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As the temperature-controlled supply chain continues to call for greater transparency to ensure food quality and safety, Penske Logistics welcomed the opportunity to ensure its cold chain operations were the gold star in the industry. Penske Logistics’ Jeff Jackson, senior vice president, operations – dedicated contract carriage, shared his insight on how his company earned the first-of-its-kind c...

Refrigerated shippers and their carrier partners have been under increasing pressure in recent years due to new regulations centered on ensuring safe and sanitary delivery of temperature-controlled products. On Tuesday, SkyBitz announced a partnership with Coretex, which provides sensor-based refrigerated solutions. The sensors, combined with Coretex’s cloud-based platform, will work in conjunctio...

Sam Saad, head of operations for Gatik, an autonomous vehicle startup, explained during a fireside chat Friday as part of FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit, that the company could have driverless vehicles on roadways by next summer. Speaking with Kevin Hill, director of research and editorial for FreightWaves, Saad said that fully autonomous vehicles might be on the road “before summer rolls around...

The instability of early-stage COVID-19 vaccines will push the limits of supply chain capabilities worldwide, but as more traditional medicines enter the market, distribution will become easier for many logistics companies and regions of the world, a key figure in DHL’s preparations for the blockbuster shipping event said. At least 10 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine will likely be required to...

Dooner and The Dude are live from FreightWaves' Cold Chain Summit where they're learning about the clinical supply chain, COVID vaccines, the power of partnerships, jackalopes, and more. With special guests Luiz da Costa, Director, Global Import-Export & Trade Compliance, Global Clinical Supply Chain, Takeda Pharmaceutical Int’l Ltd; Josh Asbury, Vice President, HubTran; Norman Highnam, Transport...

Zach and Anthony cover the latest in the logistics industry with special guest, Dr. Zac Rogers.   Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify   Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here. Learn more about your ad choices....

On this week's Drilling Deep, host John Kingston brings in his colleague Mark Solomon again to talk about the state of the US Postal Service. Mark was a guest on Drilling Deep not all that long ago to talk about the same subject. But the amount of new controversy that has arisen since then means it's time to revisit this key cog in supply chains. Also on Drilling Deep this week, host John Kingston...

As e-commerce sales are projected to hit over $709 billion in the U.S. in 2020 in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, logistics companies are focused on last-mile delivery and improving customers’ experience. JT Engstrom, chief strategy officer of FreightWaves, and Lakshmanan Chidambaram, president of the Americas for Tech Mahindra, discussed the evolution of e-commerce over the next two...

Responding to pressure to be more transparent about their service performance following the major railroad mergers of the 1990s, the freight railroads began providing shippers and regulators weekly data on metrics such as rail car velocity and terminal dwell times. But one measure that they haven’t been providing, asserts an executive at one of the country’s largest agribusiness companies, is how...

On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Michael Vincent and Zach Strickland talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Andrew Lockwood, Senior Manager, Suddath Global Logistics; David Broering, President Non Asset, NFI; Alan Adler, Detroit Bureau Chief, FreightWaves; and FreightWaves market experts Andrew Cox, Anthony Smith, with Nick...

Kristen Johnson, Taylor&Associates chats with FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller. Watch SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freightwaves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freightwaves/   Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it e...

Purchase returns and the reverse logistics portion of last-mile delivery have become a focal point as more consumers settle into the lifestyles and purchasing habits that have become the new norm in a COVID world. Consumers’ acceptance of a digital retail channel has provided salvation to many retailers that have seen pandemic-related shutdowns choke off traditional in-store buying. At the Freight...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about cargo theft, building culture in freight, financial problems for small carriers, tales from the PR circuit, and a #PlayItForward to Baby’s Got Chargebacks.  Plus, a Cold Chain Summit event preview.  They’re joined by special guests Tom Whaley, President, Level One Technologies; Indie Bollman, Vice President, Organizational Development, Trai...

Dr. Yossi Sheffi, the Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics chats with FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller   Watch SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/freightwaves Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freightwaves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freightwaves/...

To put the U.S. last-mile trucking market in broader perspective, look at non-U.S. markets. Things are really different over there across the border. In a fireside chat during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit, Liftit co-founder and CEO Brian York outlined how his company is growing its last-mile operations in Latin America, which now span Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. Wit...

On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, Andrew Cox of FreightWaves talks to host John Kingston about how strong the peak season is going to be given two big factors: the pandemic and what that has done to spending patterns, and the growing tightness in driver capacity. Kingston will also talk about a possible turn in the diesel market. That shift in economics may occur because of things that data is...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Morning Brew CEO/co-founder Alex Lieberman about how he helped build a $20M+ media empire based off of a newsletter. Are small carriers in for an extinction level event? We investigate. Andy Hedrick of TK7 Products plays it forward with an original song written by The Dude. Can he sustain a beat as well as TK7 Products works towards sustainabi...

Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead talk about what's happening with freight volumes and rates over the last week.   Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here. L...

There is nothing simple about providing a reverse logistics service, especially for large replacement or return items that do not fit neatly into a small package. However, more U.S. third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) and trucking companies in recent years have found this to be the type of niche service where their expertise can shine. “We have found this especially important to our app...

Grocery stores in Canada need to invest in robust e-commerce capabilities to prevent a repeat of stock-outs and long delivery delays that disappointed large numbers of customers who opted for virtual shopping at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a food industry expert at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit. Canadians are hungry to shop online for food and staples, but the...

On today's Midday Market Update presented by Amazon Freight, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Steve Ferreira, CEO / Founder, Ocean Audit Inc.; Charley DeHoney, Executive / Growth Advisor / Angel Investor; John Kingston, editor-at-large, FreightWaves and FreightWaves market experts Zach Strickland, Anthony Smith, wit...

The U.S. Postal Service faces a set of conditions that no other business in the U.S. confronts on a daily basis, and it isn’t helping that its potential and actual competitors get a seat at the table in determining its fate. That was the view of Gordon Glazer, a senior consultant with Shipware LLC and a specialist on the Postal Service. Glazer was interviewed by FreightWaves senior writer Mark Sol...

As e-commerce continues to take market share from brick-and-mortar retail, the heavy bulky last-mile market is seeing rapid growth, with reverse logistics as a particularly strong revenue driver. That was one of the takeaways from a fireside chat between Kirby Fine, principal, ATL Partners, and Gordon Branov, CEO of Pilot Freight Services, during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit on Thur...

Zach and Anthony cover the latest in the logistics industry with special guest, Dr. Zac Rogers. Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy makes it easy to get your full truckload freight covered by high-quality carriers at competitive rates. To get an instant quote and 100% tender acceptance guarantees, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

"What I told you was true, from a certain point of view. You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." - Obi Wan Kenobi On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking all about selling from a certain point of view: that of the shipper. How do you go about outlining the needs of your customers and in what ways do you position your pitch to addre...