You need to put yourself out there, be realistic and be patient to build a niche audience, says Tom Augenthaler, founder of 551 Media. “It doesn’t happen overnight.”
HSBC global economist James Pomeroy says we won’t be buying all the one-off big-ticket items we did during the pandemic’s first year.
Brian Laung Aoaeh of REFASHIOND Ventures discusses the opportunities for venture capital seeking to find the next big thing in supply chain technology in a fireside chat at FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.
With no end in sight to the container crisis, Zach Strickland and Anthony Smith discuss how ocean shipping woes will continue to create ripple effects in the freight markets.
The mismatched timing of payments is always a challenge for freight forwarders and brokers. Trying to explain the process to outside auditors and financing firms is often even more difficult, but Kevin Hill and Amna Shah share the right way to handle this process.
“This is the greatest era to put out content on LinkedIn,” says Gary Vaynerchuk.
On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude talk to ocean shipping experts about the steps to manage risky situations.
Korby Keeney discusses how shippers navigate extreme weather events.
The societal shutdowns of 2020 had ripple effects in every industry. Rob Benedict breaks down how the energy industry was impacted and has recovered since the start of COVID-19.
On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week, Dooner and The Dude talk about the future of renewable fuels and the complicated relationships between chemicals and freight.
On this special episode of Put That Coffee Down for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week, Kevin Hill talks to the economic director of Laredo, Texas, about selling your city to potential companies.
On this special episode of Great Quarter, Guys for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week, Andrew Cox and co-host Kevin Hill talk about productivity during tough times.
Echo Global Logistics CEO Doug Waggoner talks about the future of logistics and the role of technology in pushing the transportation industry forward.
Dooner and The Dude catch up with Thomas Healy from Hyliion during the first episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? for FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week.
Dooner and The Dude talk to Chad Brueck about how CRST is ensuring secure COVID-19 vaccine delivery in this session of FreightWaves’ Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit.
Dooner and The Dude learn how ArcBest has adapted during the pandemic to help deliver supplies in this session of FreightWaves’ Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit.
Get caught up on every session from the FreightWaves Health & Pharma Supply Chain Summit here.
You can find highlights from each session of the FreightWaves Sales & Marketing Summit right here. This summit features discussions from the industry’s leaders in freight sales and marketing techniques and will have a Put That Coffee Down reunion with live sessions hosted by Kevin Hill and Dooner. You can register to watch the live […]
Dooner and The Dude talk to astronaut Terry Virts about his time in space, his book and his global circumnavigation documentary.
The Port of Los Angeles is still working to get toys to retailers’ shelves in time for Christmas.
Dooner and The Dude learn how carrier DHL will fit into the commercial space world DHL is one of the largest logistics companies on Earth, and it aims to take its presence into space as well. Justin Baird is the vice president and head of innovation for the DHL Asia-Pacific sector. He joined Dooner and […]
Dooner and The Dude learn how keeping orbital space clean is a growing business What goes up must come down, or so they say; but what happens to the stuff that gets sent into space, orbits the Earth and never comes back? Dave Fischer, vice president of business development and advanced systems for Astroscale, tells […]
Who makes the rules of government in space? For now, its uncharted territory.
Why artificial intelligence development on Earth matters right now Krystain Gebis has lofty goals for the use of artificial intelligence when it comes to space exploration. As the founder of Autobon AI, he has started building a company geared to drive autonomy of cold chain logistics. This can be relevant to the space industry as […]
Three of NASA’s technology leaders talk the commercialization of space with government input.
What is it like to leave earth 7 times? Find out with Ad Astra founder Franklin Chang-Diaz.
More than 20,000 objects in Earth’s orbit are considered space debris, creating challenges for logistics and supply chains
First, Spire collects the ship-movement data from orbit. Then algorithms use that data to reveal the patterns of global shipping.
Mars missions are advancing, but the logistics of a Martian supply chain are anything but simple.
Private space companies are boosting into space exploration. Will it lead to a new method of shipping in space?
The future of space capital lies in private equity From childhood, J. Brant Arseneau knew he wanted to be an astronaut. Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the stars (and he has the Canadian Space Agency rejection letter to prove it), so he set his sights on growing capital to get him into space. Inspired by the […]
Asteroid mining holds promise of a $700 quintillion market for freight transportation.
Yuske Taguchi explains how Gitai is developing robots to supplement human labor in space.
Author Robert Jacobson describes how Main Street investors today can invest in the space-related logistics of tomorrow.
Clarendon Capital’s John Larkin talks SPAC with HCAC’s Dan Hennessy during FreightWaves’ FreightTech Venture Summit.
Echo exec Gustafson has praise for technological changes
The TSA is doing a better job partnering with airfreight companies on security, but better training and technology are needed to meet future security obligations.
Executives from Horizon Fitness, Estes Forwarding Worldwide and The DDC Group talk during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME about keeping up with the trend of online ordering and home delivery.
Hyliion founder and CEO Thomas Healy make his case for why natural gas provides the best and cheapest way for the trucking industry to embrace electrification.
The once little-regarded special purpose acquisition company is all the rage on Wall Street as $56 billion in blank check companies seek reverse merger targets. A leader of two of those efforts cautions day traders to know what they are investing in.
A comfortable merger still requires managing change and making parts fit as technology races ahead, says Trinity Logistics President Sarah Ruffcorn
ArcBest CEO Judy McReynolds talks about the company’s customer service model and how it has helped them thrive throughout the pandemic at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Thursday.
J.B. Hunt has been recognized for its five-year, $500 million technology investment, but how it got to that point is now equally well known.
The freight business is both complicated and asset-heavy. To be successful, tech startups need to know the freight business, its pain points and its limitations.
Mehta and Sweat are keeping a step ahead of the evolving supply chain startup market.
Work Truck Solutions founder Kathryn Schifferle shared her journey navigating the venture capital world during the FreightTech Venture Summit.
Shipwell CEO Greg Price explains during FreightTech Venture Summit the importance of winning over venture capitalists at the onset of presenting your idea.
Data drives the development of those opportunities, according to Sapphire Ventures Managing Director Kevin Diestel in the fireside chat “VC Perspective: How FreightTech is Different” during the FreightWaves FreightTech Virtual Summit.
“It’s well documented how big this market is and how ripe for disruption this market is,” says Rose Rocket CSO Justin Bailie.
Start small and simple, VC experts say.
Ike founder Alden Woodrow talks about the company’s unconventional approach to securing funding and bringing its product to market.
Steve Case helped build AOL. Now, as CEO of Revolution LLC, he works to help other entrepreneurs fund and grow their businesses.
FreightWaves today announced FreightWaves for Startups, a new initiative aimed at helping startup companies grow into successful organizations.
The challenges of delivering a coronavirus vaccine to 8 billion people are immense, but over time more logistics companies will be able to participate as shipping tolerances ease.
As the temperature-controlled supply chain continues to call for greater transparency to ensure food safety, Penske Logistics welcomed the opportunity to ensure its cold chain operations were the gold star in the industry.
Automated storage and retrieval systems are making the move into cold-storage real estate.
“Inside the Four Walls of Cold Chain Mobility” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit.
Speaking at the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit, Gatik’s head of operations Sam Saad said the company is moving closer to having truly driverless vehicles on roadways by next summer.
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.
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
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 market expert and analyst Zach Strickland talked with Karen Tyndall, GlobalTranz director of customer solutions, during FreightWaves’ Last Mile Logistics Summit on Thursday.
Using data aimed at developing workplace safety practices can not only enable safer environments, it can empower employees and bolster a company’s safety culture, according to speakers at FreightWaves’ The Future of Real Estate Logistics summit.
Prologis is partnering with tech startup Strivr to use virtual reality learning to train workers, maximize efficiency and reduce safety incidents.
FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom talked e-commerce logistics with Prologis’ Melinda McLaughlin during the FreightWaves Future of Logistics Real Estate Summit on Tuesday.
Poursohi and Smith seek competitive advantage by deploying systems early and often.
3PL Quiet Logistics lost its supplier of warehouse robots when Amazon bought Kiva Systems in 2012. After three years in stealth mode, Quiet Logistics spun off its own robotics business in 2015. Five years later, Locus Robotics is growing globally.
The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to “plug in” and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution giant Ingram Micro said Tuesday. Keynoting FreightWaves’ daylong webinar on the future of logistics warehousing, Ken Beyer, executive vice president and president of commerce and […]
Automated freight forwarding can transform the international shipment of perishable goods by bringing efficiency and transparency, Transship CEO says at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit.
Rosenthal predicts Internet-based distribution to jump as high as 50%.
The pandemic is forcing companies to innovate and adapt to laws and regulations to protect employees, attorney Gerald Maatman Jr. says during the American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit
At Global Trade Tech Summit, two execs talk about where technology has aided air freight and where it lags
“China and tariffs: Why COVID has actually increased cargo yields” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at the American Shipper Global Trade Tech Summit.
Ryder System’s chief technology officer tells American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech Summit that the time is right to explore future supply chain technologies.
FreightWaves President George Abernathy talks with XPO Logistics CIO Mario Harik about using tech solutions to deliver a more efficient supply chain during Global Trade Tech
Open networks allow companies in the supply chain to nimbly handle disruptions and collaborate outside their ecosystem, project44 CEO and SAP executives say.
New Panjiva survey reveals extent of coronavirus fallout on global supply chains.
Continuous intelligent planning can help companies avoid stock outs and drive on-shelf availability.
Effective communication, great talent and good problem solving are three keys to withstanding supply chain disruptions.
Gene Seroka says the “disruption and breakdown of the global medical supply chain” during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for change in the maritime sector.
Live from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit, Andrew and Kevin host Ben Gordon, Managing Partner at Cambridge Capital and BGSA, to discuss final mile strategies, recent M&A activity and story stock SPACs.
Technology that saves time, enhances communications and facilitates social distancing puts carriers a step ahead.
SkyBitz provides the transportation and logistics industries with real-time asset tracking and data analytics from sensors and remote monitoring solutions.
Chris Hummer of Don Hummer Trucking shared insight on how his company was able to thrive during the pandemic with Heidi Boggs of McLeod Software, in a virtual technology talk on Thursday at the FreightWaves Carrier Summit.
Driver wages are holding steady during the coronavirus pandemic, but care for safety is where priority should remain, says CEO of National Transportation Institute.
Ruan Transportation quickly pivoted to adapt to changing economic conditions brought about by the coronavirus. Find out how they did it.
Veterans who work for trucking companies and trucking companies that hire veterans discover a mutually beneficial relationship.
FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom and Tenney Group’s Spencer Tenney sit down at the FreightWaves Carrier Summit to discuss reasons trucking deals are outpacing broader deal flow.
Best response time for acting on a driver application might be as short as five minutes: Crawford
Carriers looking to attract more drivers may have to get creative with recruitment, as well as consider raising pay or adding bonuses, said Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks.
Understanding freight networks and making data-driven decisions are key for carriers to improve profitability, Garner Trucking’s CEO and KSM Transport Advisors’ president said during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit.
Workhound and Brand Outcomes executives discuss the importance of using the right metrics to measure the costs of recruiting and retaining drivers.
Reliance CEO Andrew Ladebauche and Chief Marketing Officer Brenda Wiser say that good CSA scores and a better understanding of technology’s role are keys to avoiding double-digit premium rate increases.
When full visibility of a load is combined with predictive maintenance, downtime will drop and carrier profitability will rise, experts say.
