FreightCasts Weekly Recap (10/5-10/11)
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You can find every FreightWaves podcast conveniently in one feed via the free FreightCasts channel on iTunes, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found.
Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead talk about what’s happening with freight volumes and rates over the last week.
Uber Freight’s Bill Driegert plays a drum solo, the top-5 worst weather states for trucking, CEO perspectives with SmartHop and CRST International
In the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Zach Strickland talks about disruptions caused by the latest hurricane to hit the gulf, and Andrew Cox discusses consumer spending in the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index.
Adopting the right technology is key to executing better communication.
Soon after Dave Ables took over as president and CEO of Dart Transit Co. and as the first days of the pandemic receded into a strong freight market, he knew there was a problem: retaining and attracting drivers. So the Minnesota-based company put through an increase in compensation on several different fronts. It wasn’t just […]
Ryder and ABB executives explore why the adoption of electric vehicles is coming first to the last mile during FreightWaves’ Last Mile Logistics Summit.
As e-commerce sales are projected to hit over $709 billion in the U.S. in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, logistics companies are focused on last-mile delivery and improving customers’ experience.
A grocery supply chain expert told the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit that grocery stories are not feeding the Canadian appetite for online shopping.
WHAT THE TRUCK?!? is coming to you live from FreightWaves’ virtual event Last Mile Logistics
Andrew, Kevin and Seth discuss their thoughts on the consumer and upcoming holiday season, before being joined by Bruce Chan, VP, global logistics at Stifel. Bruce makes his FreightWavesTV debut and talks drones, white gloves and all the peculiarities of final mile.
Brad Hildebrand discussed Cargill’s reliance on dependable rail service during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
Kenco’s Jason Neal explains at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit how this service requires drivers to also be resilient customer service representatives.
Erik Caldwell, Last Mile president for XPO Logistics, and FreightWaves President George Abernathy talk about the consumer demand and the last mile in the keynote event for the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
A strange situation: Its competitors are also its customers and can plead with government officials to stop the USPS from taking actions it wants to implement
Anthony and Zach bring on Maritime expert Henry Byers to discuss the near- and long-term impacts to the domestic freight market resulting from the record-breaking influx of shipments from Asia.
Kirby Fine, principal, ATL Partners, and Gordon Branov, CEO of Pilot Freight Services, talk about trends in the last-mile heavy-duty bulky market during the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
Large-format home deliveries to become most critical part of supply chain, Nick Hobbs says during FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.
FreightWaves has produced a white paper, in partnership with Echo Global Logistics, reviewing the current state of various industrial freight verticals and future forecasts for each.
FreightWaves market expert and analyst Zach Strickland talked with Karen Tyndall, GlobalTranz director of customer solutions, during FreightWaves’ Last Mile Logistics Summit on Thursday.