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All the latest ocean news including imports and Iran plus what is Chinese Year and how does it work in shipping?

FreightWaves Lead Economist Anthony Smith hosts the show, Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland highlights the Plains markets in the Carrier Update, Market Expert Donny Gilbert discusses reefer markets in the Broker update, and Director of Editorial and Research Kevin Hill updates us on this week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index.

Peter Rentschler CEO of Carrier Direct helps supply chains harness the transformative power of technology.

Zach and Anthony discuss why January is so difficult to manage and why this one may be different for trucking; FMCSA and AB5 hangups; and give a economic and market update as well as projections.

Is this a golden opportunity for a vertical integration, or is it a defensive move to bail out a troubled customer?

FreightWaves Lead Economist Anthony Smith hosts and provides us with an update on the economy. Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland highlights the Los Angeles Market. Market Expert Luke Falasca shows us how to boost margins with falling rejections.

The “New Year’s Eve surprise” may have been a first step toward getting the California trucking industry out from under the AB5 legislation that will have serious consequences for the independent owner operator model. Weston LaBar is the CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association, which represents the drayage industry. He spoke on the Drilling Deep […]

We kick off the week with headlines involving major trucking crashes in Pennsylvania and Indiana, the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse websites opening day struggles. Don’t worry, though, if you’re trying to register, the site is now up and operational and you can find it by clicking here. We spend Five Good Minutes with Chief Insight […]

Zach Strickland gives the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet. Market Research Analyst Andrew Cox breaks it down for the shippers. Donny Gilbert goes into detail for the brokers.

Venture Capital Growth in Supply Chain – Fireside Chat #FWLive Chicago with Brian Laung Aoaeh co-founder and general partner REFASHIOND Ventures and Graham Parker CEO Kontainers.

We cover major trucking crashes in PA and IN, the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse websites opening day struggles, Australia’s wildfires, more

Zach Strickland hosts the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Luke Falasca gives the broker update, and Anthony Smith hosts and provides us with insights for the shippers.

In this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead, FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom sits in for CEO Craig Fuller and chats with Wes Kornowske, Vice President of Operations for Paper Transport, Inc.

Happy New Year and top of the decade to you! We kick off with the top headlines of the week and bring you backhauling into the weekend with a variety of news deliveries. What is up with Y2K20 and cybersecurity? What’s the market outlook from our early-term view? Is it too early to consider consensus […]

Director of Research Kevin Hill and Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland talk about where we are in terms of rates for the New Year.

This week, Andrew and Kevin break down AutoZone, 1980’s trucking deregulation, and special co-host and railroad guru Mike Baudendistel explains whether intermodal is still a growth story.

On the first What The Truck?!? of the decade Dooner and Chad are talking about the impact the conflict in Iran may have on oil, PeopleNet’s ELD outage, the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, AB5’s exemption, and much more bad news…and some good news!

In this episode, Market Expert Zach Strickland gives the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet and Market Experts Anthony Smith and Donny Gilbert talk to brokers about Columbia, South Carolina.

In this episode, Market Expert Zach Strickland gives the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Market Expert Luke Falasca talks to brokers about the Charlotte market, and Director of Research Kevin Hill dives into the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index to see who has the upper hand heading into 2020.

Are the reports of FedEx’s struggles greatly exaggerated?

Setting a technology strategy (it’s not just about TMS anymore) with Peter Rentscher CEO of CarrierDirect from FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago

On the last episode of 2019 Dooner and Chad are wrapping up this year in freight.

What’s the best company for a female trucker and more with Founder of SHE Trucking Sharae Moore on Fuller Speed Ahead

Drilling Deep podcast host John Kingston joins with his colleague FreightWaves Finance Editor Todd Maiden to discuss how the trucking industry did on Wall Street during this past year. What does its performance mean for the future? And your host will be wrapping up the “right back where we started” year in diesel pricing.

How the Uberization of freight is transforming logistics – From FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago Day 1 Bill Driegert, Senior Director Uber Freight.

In this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Load One, LLC CEO John Elliott.

FreightWaves FreightCasts Special Report: The TruckStop.com and SaferWatch outage plus the rise and fall of FedEx. With TruckStop.com and SaferWatch down for days before the holidays, both carriers and brokers are in the dark. Plus, is FedEx on borrowed time? After “horrific” earnings and Amazon’s ascendance, pundits speculate that the parcel powerhouse may be acquired. […]

First, we hit you with some of the latest headlines. Heniff Transportation and Superior Bulk Logistics are set to merge. Ohio-based GDS Express abruptly ceases operations. Rising wrestling star, Matt Travis, was struck and killed by truck driver, and a jury smacks a California trucking company with $70.5 million “nuclear verdict.” Plus, Amazon has some […]

Volumes get a holiday pop, but seasonal affective disorder is coming 12/20/19

On today’s episode we’re talking a massive merger in the tanker space, GDS express shuts down, Amazon’s dangerous toys, DDC FPO’s Donna Kintop dials in, Tommy Igou is talking #withSONAR, more

Anthony Smith updates the economics world going into the holiday weekend, Zach Strickland shows us the latest update for carriers, and Donny Gilbert breaks it down for the brokers.

In today’s episode we honor American Shipper founder David Howard, talk about the logistics of Christmas, from spruce to trade truce, COSCO’s $1.8B bet on fleets, plus mounting holiday returns near critical mass, Foreign Trade Zones, and more.

Anthony Smith hosts Kevin Hill for today’s DHL Supply Chain pricing Power Index, Zach Strickland provides the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, John Kingston updates the oil industry, and Luke Falasca breaks down what the world looks like for brokers.

Is Cincinnati the Silicon Valley of freight? Find out why Tom Curee Sr VP of Strategy & Innovation at Kingsgate Logistics, LLC thinks that’s where the Queen City is headed.

TCA Chairman and Trekker CEO Josh Kaburick and Pilot Flying J’s Wendy Hamilton, recognized nearly 100 professional truck drivers during the 2019 Wreaths Across America (WAA) Washington DC Area Wreath Reception and Dinner.

A recent big corporate writedown in the oil and gas sector was a big deal. But in this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston discusses that maybe it isn’t quite as big a deal as some people were making it out to be. And then we’ll shift gears and talk about one aspect of […]

Anthony and Zach discuss what will trim the fat in the oversupplied trucking market as well as talk about why Intermodal has not materialized as the savior of the rail volumes with Mike Baudendistel.

The Amazon is Burning – from FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago Day 1 Ryan Rogers CTO of Covenant and Matthew Waller Dean of the Sam M. Walton School of Business on the Amazon effect. Apple Podcasts Spotify Rewatch the LIVE streams on YouTube More FreightWaves Podcasts

To launch out of the gate on today’s episode, we tackle tough-minded Amazon and how they recently decided not to allow 3rd party sellers to use FedEx Ground and FedEx Home due to their shipping performance. A shipping performance below 98% on-time delivery won’t cut the mustard. Then, we take a quick look at where […]

FreightWaves NOW Host Anthony Smith presents Wednesday’s episode where we talk with John Kingston about the updates on oil, Dean Croke talks to the carriers, and Luke Falasca talks with the brokers.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse goes live on January 6, providing an online database that will shed light on prospective drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations. 

On this episode of Great Quarter Guys, Seth Holm, Kevin Hill, Andrew Cox and JP Hampstead break down Knight Swift’s business model, discuss the Phase One Trade Deal and debate Twitter in their regular long-short segment. Subscribe to Great Quarter, Guys on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Great Quarter, Guys on Spotify Listen to more FreightWaves […]

On today’s episode – Just in time for the holidays, Amazon cans FedEx over on-time delivery, Boeing 737 MAX stops going, a tribute to American Shipper founder David A. Howard, Zach Strickland talks a couple of freight recessions, Emily Szink knows what’s a big deal and what’s a little deal, plus market expert trivia.  Apple […]

Anthony Smith hosts Tuesday’s FreightWaves NOW with John Kingston giving the Oil Update, Luke Falasca provides us with the Broker Update, and Zach Strickland gives the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet.

Anthony Smith hosts Monday’s Shipper Update. The carriers get a rundown of a tight market from Zach Strickland, and Luke Falasca hosts today’s Broker Update.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with John Lyboldt, President of the Truckload Carriers Association.

For nearly a year now in the U.S. — and for the first time since the Department of Labor began tracking job turnover — the number of open jobs each month has been higher than the number of people looking for work. At the beginning of 2019, the U.S. economy had 7.6 million unfilled jobs, […]

On this weekend’s What the Truck?!? we hit the ground running with the latest on Celadon exactly one week after FreightWaves first broke the news. We also give you the latest on what has been dubbed a “peaceful protest” at one of their subsidiaries in Mexico, Jaguar Transportation. We provide an update on the breaking […]

FreightWaves Market Expert Zach Strickland speaks with Associate Editor JP Hampstead about this week’s rate changes.

On today’s episode Dooner and Chad continue their coverage on Celadon, talk about the new trade deal, a shooting at Dart, we talk to Craig Bliss about the importance of social media during carrier shutdowns, Mike Caney knows what’s On The Radar, FreightWaves HR helps displaced workers get a job, Trucker Beetle Bailey & his […]

Anthony Smith speaks with Market Expert Seth Holm for the shippers, Zach Strickland gives the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, and Luke Falasca breaks down the Broker market.

Today we discuss Warren Buffett’s rare misstep with Kraft Heinz, the Celadon bankruptcy and more.

On today’s episode Dooner and Fava are joined by Dean of the C. Lamar and Ann Wright School of Business at Dalton State College Marilyn Helm to talk advancements and opportunities in supply chain education. Plus we’re talking trade wars, USMCA, e. Coli in the romaine…again and so much more.

In this episode, Director of Research Kevin Hill brings you the weekly DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index, Market Expert Zach Strickland nosedives into the Savannah market in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, and Donny Gilbert highlights an unusual change in the Denver market in the Broker Update.

Michael Ceravolo of Beemac Logistics and Jordan Reber of ARL Logistics are making Pittsburgh a hub for supply chains.

Anthony and Zach discuss the recent Celadon shutdown and how it lines up with current freight market conditions; a disappointing manufacturing sector; consumers appear to be on another spending spree funded by debt.

Freightwaves NOW host Anthony Smith speaks with market expert Seth Holm about Goldman Sachs entering the truckload sector. Zach Strickland delivers the day’s Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet. Luke Falasca presents today’s update for brokers

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Transportation Lawyer Cassandra Gaines about trucker safety.

Anthony and Zach discuss the current status of the retail sector as the holiday rush ensues; Long term implications to the freight market as e-commerce explodes as well as a healthy debate about the sustainability of one of the nation’s largest storefronts.

Host John Kingston gives his take on last week’s OPEC meeting, the fact that we haven’t seen IMO 2020 yet in diesel prices and chats up Dave Osiecki about what’s to come in 2020.