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On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking all about how to win shipping bids.  We’ll cover how to preserve your margins, benchmark the market, pitch the deal and tell the story of your value proposition. Also, what to do when you get ghosted.  They’re joined by special guest Michael Fullam, Executive Vice President, ReedTMS Logistics Plus, listener feedback, advice, and community building! A...

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 Marilyn Surber, Advisory team, Tenstreet, LLC.; John Kingston, Editor-at-large, FreightWaves; and FreightWaves market experts Anthony Smith, Zach Strickland, Andrew Cox, and Nick Austin This is a live interactive event, v...

William O’Donnell, managing partner of Prologis Ventures, the venture capital arm of the logistics real estate trust Prologis, cited a jaw-dropping stat in a discussion with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller on Tuesday.  According to a recent study, every 100 basis points in the shift of consumer spending from traditional retail to e-commerce equates to 46 million square feet in industrial space needs...

CI Capital Partners Managing Director Joost Thesseling 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 Visit FreightCasts sponsor: Convoy...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude talk about Amazon’s ‘75-day peak season’, if we will see double-digit rate increases in transportation in 2021, what XPO could be selling to Europe, the reefer market from an owner/operator’s POV, manufacturing transportation, wheel of stupid questions and more. They’re joined by special guests -  Brian Kempisty, Founder, Port X Logistics; Dan the Driver, Ow...

Using data collected from innovative technology such as wearables not only supports safety measures and productivity, according to Cormac Gilligan, global vice president of environment, health and safety for PepsiCo Inc. .t can also provide employees with a sense of ownership because of the data’s real-life applications. Gilligan pointed to PepsiCo’s adoption of employees using wearables during ce...

The coronavirus pandemic has solidified the status of e-commerce in the global economy while becoming even more a part of modern life, said Melinda McLaughlin, vice president, global head of research for Prologis. “What happened really was COVID-19 pulled a lot of adoption that would have happened and customers were, frankly, planning for over three, five, to 10 years, but pulled it all into one y...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to Hyliion CEO Thomas Healy about his company officially hitting the stock exchange, we look in to carrier finances, enter the world of trucking game streamers, and find out how one donkey has captured the hearts and minds of trucking twitter.  Plus, Bad News / Good News concerning Nikola and Uber Freight.  They’re joined by special guests Thomas...

JP Hampstead and Michael Vincent talk about what's been 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 he...

Changes in technology, labor regulations and emissions, as well as a potential driver shortage and rising insurance costs, are just some of the challenges facing the surface transportation industry, according to  Dave Belter, vice president and general manager of transportation management with Ryder System. Belter told FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom during a virtual fireside chat...

As e-commerce sales are projected to hit $709.78 billion in the U.S. in 2020, logistics companies are turning to the virtual world to hire, onboard and train employees. Prologis Inc.the world’s largest developer, owner and operator of logistics warehouses, is partnering with tech startup Strivr, which has developed a virtual reality-based platform, to provide hands-on learning and realistic decisi...

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 Kevin Williamson, CEO, RJW Logistics; Eric Kulisch, Air cargo editor, FreightWaves; and FreightWaves market experts Anthony Smith, Zach Strickland and Andrew Cox.  This is a live interactive event, viewers are encouraged to comment and call-in during...

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...