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On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the return of in-person events. Find out the logistics behind getting the goods to events as well as their importance to groups like St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. Plus, data-driven trailer rentals; why you need to monitor your DOT number; oversight panel says Yellow increased lobbying efforts ahead of $700M loan; SPAC rumor mill chu...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the need for drone speed at Modern Shipper’s DroneWaves virtual event. Learn all about how the Drone Racing League works and how its innovations are pushing forward the capabilities of drones. They’re joined by special guest Ashley Ellefson, COO, Drone Racing League Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Po...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are heading back to Mars with NASA as they find out how Ingenuity’s historic flight on the red planet happened. We’ll also learn about the X-59, NASA’s experimental supersonic aircraft. Plus, seven steps to creating strategic partnerships; do dedicated fleets lead to empty miles? They’re joined by special guests Joshua Ravich, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the great American road trip with Stuckey’s CEO Stephanie Stuckey. We’ll learn how she plans to revive the brand for a whole new generation of car trippers. How do you make a destination for four-wheelers and truckers alike? We’ll find out. Plus, Port of Montreal strike, can the ROI of Kindness apply to trucking, and mergers and acquisition...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about building a side hustle in transportation. This week they’re hearing from a truckerpreneur who noticed a profound lack of safe, practical clothing options for women across the board. She founded Safety4Her to help protect women in these industries by offering the clothing options they deserve. Plus, Airspace Technologies awarded new patent f...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit where they’re spending this Earth Day trying to solve some of freight’s sustainability issues. It’s time to trim the fat on trucking’s empty calories: the empty mile. Plus, what can we expect on Earth Day a year from now, FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence offsets freight companies’ carbon footprint, and how m...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are looking at routing and visibility for final-mile, drayage and over-the-road trucking. With more loads going shorter distances and drivers having to deal with more stops, how do we crack the code of the traveling salesman problem and apply it to freight? Plus, building a company with business alchemy; from restaurant tech to FreightTech; how ghost kitchen...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how difficult it is to find drivers in '21. With capacity stretched to the limits and delivery delays slowing down the nation, what are the economic consequences of a prolonged shortage? Plus, TuSimple’s plans now that it has gone public; Trux is bringing visibility to construction tech; a new children’s book series focuses on trucking; dri...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the next stage in autonomous trucking. What does the Canadian Tire Corp. and NuPort Robotics Inc. partnership mean for Ontario’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network? How mature is the technology and do drivers have anything to worry about? Plus, FedEx shooting, Tive launches 24/7 monitoring, MoLo takes Nashville, the state of driver recru...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about finding freight data for free. ImportYeti is a new kid on the block looking to change the way shippers’ supply chain data is visualized -- for free. We’re talking to the man who built it. Also, how to earn passive income by electing to share your browsing and driving data with Cocoon. Is it worth it? Plus, the reverse logistics boom, fleet...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude talk about the changing face of warehouse space. With a $2.8 billion investment from SoftBank valuing AutoStore at $7.7 billion, the company is looking to rapidly expand its “cube storage automation.” This Norwegian warehouse robotics leader has 20,000 robots in 600 sites across 35 countries. We’re talking with them about the challenges shippers are finding...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude take a look at some of the issues with innovation and adoption of FreightTech in ’21, HubTran talks about their deal with TriumphPay, Burger Wars: Impossible vs. Beyond vs. Open Nature, Redwood recounts their first quarter, and the story behind the WTT championship belt.  Plus, Port of Long Beach smashes container records in March; Staged accidents targeted...

Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from FreightWaves' Enterprise Fleet Summit where they're joined by special guests: Scott Pecoriello, founder and CEO, Weather Optics; Jake Fields, co-founder and CTO, Platform Science. Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from FreightWaves' Enterprise Fleet Summit where they're joined by special guests: Alexander Stevenson, vice president, product management, Samsara; Chris Orban, vice president, data science, Trimble Subscribe to the WTT newsletter 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 about the generation gap in freight, air cargo charters and getting an all-risk policy in Mexico. Plus, Trevor Milton rakes in $49M in a sale of 3.5M Nikola shares; what will CVSA inspectors be checking during the annual safety blitz; pricing power remains with carriers; March Class 8 orders of 40,000 add to the dizzying industry backlog; Clubhou...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about TriumphPay’s big $97 million buy of HubTran; getting drivers in shape with a new fitness program; and building sales infrastructure. Plus, truck transport jobs rise in March; do drones represent an air traffic nightmare; all eyes on East Coast ports as volumes spike and Ever Given fallout looms; trucker gets bear sprayed; man finds 15,000 b...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to a truckerpreneur who started a side hustle by inventing Truckr Stik. Blythe Brumleve takes us inside her new FreightWaves show, Cyberly; we get a view from the cab as one trucker who turned his life around shares his story; and we take a look at the trading card supply chain. Plus, Biden unveils a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan; an a...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the freeing of the Ever Given, a shipping disaster so bad you could see it from space. NASA joins the show to talk about the International Space Station (ISS), which just surpassed 20 years with continuous human presence on board! What keeps the station’s inhabitants working and in turn, keeps the station orbiting? Cargo resupply! Plus, dem...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are getting the low down on the Convoy story with their founder and CEO Dan Lewis.  Plus, Ever Given causing lasting issues in the Suez Canal, the impending inventory crisis, warehouse rates take a big jump, human trafficking in trucking, Pepsi does Peeps and more.  They’re joined by special guests Dan Lewis, CEO/Founder, Convoy; Vitaly Bekker, Senior Transp...

On this special episode of WTT LIVE from FreightWaves 3PL Summit, Dooner and The Dude are speed dating their way through 8 business leaders as the discuss many of the issues stymying supply chains in ‘21.  With 10% of the world’s freight blocked by an Evergreen vessel in the Suez Canal, the West Coast jammed with 27 ships at anchor, plus the lasting impacts of COVID, 3PLs have the odds stacked aga...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are learning all about the Third-Party Canine Cargo program and how training works for the K9s.  Using data to tell the story of the freight market to shippers.  How one booking platform is offsetting 100% of CO₂ emissions.  Plus, who holds the pricing power this week, railroad megamerger could be boon for shippers, what will redistribution of imports mean f...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Heather Zumarraga about her new book "The Man’s Guide To Corporate Culture," Travelers’ Tim Francis talks cyberthreats and risk, Loadsmart’s Felipe Capella talks growth and markets, and Traffix’s Nick Roth takes us on a career journey with his comeback story. Plus, motive unclear in fatal shootings of 2 warehouse workers, XPO announces logis...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about a Netherlands company that is trying to move freight at 700mph via hyperloop, how one author’s career journey as the first American woman to work at the Tokyo headquarters of Honda Motor Company helped change culture, we break down the LTL and contract markets, and learn how one brokerage helped revolutionize Tajiguas Landfill’s green futur...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about SmartHop’s plans for its most recent funding round and Spill Bully’s eco-friendly logistics waste solutions. Plus, increasingly difficult yearly comps are a distraction; driver says trucking company threatened family after he alleged illegal practices; Nikola tormentor Hindenburg Research opens fire on Lordstown Motors; Toys R Us sold again...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how one carrier is lending a helping paw to the community; a new trucking app that lets users search across 20,000 cross border and domestic lanes in Canada; and DHL Supply Chain’s big moves in RPA. Plus, Molson Coors says cyberattack hits shipments, brewery operations; Nikola has no Tre orders; Postal Service earmarking $40B to boost share...