FreightCasts

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are celebrating NASA’s historic landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. We’ll be talking to the NASA teams from Kennedy Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory that made it all happen. Plus, real-time API pricing vs. spot pricing; what’s new with XPO; California DMV warns of ransomware attack on address verification contractor; COVID, congestion, conta...

The generic containership. It’s not pretty. If it were a sandwich, it would look a bit like Steve’s take on Navigating B2B with all the garnish. The container sandwich – let’s dig in.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaccine demand planning requires coordination across the supply chain spectrum. Logistics, materials management, and operations need to support clinicians at the point of care to maximize community protection. Come hear a lively healthcare supply chain conversation between John Ervin and Andrew Kelley that covers demand planning, healthcare operations, metrics, constraints and what you need to kno...

On today's Midday Market Update Michael Vincent and Kevin Hill talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by; Bill Cantania, Founder of CEO of OneRail and FreightWaves Editor at Large, John Kingston along with FreightWaves market experts Zach Strickland, Anthony Smith and Nick Austin on weather.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more ab...

Getting the technology down for autonomous vehicles is one thing. Getting the regulation right is another.  On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, Finch Fulton of autonomous vehicle company Locomation sits down with host John Kingston to discuss his new role with the company as vice president of Policy and Strategy. Fulton comes out of the Department of Transportation so he knows how to navigate it...

JT Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer at FreightWaves, chats with Spencer Tenney, President & CEO of Tenney Group, about transportation M&As.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amid the unforeseen effects of the pandemic on at-risk and lower-income communities, governments and organizations around the world must convene to ensure effective distribution of newly developed vaccines. Malte Hans, Associate Partner at McKinsey and Company, and Margi Van Gogh, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries for the World Economic Forum discuss the importance of making sure no co...

On today's episode of hashtag#WithSONAR, we talk with Kyle Lintner, Principal and Managing Director for K-Ratio, about the current state of the Freight Market and how to mitigate risk. Apple Podcasts Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach and Anthony discuss how supply chain managers are changing their focus after a year of COVID and bring on Dr Zac Rogers to talk about how quickly things are moving with a look at the latest Logistic’s Managers Index Apple Podcast 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 logistics behind building the beverage brand Olipop, the journey toward democratizing truck diagnostics and how long the freight bull market can last. Plus, forget GameStop, shipping stocks are suddenly revving up across the board, and Gatik will deploy electric-powered autonomous vehicles in New Orleans. Will Biden and Bezos team up on...

Rick Helfenbein is the former President of the American Apparel & Footwear Association and is currently a retail and trade consultant in New York and a contributing writer for Forbes.com. Rick has spent more than 25 years in the apparel industry and has unique set of  perspectives due to his various roles including operating a mid-sized carrier, 15 years as the president of leading high-end global...

Join Susanne Somerville, CEO of Chronicled, the custodian of MediLedger, and Patrick Duffy, the President of Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) as they discuss the state of enterprise blockchain, how this technology has evolved over the past few years, and what opportunities (and challenges) are on the horizon coming out of the pandemic. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts...

Andrew and Seth discuss the recent circling of Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) by activist inventor Ancora Holdings. The two also debate consumer spending and consumer sentiment data, Apple's inability to find a auto partner, and whether Jaguar is making the right move going all electric by 2025. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

On today's Midday Market Update Michael Vincent and Kevin Hill talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Patrick Maher; American Shipper Columnist and author of “Trade Wars: Containers Don’t Lie”, Lori Ann LaRocco; and FreightWaves market experts Zach Strickland, Anthony Smith and Nick Austin on weather.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts...

In this episode of stackd, Adam Robinson, VP of Product Marketing at FreightWaves, interviews Lindsay Watt, Head of Product of Parade. Adam and Lindsay will discuss the role of digital tools to aid freight brokers in gaining efficiency, making better decisions that reduce costs, and improving profit margins. The pair will walk through why brokers increasingly are adopting technology, what are the...

Each region presents a different challenge in creating efficient medical supply chains to address the unique needs of its populations. Nowhere is that more evident than in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. PowerFleet CEO Chris Wolfe dives into the different technologies and approaches to getting critical medical supplies around the globe from Israel to Africa. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More F...

Covid-19 has disrupted trade patterns and relations in every industry. For the pharmaceutical industry disruptions are even more serious as a large percentage of PPE and medicines are sourced from China. Jonathan Ward, President and Founder of the Atlas Organization talks to FreightWaves President George Abernathy on what this might do to the trade relations between the US and China. Watch Apple P...

On today’s episode, Kevin and guest co-host Chris Jolly discuss how we should define leads. Warm vs. cold leads, qualified vs. unqualified leads, etc. are in the mix.  We welcome the COO of zembles, Greg Johnson, as our guest for this episode. Greg will help us define qualified leads, and give us his tips on reaching prospects when many are still working from home. Plus, listener feedback, advice,...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the state of COVID-19 vaccine logistics two months later; a revolutionary automated trailer that promises to change the game for intermodal; growing Legend Transportation; and career comeback stories. Plus, ice storms turn deadly for drivers; a truck fire causes over $1 million in damage at a carrier in Wisconsin; how the Keystone Pipeline...

Scott Sangster, Vice President of Global Sales at Descartes Systems Group sat down with FreightWaves' Andrew Cox to discuss the challenges of pharmaceutical transportation. Scott details the pain points of the current system, the advantages of leveraging mesh networks and BLE tags, and what the logistics community needs to do to achieve end-to-end visibility for all parties. Watch Apple Podcast Sp...

Kevin’s guest today on this special bonus episode of Put That Coffee Down is Ryan Mize, Director of Truckload Solutions at HNRY Logistics. Ryan brings his three tips for sourcing carriers and it is well worth the price of admission. It’s all about having multiple strategies. That is to say one strategy for sourcing carriers for your spot loads and other for contract and consistent freight.  Learn...

On April 19, 2019, a truck driver sent a text message to his boss, Damir Sisic, owner of Sisic Transport Services (STS). He had less than two hours left before his legal driving time was up under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Hours-of-Service rule, but he needed to keep driving in order to deliver his load on time.  “Please don’t forget to fix my logs,” the driver wrote. So Sis...

Wolfgang Lehmacher, a former supply chain expert at the World Economic Forum, stops by to chat with FreightWaves reporter Eric Kulisch to provide insights on recent progress in vaccine delivery, the technology needed to maximize the impact of this vaccine and predict how long before it spoils, and the potential this holds for the future. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how modern truckers are building their businesses with solid fundamentals and side hustles that are turning small money into big bucks.  Plus, everything you need to know about marine cargo insurance in ‘21, when to know when dedicated capacity is the way to go, Deliveright launches the first heavy goods delivery app for Shopify, how one co...

Werner Enterprises had just about the best earnings performance of any of the truckload carriers in the fourth quarter of 2020, based on the latest numbers released in recent weeks.  On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston welcomes Deutsche Bank's Amit Mehrotra to discuss what's going on with Werner to post those kind of numbers. Mehrotra also takes a look at the changes and marke...