On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the next stage in autonomous trucking. What does the Canadian Tire Corp. and NuPort Robotics Inc. partnership mean for Ontario’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network? How mature is the technology and do drivers have anything to worry about? Plus, FedEx shooting, Tive launches 24/7 monitoring, MoLo takes Nashville, the state of driver recruiting, and how pastry led to a climate of fear in Poland. They’re joined by special guests Krenar Ko...
Apr 16, 2021•59 min•Ep. 296
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about finding freight data for free. ImportYeti is a new kid on the block looking to change the way shippers’ supply chain data is visualized -- for free. We’re talking to the man who built it. Also, how to earn passive income by electing to share your browsing and driving data with Cocoon. Is it worth it? Plus, the reverse logistics boom, fleet growth in ‘21, shipping’s billion-dollar coke bust, DOT allots $1 billion in latest round of infrast...
Apr 14, 2021•59 min•Ep. 295
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude talk about the changing face of warehouse space. With a $2.8 billion investment from SoftBank valuing AutoStore at $7.7 billion, the company is looking to rapidly expand its “cube storage automation.” This Norwegian warehouse robotics leader has 20,000 robots in 600 sites across 35 countries. We’re talking with them about the challenges shippers are finding in the urban logistics/final-mile category seeking micro-fulfillment solutions. Plus, it could be th...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 294
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude take a look at some of the issues with innovation and adoption of FreightTech in ’21, HubTran talks about their deal with TriumphPay, Burger Wars: Impossible vs. Beyond vs. Open Nature, Redwood recounts their first quarter, and the story behind the WTT championship belt. Plus, Port of Long Beach smashes container records in March; Staged accidents targeted by new coalition that includes ATA; Skeptical judge acquits trucker caught with heroin at Canadian bo...
Apr 09, 2021•59 min•Ep. 293
Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from FreightWaves' Enterprise Fleet Summit where they're joined by special guests: Scott Pecoriello, founder and CEO, Weather Optics; Jake Fields, co-founder and CTO, Platform Science. Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 07, 2021•28 min•Ep. 292
Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from FreightWaves' Enterprise Fleet Summit where they're joined by special guests: Alexander Stevenson, vice president, product management, Samsara; Chris Orban, vice president, data science, Trimble Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 07, 2021•32 min•Ep. 291
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the generation gap in freight, air cargo charters and getting an all-risk policy in Mexico. Plus, Trevor Milton rakes in $49M in a sale of 3.5M Nikola shares; what will CVSA inspectors be checking during the annual safety blitz; pricing power remains with carriers; March Class 8 orders of 40,000 add to the dizzying industry backlog; Clubhouse is “the 2021 version of conference calls”; and more. They’re joined by special guests Mark Vicker...
Apr 05, 2021•59 min•Ep. 290
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about TriumphPay’s big $97 million buy of HubTran; getting drivers in shape with a new fitness program; and building sales infrastructure. Plus, truck transport jobs rise in March; do drones represent an air traffic nightmare; all eyes on East Coast ports as volumes spike and Ever Given fallout looms; trucker gets bear sprayed; man finds 15,000 bees in car; octopus attacks beachgoer; and more. They’re joined by special guests Jordan Graft, CEO ...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 289
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking to a truckerpreneur who started a side hustle by inventing Truckr Stik. Blythe Brumleve takes us inside her new FreightWaves show, Cyberly; we get a view from the cab as one trucker who turned his life around shares his story; and we take a look at the trading card supply chain. Plus, Biden unveils a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan; an autonomous technology startup adds $220M to its recent capital raise; agents find $15M in meth in car...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 288
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the freeing of the Ever Given, a shipping disaster so bad you could see it from space. NASA joins the show to talk about the International Space Station (ISS), which just surpassed 20 years with continuous human presence on board! What keeps the station’s inhabitants working and in turn, keeps the station orbiting? Cargo resupply! Plus, demystifying digital brokers; the latest on driver demand; Forward Air announces its largest rate incre...
Mar 29, 2021•58 min•Ep. 287
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are getting the low down on the Convoy story with their founder and CEO Dan Lewis. Plus, Ever Given causing lasting issues in the Suez Canal, the impending inventory crisis, warehouse rates take a big jump, human trafficking in trucking, Pepsi does Peeps and more. They’re joined by special guests Dan Lewis, CEO/Founder, Convoy; Vitaly Bekker, Senior Transportation Specialist, Aritzia; Chris Lee, Influence, ChrisLeeTV; Andrew Cox, FreightCaster, FreightWave...
Mar 26, 2021•59 min•Ep. 286
On this special episode of WTT LIVE from FreightWaves 3PL Summit, Dooner and The Dude are speed dating their way through 8 business leaders as the discuss many of the issues stymying supply chains in ‘21. With 10% of the world’s freight blocked by an Evergreen vessel in the Suez Canal, the West Coast jammed with 27 ships at anchor, plus the lasting impacts of COVID, 3PLs have the odds stacked against them. On the show we’ll discuss dealing with upset customers, providing visibility to sales team...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 285
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are learning all about the Third-Party Canine Cargo program and how training works for the K9s. Using data to tell the story of the freight market to shippers. How one booking platform is offsetting 100% of CO₂ emissions. Plus, who holds the pricing power this week, railroad megamerger could be boon for shippers, what will redistribution of imports mean for surface transportation, US pilots detained in Hong Kong, would you change your name to Salmon Dream ...
Mar 22, 2021•59 min•Ep. 284
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Heather Zumarraga about her new book "The Man’s Guide To Corporate Culture," Travelers’ Tim Francis talks cyberthreats and risk, Loadsmart’s Felipe Capella talks growth and markets, and Traffix’s Nick Roth takes us on a career journey with his comeback story. Plus, motive unclear in fatal shootings of 2 warehouse workers, XPO announces logistics spinoff GXO, and Walmart retools Dallas store into fulfillment center. They’re joined by specia...
Mar 19, 2021•58 min•Ep. 283
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about a Netherlands company that is trying to move freight at 700mph via hyperloop, how one author’s career journey as the first American woman to work at the Tokyo headquarters of Honda Motor Company helped change culture, we break down the LTL and contract markets, and learn how one brokerage helped revolutionize Tajiguas Landfill’s green future. Plus, San Pedro Bay congestion recedes to Christmas Eve level, DOT study predicts no mass layoffs...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 282
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about SmartHop’s plans for its most recent funding round and Spill Bully’s eco-friendly logistics waste solutions. Plus, increasingly difficult yearly comps are a distraction; driver says trucking company threatened family after he alleged illegal practices; Nikola tormentor Hindenburg Research opens fire on Lordstown Motors; Toys R Us sold again; The Dude celebrates his one-year WTTiversary; and how to throw the perfect pitch. They’re joined b...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 281
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how one carrier is lending a helping paw to the community; a new trucking app that lets users search across 20,000 cross border and domestic lanes in Canada; and DHL Supply Chain’s big moves in RPA. Plus, Molson Coors says cyberattack hits shipments, brewery operations; Nikola has no Tre orders; Postal Service earmarking $40B to boost share of package market; female trucker launches hi-vis clothing line; Chattanooga trucker win $2 million...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 280
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Mar 10, 2021•20 min•Ep. 279
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about ways that businesses have to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. In an industry in which one wrong move in something as simple as packaging can send a company into the red, evolution, problem-solving and pivots are a pathway to survival. Get ahead of your competitors while they lean on the edge of extinction. Evolution isn’t just about what your goods are shipped in, it’s also about how you sell, who you hire, where you source fr...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 278
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about Virgin Hyperloop and the company’s vision for both passengers and cargo. Plus, trucking TikTok superstar Chace Barber talks hauling logs and posting vlogs. Dispatch 77 owner Gregory Paterek shares his comeback story. Plus, Workhorse lawyers up in mail truck contract dispute with Postal Service; Project44 reels in Ocean Insights in ‘largest acquisition in visibility space’; Trucking boom prompts Old Dominion to add 1,200 drivers and dockwo...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 277
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about winter storm impact on Texas’ network two weeks later; critical infrastructure for sea freight; SeaTech that’s investible; and the state of blockchain at sea. Plus, at least 15 dead in California crash involving a truck; regulators weigh in on fight between tankers and container ships; sustainable trucking faces regulation and cost barriers; spot rates hit new high; KeepTruckin vs NTSB; Pokemon theft ring busted; and more. They’re joined ...
Mar 03, 2021•50 min•Ep. 276
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from Global Supply Chain Week’s maritime sessions. They’re talking about the Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act, containergeddeon in Los Angeles, and risk management. Plus, ocean carriers take heat for profiting ‘so handsomely’ while service plunged, owners of Westfield Transport indicted for falsifying driving logs, this week in trucking markets, McPlant goes Beyond and more. They’re joined by special guests Lauren ...
Mar 01, 2021•51 min•Ep. 275
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about if renewable natural gas is the fuel of the future, Texas power woes, and the importance of partnerships in chemical logistics. Plus, TA sold huge amounts of diesel in Q4 2020, Nikola loses half as much as expected as Powersports unit dropped, Houston wins an award, shippers sticker shocked during ocean contract season, and how an owl is doing after getting hit by a semi truck. They’re joined by special guests Collin McLelland, Co-Founder...
Feb 26, 2021•51 min•Ep. 274
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are LIVE from Global Supply Chain Week’s Retail and CPG day. From sourcing through consumption, food and CPG supply chains were pivotal to keeping the world sane in 2020 but 2021 has already proven to be a formidable foe. Plus, consumer goods group lobbies for federal ‘air traffic control’ for trucks; Instacart robots and delivery expansion with Walgreens; Square posts strong Q4, full-year earnings; purchases $170M in bitcoin. They’re joined by special gue...
Feb 24, 2021•55 min•Ep. 273
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking with Hyliion CEO/Founder Thomas Healy about the company's next generation battery module for its Hybrid solution; Echo Global Logistics CEO Doug Waggoner about the evolution of the logistics industry and how it aligns with the global market; Transporeon Director of Business Development NA Patrick Pretorius about the gap between what's happening in the world and what's happening in supply chain. Plus, snowstorms can’t cool this sizzling freight ...
Feb 22, 2021•50 min•Ep. 272
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are celebrating NASA’s historic landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. We’ll be talking to the NASA teams from Kennedy Space Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory that made it all happen. Plus, real-time API pricing vs. spot pricing; what’s new with XPO; California DMV warns of ransomware attack on address verification contractor; COVID, congestion, container shortage form ‘perfect storm’ They’re joined by special guests Chuck Dovale, Deputy Program Man...
Feb 19, 2021•57 min•Ep. 271
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the logistics behind building the beverage brand Olipop, the journey toward democratizing truck diagnostics and how long the freight bull market can last. Plus, forget GameStop, shipping stocks are suddenly revving up across the board, and Gatik will deploy electric-powered autonomous vehicles in New Orleans. Will Biden and Bezos team up on vaccine logistics? And we look at the story behind Gorilla Glue’s supply chain and more. They’re jo...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 270
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about the state of COVID-19 vaccine logistics two months later; a revolutionary automated trailer that promises to change the game for intermodal; growing Legend Transportation; and career comeback stories. Plus, ice storms turn deadly for drivers; a truck fire causes over $1 million in damage at a carrier in Wisconsin; how the Keystone Pipeline cancellation impacts rail; Jaguar goes all-electric in 2025; and more. They’re joined by special gue...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 269
On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude are talking about how modern truckers are building their businesses with solid fundamentals and side hustles that are turning small money into big bucks. Plus, everything you need to know about marine cargo insurance in ‘21, when to know when dedicated capacity is the way to go, Deliveright launches the first heavy goods delivery app for Shopify, how one comeback story turned a Landstar agent’s life around, world’s largest pair of spurs destroyed by truck ...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 268
Health is something Chad Brueck, president of expedited solutions at CRST, knows is a valuable asset. He is a marathon runner, fitness enthusiast and a newly minted group fitness instructor and that discipline translates into good business practices. Brueck handles truckload hauling of pharmaceutical products with CRST and has seen the industry shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brueck said CRST is focused on working with each of its clients to deliver products in the safest, most controlled wa...
Feb 10, 2021•15 min•Ep. 267
