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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

In this episode of The Stockout, host Mike Baudendistel and Don Davis of NYSHEX discuss strategies that ocean shippers can use to deal with one of the biggest logistical issues of 2021 — finding space on ocean vessels. Follow The Stockout on Apple Podcasts Follow The Stockout on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial and Emerging Markets at FreightWaves, sits with Bart De Muynck, VP of Research and Analyst at Gartner, to discuss the journey to greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Bart explains assessing your emissions, identifying efficiencies that will naturally reduce emissions, targeting partnerships that help with technology adoption, how the offset markets can b...

Steve examines the trilogy of Containergeddon in today’s episode. Steve takes us from the throes of the original Covid crisis, to his original call in early 2021 of the untold strength we were about to experience in the manifestation of consumer behavior (and resulting container surge) as buyers turned away from services to goods. Now, in the trilogy, do we have the right stuff in the right place?...

On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA’s Nate Hickman and Nick Kindred about Orion’s launch-abort system. Orion is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before and will be used on the NASA Artemis mission. Today we’ll learn what happens when good missions go wrong. Quality Transport Company Senior Vice President Amanda Schuier shares her bloodlines story. Schuier...

Shortages of many generic drugs have plagued the U.S. health system for decades. The leading cause of drug shortages is quality issues at manufacturing plants, which are mostly located overseas. Some experts argue that bringing pharmaceutical production back to the U.S. will help companies and regulators better monitor manufacturing and avoid issues. Follow Medically Necessary on Apple Podcasts Fo...

iOS15 is here and with that we enter a new era of digital marketing. Why? Because the data companies will be able to collect will be severely limited. Which makes it all the more important to focus on building your first party data collection process, honing in on those buyer personas, and helping the sales team make their adjustments in a cookie-less world. Helping us to break it all down are Adr...

On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, two attorneys from the Benesch law firm, Helen Schweitz and Jonathan Todd, join host John Kingston to discuss the ownership of the growing stream of data that trucks are producing on every trip. Whether it's through an ELD, a camera system or a wired trailer, there is a lot of information that trucks are throwing off these days. Figuring out the ownership of t...

Fuel – and its constantly gyrating price movements – is one of the three biggest costs for carriers, and it obviously also impacts what shippers pay. But, many buyers of fuel are completely unaware of what causes price fluctuations – for anyone that buys millions of gallons / year of fuel, that’s a detriment. Understanding seven basic rules of fuel buying can go a long way toward being able to bec...

Zach and Anthony bring on Mike Baudendistel to get a rail report. Will the congestion issues and limited chassis availability around the ports and ramps continue to limit capacity. Also an update on the Canadian Pacific KC rail merger. Follow Freightonomics on Apple Podcasts Follow Freightonomics on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Ryan Streblow, President & CEO of National Tank Truck Carriers about his work at the NTTC, what's happening in the tank hauling segment at large, and some of the unique challenges tank carriers face in the driver recruiting and retention space.  Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More Freight...

Renewable diesel is the hot new fuel among U.S. refiners. Powered by various government benefits and breaks, refiners are converting units to make the fuel that is a "drop-in" substitute for regular diesel. In this chat, noted refining expert John Auers, EVP of Turner, Mason & Co, will discuss the ins and outs of making and using this fuel. He is joined by FreightWaves Executive Editor and Oil Mar...

Fuel buyers tend to shut down, or blank out when the topic turns to “hedging” fuel costs. But, it’s really not that complicated. Elaine Levin, President of Powerhouse, has been in the futures markets for early thirty years, and has taught her own Fuel Hedging Class that has had more than two thousand attendees. When it comes to explaining plainly and simply why hedging for anyone who buys bulk fue...

As fuel pricing mechanisms become more complicated, technology is playing a bigger than ever role of in helping to manage the traditional process of fuel buying. Now, technology for “Best Buy” systems and accounting management are becoming more and more widely used. But, there are key differences in what the technology can do. If you consume millions of gallons / year in fuel, and have a small gro...

Remote tank monitoring adoption is growing globally by 37% per year. And while the distributor has generally been the purchaser of the monitors for their own delivery efficiency, bulk fuel buyers now realize that monitoring their own inventory provides a host of benefits not realized otherwise. In this session, we will discuss the technology surrounding remote tank monitoring, and how it can help...

There is probably no single issue in today’s fuel markets that perplexes and challenges fuel buyers and sellers more than Carbon reduction initiatives – also known as LCFS (low carbon fuel standard). Not only does this affect refiners and fuel distributors, but it also has a big impact on the price at the rack, and at the retail level. Both rack and retail prices have a huge effect on carrier’s fu...