Trucks, oil, trains, and industry deep dives highlight this show, which is hosted by John Kingston.
John Kingston is a business journalist of almost 40 years, covering everything from metals to financial markets, and now turning his focus to trucking and transport. He spent almost 30 years covering oil markets with S&P Global Platts, and his broadcast background includes many years as Platts’ “talking head” on CNBC, Fox Business, Canada’s BNN and other broadcast outlets. His activities at FreightWaves includes serving as the oil expert for FW’s SONAR database product, where he provides daily analysis.
On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, David Roush of KSM Transport Advisors, who has a wealth of experience in the sector, tackles several issues on the minds of truckers everywhere. […]
The less-than-truckload (LTL) sector of the trucking sector is generally more stable than the truckload carriers it shares the road with. But that doesn’t mean it has faced the pandemic […]
To watch the stock of Nikola Motors, the company that has raised millions to produce a hydrogen-produced truck, you’d think that the day of the diesel engine was going to […]
Steve Burks was a truck driver in an earlier professional capacity. He also earned his bachelor’s degree, his master’s degree and then his Ph.D. He’s a professor of economics at […]
A Washington-based attorney lines up on the side of the business operators who have changed long-standing practices.
Tolls on bridges, tunnels and roads are plummeting in the wake of the pandemic. Unlike the broader system of highways whose upkeep is paid for by the rapidly depleting Highway […]
Also on this week’s show: the tremendous rise in diesel inventories.
The numbers are in – earnings for the quarter have been reported by all the trucking and other freight-related companies for the three months that ended March 31. And what […]
The timing of the law is perfect for an industry that needs help.
Airlines have suffered mightily from the loss of passenger traffic as a result of the pandemic. But there also has been a demand for their services to move freight, including […]
Our host John Kingston also discusses the diesel market.
On this week’s Drilling Deep, host John Kingston heard from Jack Rybicki, a managing principal at the accounting and consulting firm CLA. Jack has been steering many clients through the […]
Host John Kingston also looks at the signs of a big drop in diesel demand.
On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston welcomes Mike Baudensitel of FreightWaves to discuss whether the nation’s rail and intermodal sectors are getting any sort of lift from […]
On this week’s Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks with Chris Henry of FreightWaves. Chris is the head of the TCA Profitability Program. It’s a program designed to both benchmark […]
It’s shut down businesses and thrown planning into turmoil. No, it’s not COVID-19. It’s the rising insurance rates that trucking companies have been facing over the last few years. The […]
FreightWaves has found a correlation between freight rates and diesel prices that aren’t necessarily beneficial to drivers.
In this week’s “Drilling Deep” podcast, host John Kingston sits down with Dave Heller of the Truckload Carriers Association at the TCA’s annual meeting in the Orlando, Florida, area. Dave […]
On this week’s “Drilling Deep” podcast, we talk to the attorney who led the legal fight that has kept the law at bay in California.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about FreightWaves third birthday, and the company’s past, present and future.
Average income for independent owner operators dropped in ’19, but maybe not as much as you might have thought.
Host John Kingston talks about predictive wholesale diesel prices with Scott Susich of DTN.
Economist Noel Perry joins the podcast as a guest this week.
It’s a bold plan and FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon has plenty of experience covering XPO to give us a unique perspective.
Rob Moseley is an attorney at Moseley Marciniak in South Carolina. He’s defends trucking companies in the courtroom, and he’s watched as verdicts against trucking companies have been soaring. Is […]
What does it mean to be “energy independent?” The President of the United States thinks the country is there now. On this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston talks […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
On the inaugural edition of Drilling Deep, podcast host John Kingston talks to Baruch Feigenbaum of Reason Foundation about how to fund infrastructure impovements. It isn’t always a popular view […]
