

E-commerce has made retail shopping as easy as clicking a button. Telehealth has already brought some of those conveniences to health care. Now, companies are trying to figure out how to use the tools of e-commerce to improve the health care supply chain. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Follow Medically Necessary on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices....

After a month of being on the road, we’re back live in action to recap the biggest digital media news you might have missed, Tiktoks of the week, and Pam Simon the conference chair of Manifest on planning The Future of Logistics.  Follow Cyberly’s podcast on Apple or Spotify Connect with Blythe via her website or on Linkedin, YouTube, and TikTok Why Short Form Video Isn’t a Fad Connect with Pam Si...

Of all the tough parts of the supply chain, getting products into a person's home is the most challenging.   That mission brought together hundreds of attendees to an exhibition in Philadelphia recently. FreightWaves' Brian Straight was there, and he'll sit down with Drilling Deep host John Kingston to talk about what he saw and heard at this show that went on despite the pandemic. Also on the pod...

In this episode of Supply Chain Spotlight, FreightWaves President George Abernathy interviewed the president and CEO of MacGregor Partners, Jason Ziegler. Ziegler believes MacGregor’s unique eBOL and driver orchestration solution, M.Folio, is just that. Given his organization’s focus on warehousing and the yard, unlike a lot of his competitors, Ziegler understands the nuance necessary to ensure br...

Zach and Anthony go back and forth between latest trends and differing views with FreightWaves Market Expert Henry Byers. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Peter Covach, Industry Solutions Advisor at Trimble, about his perspective on what transportation companies are doing to attract driver talent, how companies are using technology to collect and analyze feedback from drivers, as well as how Trimble's products fit into carriers' driver recruiting and retention programs. Follow Taking The Hire...

On this episode of #withSONAR Luke & Kyle will discuss where freight volumes and capacity are shifting now that the summer is over. Follow #withSONAR on Apple Podcasts Follow #withSONAR 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 to Bedrock Ocean Exploration CEO and co-founder Anthony DiMare about creating the SpaceX for ocean. Bedrock recently unveiled its autonomous submarine, revealing a first-of-its-kind vertically integrated ocean-mapping technology. They’ll find out how it will be used to support the wind industry and ports.  Meghan Meurer, executive vice president o...