FreightCasts

The COVID-19 pandemic put a big spotlight on the cold chain's role in the pharmaceutical industry. Alex Guite, with the drug distributor World Courier, explains how the cold chain took on that challenge and what drug distributors have learned about the cold chain from the pandemic. He is joined by FreightWaves Journalist Matt Blois in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follo...

The Global Cold Chain Alliance represents 1,300 companies in over 85 countries that are involved in the cold chain industry. In this fireside chat, Lowell Randell, the group’s senior vice president for government and legal affairs, talks about regulations and policy issues affecting the industry, including new transportation data requirements, truck driver recruitment, and the government’s role in...

When it comes to cold chain the efficiencies and growth over the next decade will be driven by technology. What does the future hold for cold chain networks as direct to consumer deliveries increase exponentially and cold storage capacity becomes ever more scarce around world. Chief Information Officer at Lineage Logistics, Sudarsan Thattai, speaks with FreightWaves President George Abernathy in t...

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox and once again alongside Lead Economist Anthony Smith to continue discussing what is causing the divergence between trucking spot rates and carrier compliance. The two also detail what is driving ocean freight rates to the moon, and a swath of new partnerships and acquisitions. Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Apple Podcasts Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Spotify More Fre...

As Hyundai’s plant in Alabama gets ready to produce the brand’s first open-bed vehicle - the Santa Cruz pick-up - there’s a lot of work to be done to both shift the production line to account for a new vehicle as well as keep tabs on coronavirus safety protocols on site and communicating with suppliers about delays. Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightW...

In today's episode, Kevin and Richie talk about efficient markets and how information flows are a two way street when it comes to sales. Ryan Schreiber from CarrierDirect joins us to talk about how to use this strategy to build carrier networks. Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! #sales #PutThatCoffeeDown #surgetransportation Follow Put That Coffee Down on Apple Podcasts Foll...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to VIAHART CEO Molson Hart about building and running an educational e-commerce toy company. Hear the trials and tribulations of selling online via Amazon, Walmart, eBay and more. Plus, what to you do when your product gets Amazon Basic’d? QuickLoadz Intermodal Robotics CEO Sean Jeans is automating trailers and diving into shark-infested sea caves...

Danny Gomez sits with Tyler Cole, FreightWaves' Director of Carbon Intelligence and expert in sustainable transportation solutions to discuss why this topic is so important. They cover topics such as rising pressures for firms to set ESG goals, ways the transport sector should expect to respond to this trend and several unique challenges and opportunities for companies to become more sustainable....

In today’s Navigate B2B Steve shares his thoughts on the investigative powers of the Federal Maritime Commission in a new bombshell claim filed by a US Importer. Will claims filed by beneficial cargo owners for alledged collusion or cartel like behavior save the day for Shippers or is this much a do about nothing extraordinary? Steve expands on what happens if a strong COVID wave hits China and it...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Kargo founder and CEO Sam Lurye about how the company is getting drivers moving faster by using control towers to instantly scan freight as it’s unloaded into your warehouse. DHL Supply Chain’s driver recruiting center manager Nicole Heron shares innovative ways that her company is recruiting. FreightWaves’ Kevin Hill gets us up to speed on upc...

The demand for gloves soared during the COVID-19 pandemic and those issues still persist. Now, a nationwide lockdown in Malaysia, which produces most of the world’s gloves, is slowing down production. The lockdown could last for weeks. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Follow Medically Necessary on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Amit Mehrotra of Deutsche Bank stopped by with host John Kingston for the Drilling Deep podcast to talk about the just-completed earnings season.   A few companies are on his discussion list: Saia, Old Dominion Freight and Kansas City Southern, among others. He reviews them in a compelling discussion. Also on the podcast: Kingston talks about the contraction in upstream oil exploration spending an...

Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Wendy Bartz, Director of Sales and Services for DriverReach, about the challenging environment in the recruitment and retention space. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony and Zach bring on Greg Miller to discuss the upcoming maritime peak season, rates, and the potential for regulatory action on ocean shipping. Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear the phrase “collaboration” all the time but what does it really mean when it comes to complex supply chains? CEO of PCS Software Chris Poelma, President of Detmar Logistics Matt Detmar, and Director of Supply Chain for Bonnie Plants Gabriel Parades joins Cyberly live in San Antonio to talk about how they’ve enhanced collaboration and technology with the learning lessons of 2020. Matt Detma...

On today’s episode of #WithSONAR,  Luke and Kyle will look at what smaller ports the overflow of imports is beginning to flow through.  Is this causing disruptions to the truckload markets in those port cities? Follow #withSONAR on Apple Podcasts Follow #withSONAR on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox is joined by John Esborn, Head of Global Expansion Strategy for eCommerce Ocean Supply Chain at Wayfair to discuss what makes Wayfair’s supply chain differentiated. Wayfair has rapidly grown into a household name and is expecting to do more than $12 billion in sales this year. John explains how the supply chain was originally set up, and how the company’s focus on sup...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to SEKO Logistics’ Brian Bourke about Christmas. Will it be ruined? Are the ocean carriers plotting to pillage Whoville? Paying ocean rates is most certainly a beast, ship now lest your tree have the least. We’ll break down key holiday shipping dates.  Squall Strategies’ Lauren Beagen shares her insight on what the FMC may do about MCS suit agains...

Andrew Cox is alongside Lead Economist Anthony Smith to discuss Amazon’s record Q2 results that still weren’t quite enough to please Wall Street analysts. The two also talk through some transportation earnings, and discuss a host of economic data and freight news.   Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Apple Podcasts Follow Great Quarter, Guys on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your a...

UBQ is trying to prove to Daimler, and the rest of the auto industry, that you can take ordinary household trash and turn it into automotive-grade plastic. Tests are being conducted now, and Bigio says the growth potential is huge. Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Richie Daigle and Michael Vincent discuss supply chain resiliency with Ed Jennings, CEO of Quickbase. 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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are you getting ready for inventory storage before its too late? Learn about flexible warehouse solutions on this episode of At Your Doorstep with Kaylee Nix 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

In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses the second quarter earnings reports posted by some of the largest CPG companies. Plus, Mike talks about freight transportation trends as we hit the dog days of summer.    Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Never more in ocean freight has survival come to creativity, ingenuity and avoiding the so called “electrified third rail”. Ocean freight participants can only rely “this” much (narrow bandwidth) on relationships to keep the velocity of their supply chain intact. Today, survival in the ocean freight game has the silhouette of the frothy gyrations of today’s stock market with untold surcharges and...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about a U.S. company that’s suing "collusive" ocean carriers and alleging price manipulation. Jon Monroe, founder, Monroe Consulting, tries to help us make sense of this market and what’s going on between shippers and carriers. In the past three years, C.H. Robinson's renewable energy business has grown by 654% as the sector rushes toward an expe...