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Robotics startups Third Wave Automation and Outrider are taking on forklifts and yard trucks in a way that is advancing automation and zero-emission technology on both sides of the warehouse wall. Participating in a fireside chat during FreightWaves’ Future of Logistics Real Estate Summit on Tuesday, Third Wave Automation CEO and co-founder Arshan Poursohi and Outrider founder and CEO Andrew Smith...

With a freight market this good, why would anybody want to sell a logistics business? But there are people who do and people or companies that want to buy. On this week's Drilling Deep, Peter Stefanovich of Left Lane Associates talks to host John Kingston about how strong the market for properties is these days and whether the pandemic has made any changes in what's getting moved. Also on this wee...

Zach and Anthony discuss the mini-bid trend and the economic uncertainty going into 2021 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. Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

On today’s episode, Kevin Hill is joined by guest co-host, Joe Lynch, founder of The Logistics of Logistics, and special guest Adam Robinson, VP of Marketing for SONAR. It’s all about converting content marketing leads into real sales. All of the hard work, time and effort it takes to create content marketing has to turn into sales at the end of the day. We’ll talk how the sales process is differe...

Had Amazon not purchased Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012 and stopped selling its robots, Locus Robotics might not have become a spinoff of 3PL Quiet Logistics. “The management team at the time had a choice of whether to not use robots, buy a robot or build their own,” Locus Robotics CEO Rick Faulk said during a fireside chat with Tony Palchek, managing director of Zebra Technologies, during...

Time factors and the ever-looming threat of the pandemic have intensified the industry’s cry for a better check-in process. One company, Truckerd-In, is on a mission to make instantaneous check-ins the industry standard. With its mobile app, drivers can check in with a simple tap of the screen and complete all the necessary paperwork from the comfort and safety of their cab — no need to handle a c...

Dooner and The Dude talk with Matthew Cherewka Director Of Business Development at Vecna Robotics Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to “plug in” and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution giant Ingram Micro said Tuesday. Keynoting FreightWaves’ daylong webinar on the future of logistics warehousing, Ken Beyer, executive vice president and president of commerce and life cycle services for th...

Roughly a decade ago, in anticipation of changes in the supply chain and logistics sector, investment firm Saybrook Management started buying companies in that space – not so much because they were great opportunities, which they were, but because the firm wanted to understand how the various pieces of the supply chain worked. Then came COVID-19. “There’s nothing that compares to this from a logis...

Transship founder and CEO Amit Hasak’s vision for the future of transporting perishable goods across the world involves fewer phone calls and emails and a lot more automation. The result: potentially knowing that a malfunctioning reefer unit spoiled that shipment of frozen pork long before someone opens that container at a Chinese port.  “We provide that information in real time,” Hasak said durin...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking all about Hyliion going public and making Thomas Healey America’s youngest billionaire, digital freight brokers vs traditional freight broker, EVs vs oil/gas, fighting back against idle time in trucking, driver safety risks, and bears loose in Chattanooga.  Plus, news on the CMA CGM cyberattack, FreightWaves’ next virtual event The Future of Logi...

Craig Fuller sits down with Collin McLelland to talk about his community-driven media company focused on the oil and gas industry. 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/ Learn...

Labor and employment attorney Gerald Maatman Jr. is tasked with advising clients on avoiding potential legal pitfalls that may arise in the workplace because of the coronavirus. However, he admits that nothing in his 40-plus years specializing in labor law has prepared him for the challenges employers face because of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 6 million people in the U.S. and ki...

The air cargo market has exploded in the age of COVID, but a lot of paper still clogs the system. Joshua Wolf is seeking to change that. Wolf, the founder of Cargo Sprint, was one of the two participants in a fireside chat at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit. He spoke with Scott Case, the founder and chief storyteller of Position: Global. Case is also president of the Chicago branch of...

With bookings of U.S. imports from China currently up 89% year-over-year (y/y), ocean freight out of China is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Ferreira, CEO of Ocean Audit Inc., and Daniel Gardner, president of Trade Facilitators, recently discussed what’s causing the surge of goods from China and how long it will last.    Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Watch Learn mor...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the state of FreightTech in 2020. Two dynamite leaders will get us up-to-date on what’s new and investable as we’re joined by Tracy Black from NewRoad Capital Partners and Tim Gagnon of C.H. Robinson’s Robinson Labs.   Plus, Bad News / Good News concerning driver pay increases, Ring’s Always Home Cam, black licorice, LinkedIn Stories, and t...

FreightWaves Director of Research Zack Strickland speaks with Associate Editor JP Hampstead about contracted freight.   Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryder System (NYSE: R) Chief Technology Officer Kendra Phillips cannot lean on information technology that is already in place at the third-party logistics provider. Her job is to find the next IT. “I get to explore the future in how we leverage technology and how we bring value to our customers,” Phillips told JT Engstrom, FreightWaves’ chief strategy officer, during American Shipper’s Global Tra...

AIR CARGO AND THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AMID THE PANDEMIC: A LOOK AT THE PRESENT & WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE WITH BRANDON  FRIED   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governments are strapped as a result of the pandemic, the nation's infrastructure isn't any better than it was at the beginning of the year and states are faced with keeping their roads in good shape. What's the solution? On this week's Drilling Deep, host John Kingston speaks with Bob Poole of the Reason Institute about bringing the private sector into the mix to turn toll roads into privately-ow...

JT Engstrom Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves talks with Paul Asel Managing Partner, NPG Capital in this Fireside Chat.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Zach Strickland talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you.   They’re joined by Kyle Lintner, Principal and Managing Director at K-Ratio; Michael Ryan, Managing Partner at the M. Ryan Group; and FreightWaves market experts John Kingston and Andrew Cox.  This is a live interactive event, viewers are encouraged to comment during...

The unprecedented supply and demand shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a focus on resilience, the development of regional supply chains, and the absorption of more buffer inventory in warehouses to ensure that companies have enough product on hand should a similar crisis occur, said Pervinder Johar, CEO of the Pleasanton, California-based company. Supply chain leaders who routinel...

Anthony and Zach talk about driver retention and recruitment issues and how they will contribute to keeping the spot market for trucking active through the rest of 2020. Visit our sponsor Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking all about selling data visualization, brand identity, and infographics with the purpose of driving leads and closing sales.  They’re joined by special guest Amy Balliett Co-Founder & CEO, Killer Visual Strategies. If looks could kill, Amy Balliet would be the brand assassin you would want on your team! She went from producing the world's worst infogr...