FreightCasts

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson about advancing opportunities for women in supply chain, their all-electric truck pilot program with Walmart, and 9/11. Alan Adler breaks down the Hindenburg Research report on Nikola Motor Co.; how valid is the short seller's scathing screed? And how one owner-operator is using mackonomics in his quest for 10+ mpg....

For-hire truck drivers are mostly staying with their employers at current pay during the coronavirus pandemic. They are eager for stability in an uncertain time. That is the finding of the National Transportation Institute, which tracks driver pay and retention through surveys of hundreds of fleets. “Turnover is at record lows at most fleets we survey,” Leah Shaver, CEO of the Institute, said duri...

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

On today's Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Bill Driegert, Head of operations / Co-founder, Uber Freight; Greg Miller, Senior editor, FreightWaves; Anthony Smith, Lead Economist at FreightWaves; Zach Strickland, Director of freight market intelligence, FreightWaves This is a live interactive ev...

Greg Sanders, CEO, RDS Logistics Group joins FreightWaves President George Abernathy for this edition of Supply Chain Spotlight.   Supply Chain Spotlight is a biweekly show on FreightWavesTV that highlights our industry's thought leaders. The show is hosted by JT Engstrom and George Abernathy.   Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Tim Hindes is the CEO of StayMetrics, a company that offers data and recommendations to trucking companies on retaining drivers. But StayMetrics has also shared insightful data with the industry on the level of retention and his firm has a new data series, the Stay Days table. Coming several months into the pandemic, it's a fascinating look at whether drivers stuck around through the heavy demand...

The coronavirus crisis has forced Ruan Transportation Management Systems to become more creative and flexible in responding to customer needs. Customers, in turn, are more willing to try new services they would have shunned before, the company’s president says.   “We’re finding some more efficient or lower cost ways of doing things that perhaps were taboo in the past,” such as centralized billing...

Anthony and Zach discuss the latest Logisitcs Managers Index results with guest Dr. Zac Rogers and what is driving the continued tightening of the domestic freight market. 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 the bad reputation brokers get and how you can improve your image. Defy expectations, build trust, and keep customers for the long haul with these logical steps.  They’re joined by special guest Liz Wayne, Founder/President of Able Transport Solution. Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! Visit our sponsor Apple Podcasts...

Veterans who become truck drivers — and the carriers that hire them — discover that there’s a lot in common between serving in the military and driving a big rig, according to JIm Morbach, vice president of field and government recruiting for Werner Enterprises (NYSE: WERN). Morbach was interviewed by Matt Beach, vice president of sales for SeatMyTrucks, to discuss military hiring in a virtual fir...

Andrew and Kevin are joined again by Ben Gordon, Managing Partner and CEO, Cambridge Capital and BGSA, to discuss the importance of the NKLA-GM partnership. We also debate whether there will be demand for exoskeletons in warehouses, SoftBank's role in this tech "bubble", and the acquisition rumors for Amazon.   Watch the video Listen to more FreightWaves Podcasts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscr...

On today's Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Anthony Smith, Lead Economist at FreightWaves; Alan Adler, Detroit Bureau Chief at FreightWaves; Eric Kulisch, Air cargo editor at FreightWaves This is a live interactive event, viewers are encouraged to comment and call-in during broadcasts Tuesdays...

During a virtual fireside chat at the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Thursday, FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom and Spencer Tenney, president and CEO, Tenney Group, discussed the current interest in trucking deals.   Article FreightWaves virtual events Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to women who are moving america. From University classroom to the cabs of big rigs, a whole new generation of leaders is emerging in the supply chain.  Plus, SONAR-powered data and freight flows, trucking industry adds jobs, Prime vs Prime, and Bad News/Good News concerning safe driver week, Taco Bell’s mexican pizza, and Disney’s Mulan.  With mu...

Successfully hiring a driver during the current iteration of the driver squeeze could mean acting on an application within five minutes of receiving it. That was the observation of Tim Crawford, the CEO of Tenstreet, which offers a suite of software solutions that among other things is used by companies and drivers looking for new employees or new employers, respectively. Crawford was interviewed...

JP Hampstead and Michael Vincent discuss the latest news in trucking markets and rates over the last week.   Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Drilling Deep, Michael Lemke talks about the mental strain on drivers who are keeping the U.S. supply chain afloat during the pandemic. Lemke is a professor at the University of Houston-Downtown and he is a former driver. So he's studied the profession from the inside and the outside. The pandemic has put a whole different sort of strain on those behind the wheel and Lemke joins Dri...

On today's Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that moves you. They’re joined by Chris Richards, International Sales Manager at Steam Logistics; Ryan Houfek, CCO at DCLI   This is a live interactive event, viewers are encouraged to comment and call-in during broadcasts Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12PM ET on FreightWaves Linkedin and...

Garner Trucking President and CEO Sherri Brumbaugh talks with KSM Transport Advisors President David Roush during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit   Article FreightWaves virtual events Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach and Anthony cover the latest in the freight economy. Special guest and Senior Economist, Dustin Jalbert joins to discuss the lumber market 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 carrier sales and the art of negotiation. They’ll discuss how to find and select carriers, weed out bad methods for sourcing, and define what matters during negotiations.  They’re joined by special guest Jake McLeod, CCO, RPM. Jake has experience and education on both sides of the bun. A Michigan Wolverine who, like Rodney Dangerfield, went...

Motor carriers agree that competition is fierce to find and hire qualified truck drivers. It often can be a race to see which company can successfully help applicants navigate the hiring process first. Kevin Hill, director of research at FreightWaves, discussed how to avoid legal HR pitfalls when recruiting drivers with David Robinson, a labor and employment law partner at the Scopelitis Law Firm,...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are going back to school...trucking school that is. They talk about outbound tender volumes reaching new heights, how that freight surge could hamper storm recovery efforts, learn the art of starting a trucking company and dispatch, hear about life on the road from the most stylish driver on 18-wheels, and find out how potential MPG could be a game changer f...

Chad Hendricks, president of Brand Outcomes said companies will say retention is really important, and have metrics they are tracking, but those KPIs, he said often “don’t match up to the actual health of the organization.” Hendricks and Max Farrell, CEO of Workhound, a feedback platform for frontline workers, participated in a fireside chat about driver turnover during FreightWaves’ Carrier Summi...

JP Hampstead and Zach Strickland talk about freight market conditions during the week.   Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices