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Rob Hatchett President of Seat My Trucks is helping carriers find drivers and navigate new regulations

Anthony, Zach, and special guest Kyle Lintner from K-Ratio discuss how the freight market is disconnected from the general economy; are we truly out of a freight recession; and how Freight Futures work.

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 this a sudden shift or just another period in a cycle? And how should trucking companies deal with it? Host John Kingston talks to Rob […]

XPO has made spin-offs the new buzzword in logistics for 2020.

We gear up into this frigid week with a wild ride of headlines and industry updates. First, some bad news: a fatal shooting at a family-owned trucking company in San Antonio leaves two dead. A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped […]

Today we’re taking a FreightWaves flashback to FreightWaves LIVE Chicago where Brian Yormak partner at Story Ventures and Chris Thomas co-founder and president at Detroit Mobility Lab talk Mo’mobility Mo’problems.

SONAR’s rack rate forecaster, Erin Andrews to #FWLive, and more

In this episode, FreightWaves Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom chats with John Golob, Chief Marketing Officer with Winmore.

We gear down into the backhaul of our week with news of a headline glitch. Starting early Thursday, small-business truckers who rely on the spot market began reporting problems logging in to the DAT load board to find freight. While the DAT online load board and mobile app are back up and working now, DAT […]

Director of Passport Research JP Hampstead sits down with Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland to discuss what’s happening with rates this week.

On today’s episode, DAT goes tango down, fleet bankruptcies hammer used truck market, Love’s adds parking, XPO’s great divide, President of Transportation for DHL Supply Chain Jim Monkmeyer, Cassandra Gaines joins us for Mad Gaines and the case of the crushed trucker, then it’s not the gig economy – it’s Trey Grigg’s Economy as HubTek’s […]

On today’s episode we’re talking about the impact that the “box that changed the world,” aka the shipping container, made on global trade and our everyday lives. Adam Robinson dials in to tell us all about GlobalTraz purchase of Cerasis Plus, news about the Phase One trade deal, spending on supply chain risk, and the […]

Jonathan Evans of Logistical Labs thinks there’s a place for corporate altruism and sustainability in global supply chains.

Zach and Anthony discuss the characteristics of the California freight market, the unintended consequences from regulations and the economic impacts from them.

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 about how the U.S. can never truly be independent under most definitions. But that doesn’t mean that things aren’t a lot better than they used […]

This week we break down Walmart’s future with special guest Zach Strickland.

We gear up this week with a man charged on Thursday with shooting a truck driver on I-269 outside Memphis, Tennessee, after an in-cab video captured the suspected killer. Violence in Mexico from organized cartels has been surging in recent weeks, with the latest incident involving a 13-year-old American boy killed Jan. 3 near Nuevo […]

Bloomberg’s Lee Klaskow on how data drives freight and the economy #FWLive Chicago

Are Walmart drivers paid too much? This and more ridiculous questions on today’s What The Truck?!?

In this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead, Chief Strategy Officer JT Engstrom speaks with Tom Curee, Senior Vice President of Strategy & Innovation for Kingsgate Logistics, LLC.

Happy top of the weekend! Thanks for making us a part of the backhaul of your week, and boy do we have some news for you. First, we hit the headlines: Applying the restrictions of AB5 in California to the trucking industry runs afoul of federal law, according to a court case just handed down. […]

Director of Passport Research JP Hampstead and Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland talk about what is happening with rates this week.

Will the coffee cup defense work for distracted trucker who caused fatal crash?

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

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?

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 […]

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

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 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.

Molo Solutions CEO Andrew Silver and Arrive Logistics CEO Matt Pyatt debate and discuss the future of digital freight brokerage in this lively session from FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago. Moderated by FreightWaves President George Abernathy.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller sits down with Brent Hutto, the Chief Relationship Officer at truckstop.com. The interview was filmed during the Truckload Live Summit in Chattanooga, TN on December 5, 2019.

On this episode Dooner & FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller are joined by Celadon bankruptcy story breaker JP Hampstead, news director Emily Szink, Freight Broker Live’s Steve Oatley, and The Dart Network’s Dave Ables.

FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller, Emily Szink, and Dooner discuss Celadon’s bankruptcy filing, immediate shutdown, and the impact it has had. They’re joined by a number of drivers who tell their side of the story and give us additional insight into how they learned of their impending fate.

Today we’re talking about the end for an Ice Road trucker, UPS hijacking, costly Christmas trees and fraud, and then we’ve got five good minutes with DDC FPO’s Richard Greening. Mikey B knows what’s “On the Radar” and off the rails, and Andrew Cox knows who has the power. We’ll play Earnings Over/Under, then hear […]

Black Friday in the US + UK, tech and unit economics, global expansion and turf battles in the on-demand delivery space, use cases for drone delivery, hydrogen vs electric batteries, plus what’s hot or not in investing. More podcasts at FreightWaves Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-freights-sake/id1483839863 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/186RXXVieFDN8HdfCFk5Cy?si=aGJBvlsBRpu2IhA1CLW7JA

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 but he’s clear in his arguments. Also: a look at what OPEC faced this week at its meeting in Vienna.

On this episode of Great Quarter, Guys, Seth Holm, Kevin Hill and Andrew Cox break down leading flatbed operator Daseke’s business model and talk freight broker compensation, trucking supply and demand and Tesla’s new Cybertruck.

We’ve got a 45’ container of stacked show today with all the latest news on global trade tensions, the numbers on how the trade war is impacting shippers, Xeneta CEO and Co-Founder Patrik Berglund dials in, and in correction corner former Roanoke Trade board member, owner, VP…and also Dooner’s dad Jerry Dooner schools us on General Average!

Diesel Laptops Tyler Robertson is bringing diagnostics on-demand to fleets and disrupting the repair economy

NEXT Trucking CEO Lidia Yan and FreightWaves CSO JT Engstrom on building a FreightTech company.

From FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago’s keynote – Journalist, Founding Anchor of BNN & Best-Selling Author of Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius & Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison

Shopping peak season is in full bloom but will retail reap the benefits? In the battle for dollars, is it Black Friday or Cyber Monday who ends up with all the money? Plus Trump tariffs make trade tumble, broken promises from the 1870’s, the East Coast is eating the West Coast’s freight leftovers, who made the Dean’s List, and are Millennials causing a Christmas tree shortfall? All this and more on this week’s What The Truck?!?

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with William O’Donnell, Managing Partner of Prologis Ventures, on the set of FreightWaves LIVE in Chicago.

With guests Kyle Lintner of K-Ratio, Henry Poppelwell of Skybitz, Mike Zayonc of Plug and Play Supply Chain, Grant Crawford of Emerge, Mario Pawlowski of iTrucker, Cassandra Gaines of Gaines Law Group, and Ryan Schreiber of CarrierDirect. Watch Apple Podcasts Spotify Visit our sponsor More FreightWaves Podcasts

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller chats with Todd Neiberger, CFO of TTN Fleet Solutions, on the set of FreightWaves LIVE in Chicago. Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch on YouTube SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE Follow Us! Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Instagram

FreightWaves President George Abernathy is joined by Schneider CEO and President Mark Rourke for an industry keynote on shaping the vision of Schneider now and into the future. Apple Podcasts Spotify Rewatch the LIVE streams on YouTube More FreightWaves Podcasts

What trends, companies, and people in supply chain is Mr. Supply Chain most thankful for and who were 2019’s biggest turkeys?

On today’s show, we’re talking shipbuilding bribes, Russian corruption, grocery delivery races to the bottom and “Frozen 2” toys heating up retail shelves. Also, Adam Robinson of Cerasis joins us to talk about what we’re thankful for in the supply chain more

WeWork, FinTech, FreightTech, margin maximization, can decentralized brokerage office structures work in a digital world, the 5 stages of Cybertruck, Slush Week in Helsinki, streamlining payment inefficiencies and letters of credit, plus much more.

FreightWaves Market Expert Zach Strickland speaks with Associate Editor JP Hampstead about this week’s rate changes as we enter peak season and Thanksgiving.

At FreightWaves LIVE Chicago, FreightWaves Market Expert Henry Byers has a fireside chat with SEKO Logistics CTO Mike Powell on the challenges of building a forwarder in the middle of the country.

On today’s show we’re talking Elon Musk’s bold new polygonal truck, the case of the stolen lobsters, an update on the CN strike, Jason Eversole from FourKites joins us, more

On this episode of Great Quarter, Guys, Seth Holm, Kevin Hill and special guests Peter Rentschler and JP Hampstead talk mega mergers in transportation and why Old Dominion shareholders have knocked it out of the park. Plus, FedEx takes on The New York Times, and more. Listen to more FreightWaves Podcasts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts […]

We’re back from FreightWaves LIVE Chicago and ready to share our journey. Plus, Ferrero flying with FourKites, SM Line follows the trail back to Oregon, costly entry violations, Cold Play’s no-play, counterfeit goods, FreightTech and what’s new in SONAR 5.0.

“We actually don’t think we can do it ourselves. There won’t be one winner inside this space. We have to transform our shippers, brokers and carriers. We have to move forward together for everyone to benefit.” — Shelley Simpson on the power of collaboration, cooperation and bridging markets.

FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller and Business Insider’s Rachel Premack discuss the top trucking issues that impacted trucking in 2019. Later in the session they’re joined by a very special guest that’ll had the crowd craving Krispy Kreme.

“Getting your carriers’ speed and HOS data comes with major risks to your brokerage,” according to Cassandra Gaines.

In an interview with FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller on the FreightWavesTV show “Fuller Speed Ahead,” at FreightWaves LIVE Chicago Eric Rempel of Redwood Logistics discussed the evolution of Redwood Platform Services.

In a humorous, wide-ranging interview on the stage at FreightWaves LIVE in Chicago, Belfort and FreightWaves president George Abernathy discussed Belfort’s life, successes, mistakes and lessons learned.

Live from the floor of FreightWaves LIVE Chicago, Craig Fuller, Zach Strickland and John Paul Hampstead break down this week in transportation rates.

Today on What The Truck?!?, we’re talking the Canadian National strike, UPS third-party edict, trailers hit a high, fake championship rings and more.

Ben Mezrich joins Craig Fuller to talk about the importance of storytelling in business. Ben Mezrich is the bestselling author of “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions.” If you’ve seen “The Social Network,” you know this one: “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook.” And […]

Just two years ago, FreightWaves’ news operation was essentially a one-man show. Now, FreightWaves employs about 40 reporters across the globe, produces 10 podcasts and has launched the first streaming TV network dedicated to freight. That’s the story FreightWaves leaders told in the first session of FreightWaves LIVE Chicago, delving into the publisher’s evolution from […]