FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Dave Haase, President of ChemDirect, Mike Kukeila, SVP of Supply Chain & Distribution Management at Schneider, and Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, Tom Kanach, CTO at The Fision, and Jennifer Rosado, Chief Customer Officer at JOOR, join together in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber talks about the evolution of digitization in supply chains and how air and ocean platforms are simplifying trade and freight payments. He is joined by FreightWaves Reporter, Eric Kulisch, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, is joined by Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Author of "How the World Really Works", Vaclav Smil, in this fireside chat.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Kaelin, President of Bottomley Enterprises in Mt Airy, NC joins Ingrid Brown, Host of FreightWaves, “AMERICA On 18 Wheels” in a fireside chat to talk about the economy in trucking today. We’ll be addressing the rising costs of operations, recruiting and retention and back up plans that all small fleets and owner operators face today. Bottomley Enterprises is a 120+ fleet that is growing and yo...

SmartHop cofounder Guillermo Garcia discusses why treating people fairly and supporting each other are the best business practice for smaller fleets. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Bevers, President at Bevers & Co., is joined by John Kingston, Executive Editor and Oil Market Expert at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Owner-operators are faced with increasing uncertainty in the freight markets but there are steps they can take to handle whatever the freight market throws at them. Understanding your costs and building quality relationships serve carriers better than taking the ‘bear down and hope” approach that small fleets have operated under in the past. Chris Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer at Trucker Path, i...

Matt Parry, Senior VP of Logistics at Werner joins us today to talk about how asset based brokerages add value and access to smaller carrier’s freight networks. With decades of experience and thousands of trucks, these brokerages can provide additional benefits compared to digital asset light brokerages in terms of customer mix, technology solutions, equipment assistance, and trained staff with ba...

James Bowen, aka The Rooster from BackTheTruckUp.com sits down with Jamie Hagen, "CEO Extraordinaire" of HellBentExpress to talk about "The proper way to start an owner operator trucking company". From knowing how to even start the process, finding out your cost of operations, to getting fully legalized, they will cover the bases for someone wanting to get into trucking from the ground level and r...

Running your own truck or small fleet is all about risk versus reward. Kevin and Drew discuss how to evaluate situations and partners to put your business on the path of long-term profitability. Drew Herpich, Chief Commercial Officer of Transportation Insight at Nolan Transportation, is joined by Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple P...

We talk with Prasad Gollapalli, Founder, Strategic Advisor of TruckerTools about the various ways drivers and carriers can utilize rewards programs and how brokers can create greater value in the process. We discuss the importance of establishing good relationships with carriers and brokers and how those benefits can pay off. He is joined by Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert, Thomas Wasson. Follo...

Landing big shippers to keep your wheels turning 100% of the time is every trucker's dream. Is the juice really worth the squeeze though? Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher at FreightWaves, and Paul Estrada, Consultant and PE Consulting, discuss the pros and cons of working for large Fortune 500 shippers as a small fleet or owner-operator. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on...

FreightWaves CTO Daniel Pickett and uShip CEO Kris Lamb discuss how some drivers are dealing with the simultaneous pressures from record prices for Diesel and Class 8 equipment, as well as a recent decline in spot rates. Rather than seek shelter by leasing onto large carriers, many OTR drivers are shifting their business to focus on customer direct freight and getting closer to both shipper and co...

Justin Martin, Supertrucker and Social Media Coordinator of Back the Truck Up, sits down with Chace Barber, Co-Founder & CEO of Edison Motors, to discuss how he's looking to revolutionize the logging industry with his prototype 1962 Kenworth electric/diesel hybrid. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Staff writer and SiriusXM host Grace Sharkey chats with Trucker Tools CEO Kary Jablonski about strategies for carriers to follow in order to stay profitable and gain revenue in competitive freight markets. Jablonski recommends procedures for load booking practices, rate negotiation and technology utilization and much more. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More F...

Zach Strickland, Director of Freight Market Intelligence, and Ashley Savage, National Sales Manager of COOP by Ryder, discuss strategies for navigating a tumultuous transportation environment. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spot market challenges have plagued carriers in recent months, affecting small fleets the most. Terry Freeze, director of dedicated services at ArcBest, shares the best tips for small fleet owners succeeding in this challenging market. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prasad Gollapalli is Founder, Strategic Advisor & CCO of Trucker Tools. As Trucker’s Tools chief strategist and solution visionary, Prasad brings to the company nearly 20 years of experience in management and product strategy with trucking and shipping software companies. Craig Fuller is the CEO and founder of FreightWaves, the leading provider of data and analytics for the global logistics indust...

Laura Cyrus, senior director of industry training and outreach for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) discusses the valuable position truckers hold when recognizing and reporting human trafficking cases. Cyrus breaks down red flags for truckers to watch for and what steps to take when those red flags come to fruition. She also details how the organization trains trucking companies today and what f...

Jobie Turner, Retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, talks how the military handles supply chain and logistics crunches. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ty Findley, Managing Partner at Ironspring Ventures, is joined by Penny Register-Shaw, Chief Strategy Officer at The FRONTdoor Collective, and Bill Catania, Founder & CEO of OneRail, in this roundtable discussion on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about y...

Melissa Forman, President at TriumphPay, is joined by Timothy Dooner of FreightWaves to announce this year's Shipper of Choice Award winner.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline Duffy, Investor at Construct Capital, is joined by JP Hampstead, Director of Passport Research at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas.  Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Hall, Managing Partner at Revolution, is joined by Tyler Hughes, Founder & CTO of Vizion, in this fireside chat on day 2 of the Future of Supply Chain Conference in Northwest Arkansas. Follow FreightWaves on Apple Podcasts Follow FreightWaves on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices