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Will the Nikola-GM partnership kick the Badger into high gear? Plus, air freight, trucking and today’s market news.
Kevin and I are joined again by Ben Gordon, Managing Partner and CEO, Cambridge Capital and BGSA, to discuss the importance of the Nikola-GM partnership. We also debate whether there […]
FreightWaves dives deep into conversations about the women moving America, the mental state of drivers dealing with the pandemic and so much more!
This week in spot rates
WHAT THE TRUCK?!? highlights women moving America with Professor Lisa Ellram and truckers Ingrid Brown and Big Rig Barbie
A professor from UH-Downtown, who also was a driver, is studying the issue
A look in to where capacity is tightening around freight markets
Zach and Anthony cover the latest in the freight economy. Special guest and Senior Economist Dustin Jalbert joins to discuss the lumber market.
Get one step closer to mastering the art of carrier sales and negotiation on this episode of Put That Coffee Down
On this back to trucking school episode Dooner and The Dude are talking education, economics, life on the road, and saving on fuel.
Hurricane Laura slams the Gulf Coast, affecting freight markets. Plus, iconic retail brands may declare bankruptcy by year’s end, game-changing sales call role-playing strategies and so much more!
Capacity is surging, where will capacity be in the fallout from Hurricane Laura?
The circular economy, robots as a service, C.H. Robinson’s integration push, TriumphPay goes mobile, more
The head transportation analyst at Deutsche Bank says a market that sped up through the second quarter has raced ahead so far in the third
Supply chain leaders discuss storm response, relief, impacts, and recovery on today’s episode.
Anthony and Zach discuss the potential impact of Hurricane Laura to the freight market and bring on special guest Chris Bryant, a flatbed owner-operator, for insight on what is happening on the road.
Lead your team to sales victory with practice and role play. Here’s how.
The odds are more iconic retail brands will declare bankruptcy in 2020
Freight storm center coverage, The Home Depot navigates COVID-19, and more
Storm coverage, Tenstreet joins the fight against human trafficking, 3PL marketing, more
Don’t miss the latest from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit! Intriguing guests, in-depth interviews, product demos and so much more highlighted freight’s hottest virtual event.
JP Hampstead and Zach Strickland talk about freight market conditions and intermodal.
Even as city and state officials urge residents to flee ahead of high winds and flooding, truck drivers answer the call to haul emergency supplies to areas where hurricanes are […]
Truckers Against Trafficking helps us shine a light on human trafficking, hurricane events center, supply chains in Africa and more
With diesel cheap, the fuel advantage for moving a ton of freight narrows for the railroads.
Joined by special guest Zac Rogers, Anthony and Zach discuss the current freight market’s propensity to overachieve over the past few months and explore reasons why that will persist or crumble.
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 […]
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.
“We want to be one of the leaders, one of the innovators.”
Veterans who work for trucking companies and trucking companies that hire veterans discover a mutually beneficial relationship.
WHAT THE TRUCK?!? LIVE at Carrier Summit 2020
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
Live from Carrier Summit, WHAT THE TRUCK?!? has full event coverage and interviews.
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.
If 2020 has proved anything to supply chain participants, it is that digitization is here to stay. COVID-19 has placed the focus on logistics and the supply chain like never […]
When full visibility of a load is combined with predictive maintenance, downtime will drop and carrier profitability will rise, experts say.
Commercial Vehicle Training Association’s Don Lefeve and Roadmaster Drivers School’s Brad Ball discuss the state of CDL training at FreightWaves Carrier Summit.
Phillip Stutts built a career out of listening to data. Too often, though, companies ignore what the data is telling them.
Dooner and The Dude have the low down on what to watch for at Carrier Summit plus how to win a Peloton!
Do warehouse robots dream of electric sheep? Rockets and Uber: Which valuation is wackier? Perfecting the freight sales pitch deck and so much more!
FreightWaves Director of Research Kevin Hill speaks with Associate Editor JP Hampstead about contracted freight.
SVT Robotics warehouse integration, the good and bad of e-commerce for Amazon and USPS, TK7 Products push towards green initiatives, how to talk to Millennials in trucking more
How big of a deal was SpaceX’s successful Starship Hop last week, and how much closer are we to commercial space travel?
On today’s Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Andrew Cox talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that move you.
FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon, who has been covering the service for years, gives his take on the latest crisis.
Learn how to empower your PowerPoint with clean, simple, thought-provoking design and messaging. Find out why problems and their solutions are the bedrock of any great sales presentation.
Final mile, eBOLs, and today in freight news.
The state of AI in trucking, Mount Rushmore of freight, cargo theft, and more on today’s episode. of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller sits down with SmartHop Co-Founder / CEO Guillermo Garcia to discuss SmartHop.
Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead discuss the increase in tender rejections and how that is impact the freight market.
Dooner and the Dude are talking to 6 River Systems about their warehouse robots, and this week in news.
Are drivers staying off the road to collect unemployment? The war on detention. More.
The program ends soon for new applicants, but those who have received money will need to go through the process to enable them to avoid paying the funds back.
Landing an account is half the battle in sales. How long you keep that account is where the true value is.
The state of air freight, SKU reductions in retail, and more.
Dooner and The Dude breakdown crazy ABF Freight truck video out of Florida, talk with XPO, how LTL works, more
The rise of RoboFreight and the hydrogen stock bubble, ways to wake up your social media selling, and so much more!
Is there any end in sight for the volume train?
Robots are filling warehouses across the globe, today we look into automation, plus all of your latest freight news.
Andrew and Kevin are again joined by Freight Intel Group member Seth Holm to present the case for Walmart doubling in size. Next, we discuss how big the hydrogen truck […]
Zach and Anthony go over surprising trends that are popping up going into the second half of 2020, and the headwinds facing the economy. Apple Podcast Spotify Sticher Watch the […]
Michael Vincent and Zach Strickland look ahead to August with a freight market preview.
Whenever there’s a transaction in the supply chain, there’s an invoice. And a lot of those invoices get processed by US Bank, which has long had a large amount of […]
Want to build your brand on social media and capitalize on sales? Morning Brew’s Toby Howell shares key’s to success.
Will the August freight market be as robust as July?
Companies going in different directions on COVID safety, Christmas in July for truckers, outlook for air freight, more
How to get a deal on “Shark Tank,” talking business with “The Real Wolf of Wall Street” and the latest from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit. Catch this week’s top trending stories on the FreightCasts network!
Anthony and Zach discuss the Knight-Swift earnings and what they mean for the freight economy. Anthony gives an economic update and Zach talks about the continued unexpected strength of freight volumes in the U.S.
FreightWaves raises $37M in funding, Shark Tank winner talks pitching your way onto the show, freight coaching and more
The freight market is soaring but is it sustainable? Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead discuss the current state of the spot market.
On today’s Midday Market Update, Michael Vincent and Kevin Hill talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that move you.
Using a third-party administrator is touted as a way to ward off big verdicts against trucking firms.
Selling on price vs value vs product and knowing the difference. Today we cover both freight and SaaS sales
Live from FreightWaves 3PL Summit, Dooner and Michael Vincent welcome special guests Johnny McCord, CEO and Founder, Loadsure, Hope White, CEO, H.D. White Logistics , Haley Evans, VP of Sales, TriumphPay.
On episode 200 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Live from FreightWaves 3PL Summit set 1 Dooner and Michael Vincent welcome guests Josh Main, Strategic Alliances at Truckstop.com; Russ Felker, CTO at […]
Jason Miller, associate professor at the Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business, paints a bearish picture.
On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are LIVE from the FreightWaves 3PL Summit, and they’re talking business with “The Real Wolf of Wall Street,” Jordan Belfort, and Lean Staffing’s CEO, […]
The digitalization of freight has logistics providers seeking automation and efficiency on a scale never before seen.
Adapting to customers’ and carriers’ needs through innovation is key to the continued growth of J.B. Hunt’s 360 digital freight marketplace platform.
Early preparations for possible natural disasters helped Trinity Logistics get ready to adapt to remote leadership changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
Institutions of learning are coming after freight’s problems, 3PL Summit preview, and latest freighttech news.
Is Walmart becoming a tech company? Inclusion in the supply chain, human trafficking, scorching summer freight volumes and more! Catch this week’s top trending stories on the FreightCasts Network.
Freight volumes are soaring, is now a good time to renegotiate rates? Plus, electrified fleets, digital platforms, and more.
Anthony and Zach talk about the impact of Roadcheck week on the freight market and bring on Zac Rogers to discuss the latest Logistics Manager’s Index results showing increasing transportation prices along with declining warehouse capacity, a pattern eerily similar to 2018.
Industry organization held its annual meeting in the middle of a pandemic. The podcast discusses how they did it.
Anthony Smith and Dooner talk about issues that drive the people behind our supply chains.
On today’s podcast we’re going to Chattanooga Improv to learn how to sales call.
Andrew, Kevin and Seth discuss Walmart+, the forthcoming Palantir IPO and department store bankruptcies. Also, Andrew introduces a new segment in an ode to Dan Le Betard and his father, […]
On today’s Midday Market Update, Michael Vincent and Kevin Hill talk about the SONAR-powered data, issues and news that move you. They’re joined by Lewis Black, CEO and President at […]
This week in freight news including a verdict on human trafficking, AI in the supply chain, and another border bust.
How long can PPP keep near-bankrupt carriers afloat? How will resurging COVID-19 cases affect supply chains? Catch this week’s top trending stories on the FreightCast Network.
With the release of the identities of the biggest recipients of money under the Paycheck Protection Program, reviewing all the names of those who got money and figuring out how […]
