FreightCasts

In today's episode, Kaylee Nix stands in for Kevin Hill… She and Richie discuss what some are calling the “The Great Resignation”. According to the latest surveys, up to 95% of employees are wanting to switch jobs right now. We talk to logistics recruiting guru Charlie Saffro, president and founder of CS Recruiting to find out what she’s seeing in the logistics job market. Plus, listener feedback,...

Kaylee Nix explores how one company is delivering farmers market goods to your home on this episode of At your Doorstep 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 with Emerge CEO Michael Leto about some of freight’s greatest horror stories. We’ll learn how a trailer holding Floyd Mayweather’s cars went up in smoke, the story of a customer hell-bent on revenge and more. FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller updates us on F3: Future of Freight Festival. In-person events are back with a vengeance. Find ou...

In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses the latest CPG news including the Tyson frozen chicken recall, grocery stockpiling items, the impact of the drought, Molson Coors changing its portfolio and Dole and Chobani which have both filed to go public. Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices....

Steve discusses how, sometimes with baling wire holding it all together, that container shipping’s “jet blast” is akin to a container ship taking off vertically. At the same time, the huge volume increase into North America are coming in with ships that are in some cases, past their “demolition” dates. How is this chaos creating record breaking profits for the ocean freight shipping industry and f...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Association of American Railroads CEO and President Ian Jefferies about what President Biden’s executive order means for rail. Kristy Knichel, president and owner of Knichel Logistics, talks about the executive order’s implications for intermodal. Steve Kenner, VP of safety at Locomation, discusses autonomous truck safety and the NHTSA’s new...

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians and corporate executives vowed to increase supply chain resiliency. Often, the plans to do that are vague. In early 2020, Vizient implemented a program that aims to do something about it. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Follow Medically Necessary on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Being an entrepreneur is tough. But being an entrepreneur that supplies tools and knowledge to other entrepreneurs has its own set of unique challenges. That’s the common theme of today’s show as we talk with CEO of Cargologik Miles Varghese and Truck N’ Hustle’s host Rahmel Wattley. One side of the coin is providing a SaaS solution to the indie freight folks and the other helping new trucking com...

David Roush is the President of KSM Transport Advisors and he's been watching trucking markets for a long time. As a result, he's well positioned to talk about how long he thinks the current bull freight market can keep roaring along on this week's Drilling Deep podcast with host John Kingston. Roush also will talk about how this current market has made some changes in how companies do business th...

Anthony and Zach discuss the latest Knight-Swift purchase of AAA Cooper and what the recent large LTL purchases mean for the sector. Dr. Zac Rogers joins to discuss if this is just a way for carriers to use their newfound cash reserves to grow without ordering trucks. Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choice...

Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDL Life, about the recent Turning Point event, as well as the current state and future of digital recruiting. 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

On today’s episode of WithSONAR, Luke and Kyle discuss how to utilize real-time data to avoid Hurricane risks. 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 with Talent Solvers founder and president KJ McMasters about the great resignation and how it is impacting hiring and retention in freight. Bid Ops founder and CEO Edmund Zagorian talks about the importance and challenges of predictive sourcing in this market. FreightWaves’ reporter Grace Sharkey gets us up to speed on the latest from St. Christo...

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, sits down with Marilyn Surber, Transportation Adviser at Tenstreet, to talk about technology usage, driver recruiting and retention. Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Apple Podcasts Follow Fuller Speed Ahead on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew is joined first by former president and CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association Rick Helfenbein to detail the impact Bangladeshi lockdowns will have on the apparel industry. Then Lead Economist Anthony Smith joins the show to walk through the most recent consumer spending and sentiment data. Finally, FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller joins to discuss the importance of K...

Electric vehicle supply chain news never stops, and this week we discuss a few items in the news, including GM’s partnership with Controlled Thermal Resources to harvest lithium from ocean water, Panasonic selling its stake in Tesla for $3.6 billion and how the chip shortage is affecting the supplier landscape. Follow Transmission on Apple Podcasts Follow Transmission on Spotify More FreightWaves...

Sourcing new employee talent is hard but it can be done in a more efficient way. Kaylee Nix looks at how the back-office culture is shifting thanks to Magic with Founder and CEO Aaron Kemmer. 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

Chris Scheid, Co-founder and COO at MyCarrier, joined FreightWaves Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox to discuss how his company aims to bring a parcel-like experience through technology to the LTL industry. MyCarrier has built a freemium model TMS with a very clever distribution model that leverages established relationships between carriers and shippers to connect the two directly. Andrew and Chris d...

In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses what recent results from major grocery chains say about demand for CPG. Then, Mike takes us through the most dramatic changes he is seeing in freight data and what that means for supply chains. Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

For this fireside chat, the incomparable Ryan Schreiber (director of engagement at CarrierDirect) is joined by Mustafa Azizi (CEO of Zuum) transportation to chat about the approaches they see toward technology for small and midsized brokers, and how to best position themselves for the industry’s future. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts...

Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial & Emerging Markets at FreightWaves, talks with Matt McLelland about his new role at as Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation at Covenant Transport, and how it is indicative of the company culture and a change in the industry. They will discuss the role of technology in sustainability and the collaboration needed to achieve net neutrality. Follo...

In today's episode of Navigate B2B, Steve Ferreira introduces BCO's to their best tips on tipping the ocean freight relationship to their advantage using monetary instruments. Using offsets, chargebacks and refunds, BCO's are able to up their game and claw back wasted capital that was siphoned away due to the uglier side of ocean freight invoicing accuracy during “Containergeddon” and beyond. Foll...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about freight going virtual as they look at the cloud data driving fleets on air, land, and sea. Plus, House Democrats succeed in boosting trucking insurance to $2 million; trucking jobs finally show strong growth; freight horror stories; the good and bad of fireworks; truck heads down river; and whiskey brewed in a trailer? Joining us is Tobenna...

Under normal circumstances, health care providers simply order the supplies they need. In a disaster, the typical supply channels may not be an option, or health care providers may not be able to afford to buy products. That’s where humanitarian aid distributors step in. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Follow Medically Necessary on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about y...

With July 4th coming up, we’re diving deep into the history of work and how the last year may have sent the working market into what’s being called ‘The Great Resignation”. Knowing this insight can help us plan for what the future of work will look like not just for the US but for the rest of the evolving world.  Patrick McFarland, the director of marketing for ITS Logistics is breaking down how h...