FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves, chats with Craig Harper, Chief Sustainability Officer, EVP, J.B. Hunt. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The flatbed market is heating up in 2021 and that's good news for the entire economy. Russ Elliott explains how Melton Truck Lines adapted and thrived over the past 12 months, and why everyone should be encouraged by how demand is shaping up for the next 12 months. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-driving trucks hold much promise in improving safety, sustainability, and speed across the freight industry. As the technology continues to improve, companies like Embark are working closely with freight ecosystem partners to define autonomous trucking operations at commercial scale. In this session, Sam Abidi, Head of Business Development at Embark, will discuss how working with the industry...

Rob Hatchett, President of Seat My Trucks, is joined by  Marilyn Surber, Transportation Advisor at Tenstreet. If driver recruiting were fishing, we'd all be saying there are less fish in the pond plus more people fishing in it. Makes for some tough fishing! Carriers are in a battle to attract drivers today while the industry knows that increasing the driver pool overall is a necessity for our futu...

Khirika Jamison of Trimble MAPS is joined by John Paape, CIO of Roehl Transport. With keeping drivers, and the people around them, safe as their sole mission, learn how Roehl Transport partnered with Trimble MAPS to help drivers overcome major hurdles in the last mile. Using custom location and route management tools, Trimble MAPS was able to customize 7,000 customer locations providing drivers wi...

Learn about the Women In Trucking Association and meet the group’s CEO and Chairwoman of the Board. Ellen Voie, President and CEO chats with Laura Roan Hays, volunteer leader and Great Dane Branch Manager discuss the history of the group and future goals. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Gallagher, Senior Editor, FreightWaves, chats with Bailey Wood, President & CEO, Commercial Vehicle Training Association.  Success for enterprise fleets – like all trucking sectors – begins with professionally-trained drivers. In this Fireside Chat, Bailey Wood, the new President and CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association, discusses how vigorous outreach combined with revamped tra...

Listen in to hear a rich discussion around dedicated truckload operations’ ability to provide elevated service metrics, at stable pricing levels, while helping level I expect cyclicality, all in a fashion that offers a more driver friendly environment. JT Engstrom is joined by Steve Martin of Ryder. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Anthony Smith, Strategic Executive Producer & Lead Economist at FreightWaves, chats with Anton Albrand, Division VP & Chief Revenue Officer at SkyBitz.  As the industry moves to 4G LTE, now is the time to evaluate your current strategy to ensure hardware availability, future connectivity, and allow for a timely installation in all of your business operations. Learn about technology transition stra...

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, chats with Dave Ables, President & CEO of Dart. Driver turnover is always a challenge for enterprise fleets. Dave and George discuss the importance of communication in reducing driver turnover. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Strickland chats with Brent Bergevin, VP of Gemini Motor Transport at Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores about the challenges of dedicated fleet management. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, chats with Emerge Founder & CEO Andrew Leto. Andrew Leto led a $50m equity investment in Roadrunner in early March. Andrew sits down with George to discuss why he thinks Roadrunner might be the next billion dollar freight company. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JT Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves, chats with Geoff Kelley, President, Nolan Transportation Group. After 12 months of a pandemic full of economic shutdowns and consumer behavior shifting what the new normal will look like for 3PLs. Geoff Kelley and JT Engstrom discuss what 3PLs need to do to adapt to changes in 2021 and then look forward to how these changing trends will change bus...

This fireside chat at the 3PL summit is with Adam Robinson, VP of Product Marketing at FreightWaves, and Luis Pajares, Chief Revenue Officer at Turvo, provider of the world’s leading collaboration application designed for the supply chain. The pair will discuss how although visibility is a hot button topic in the supply chain, it’s really a symptom of a larger problem supply chains are facing: man...

Ravi Dosanjh, Head of Strategic Program Management, CPLSS, Intel Corporation, chats with Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director, COO, Port of Long Beach. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer, FreightWaves, chats with Sam Powers, CEO, Trucker Cloud. Running a logistics startup can be overwhelming. You watch large competitors stroke multi-million dollar checks for technology platforms, while you are focused on maintaining positive cash flow to pay your carriers and employees. Fortunately, there are tools that can help limit risks of scaling a business while g...

Dave Broering, President, Non-Asset, NFI, chats with Mark Ford, Chief Operating Officer, Blue Grace Logistics. Capacity has been tight since the early economic lockdowns ended. The bull market for freight demand and strained truck capacity leading companies to become creative in building strategies for sourcing and managing carriers. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more abou...

Emily Chiarizia, General Counsel, Armstrong Transport Group, chats with Chad Eichelberger, President, Reliance Partners. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee Salz joins Andrew Silver to discuss how creating differentiation for your 3PL is the key to success and growth. This cannot be overstated. How do you achieve differentiation when your services are almost identical to thousands of others. Most of the time it’s not what you sell, but how you sell and position your services that creates the differentiation needed to thrive in freight sales. Apple...

George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves, chats with Danny Loe, Chief Yield Officer and President, Asset-Light Logistics, ArcBest.  ArcBest’s Danny Loe talks with George Abernathy about what the new normal looks like for the market as shippers and capacity providers alike emerge out of the shadow of the year-long coronavirus pandemic, and how ArcBest, a multi-modal logistics provider, has adjuste...

Digitization and automation is often thought of as creating more distant relationships between 3PLs and carriers. Lily Shen and Andrew Cox discuss how digitization can create closer relationships between 3PLs and its carrier and shipper partners. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher, FreightWaves, chats with Anne Reinke, President & CEO, Transportation Intermediaries Association. With barely six months behind her as president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, Anne Reinke has a major goal in front of her: to “amplify” advocacy at TIA. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Andrew Stephens discuss the path to maritime sustainability created by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). They dive into topics including sustainable finance, green bonds, sustainable shipping fuels of the future and the role of regulations to achieve sustainable progress. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about...

The balance of power between ocean carriers and cargo shippers has changed. Carriers are now firmly in the driver’s seat – with major implications for service contract negotiations and spot rates. Is it the new normal or just temporary? Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supply-chain digitalization is accelerating at pace, while customer demand is driving an increased desire for transparency and visibility. Successfully navigating these buzzwords, while keeping spending under control often means that supply-chain security is often overlooked. Join industry veteran and noted academic Amy Broglin-Peterson, cyber / info / physical security expert Rich Mason, and Aust...