FreightWaves Radio preview: the outlook for IMO2020; Convoy, retention and the last-mile threesome

With IMO2020 just around the corner, FreightWaves Radio this weekend takes a look at how it might impact fuel markets.

J. Scott Susich, the director of data analytics and advisory services at DTN, joined co-host John Kingston on SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking for a discussion on how the regulation designed to reduce the amount of sulfur in marine fuels can impact the petroleum supply chain so much that it could hit the price of diesel. DTN is a leading energy data and analysis firm and Scott discusses the history of similar environmental regulations and what they meant for prices at the pump. 

Also on this week’s show, FreightWaves managing editor of freight markets Mark Solomon brings his expertise to the latest news out of the Amazon/UPS/FedEx cage match. As Mark notes, FedEx is banking on strong e-commerce growth outside of Amazon now that FedEx has ended their US air services contract. Is that going to happen? Can Amazon find alternate lift in light of the developments? How will Amazon and UPS manage a relationship where they are rivals and competitors? How much can Amazon handle of its own traffic and its volumes continue to grow? The interplay among these three is a never-ending source of fascination to everyone in logistics.

We’ve also got Tim Hindes of StayMetrics who will talk about the growing diversity of the driver pool in the U.S. and what that means for retention. 

Finally, we’re joined by two executives from 3PL Convoy: Arpan Sinha, product lead for matching, who will talk about Convoy’s new Automated Reloads program, and Michael Carroll, Convoy product manager for contracts speaking on a variety of market-related subjects. 

FreightWaves Radio can be heard Saturday between 3-5 p.m. with a replay between 9-11 p.m. and Sunday evening between 7-9 p.m. It is on RoadDog Trucking channel 146. It is also available on demand.

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John Kingston

John has an almost 40-year career covering commodities, most of the time at S&P Global Platts. He created the Dated Brent benchmark, now the world’s most important crude oil marker. He was Director of Oil, Director of News, the editor in chief of Platts Oilgram News and the “talking head” for Platts on numerous media outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business and Canada’s BNN. He covered metals before joining Platts and then spent a year running Platts’ metals business as well. He was awarded the International Association of Energy Economics Award for Excellence in Written Journalism in 2015. In 2010, he won two Corporate Achievement Awards from McGraw-Hill, an extremely rare accomplishment, one for steering coverage of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the other for the launch of a public affairs television show, Platts Energy Week.