On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Chris Oliver, CMO at Trucker Path, about the best rest stops in America. Sergey Bort, vice president of marketing and strategy at GP Transco, shares how trucking and logistics professionals are sending support to war-torn Ukraine. Cameron Ramsdell, COO at Emerge, discusses running efficiently in this market. Trey Griggs, founder and CEO at BETA Consulting Group, talks about his upcoming Tough Mudder Charity event. Plus, Shenzhen goes on lockd...
Mar 14, 2022•56 min•Ep. 416
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about how one logistics company is using the DOD SkillBridge program to hire veterans; the logistics behind a veteran-themed coffee experience; and a veteran owned print design shop for freight companies. With special guests Michael Klemmer, CEO of Aerial Resupply Coffee; Matt Perkins, co-owner of Business to Business Logistics; and Eric Cerda, marketing manager at Liberty Custom Printing. Plus, sanctions against Russia hit supply chains; how lo...
Mar 04, 2022•56 min•Ep. 415
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the latest supply chain impacts from the Ukrainian conflict; what war means for CHB; can autonomous fleets run 20 hours a day; Uber Freight’s unique take on driver shortages; and trucking companies partner on driver health. With special guests Bill Driegert, head of operations and co-founder at Uber Freight; Tom Kroswek, vice president of strategy and business development at Locomation; Dr. Mark Manera, founder of The Trucking Fitness Co.;...
Mar 02, 2022•56 min•Ep. 414
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Oleg Yanchyk, co-founder and CIO, Sleek Technologies about the global impacts of the Ukrainian conflict. Ami Daniel, Co-Founder and CEO at Windward looks towards their data to help us understand and predict how the war will disrupt ocean shipping. John Calloway, President at LogEx talks about the conflict’s impact on brokers. We also get into the growing allure the power only market. We’ll also learn about how an “Ice Cream Alliance” is provi...
Feb 28, 2022•55 min•Ep. 413
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA about the logistics of closed-loop life support systems and how they’ll be essential to the deep space supply chain. Founded in 1868, the Florida Harbor Pilots Association comprises 11 member associations that represent nearly 100 highly skilled and highly trained harbor pilots that serve each of Florida’s 14 deepwater ports. We’ll learn all about how they support the maritime industry. Plus, the war in Ukraine and should The People’s Co...
Feb 25, 2022•57 min•Ep. 412
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about FreightVana’s One Tree Planted program where the company plants one tree per load handled; how usage-based truck insurance works; the missing factor in your factoring; opportunities at J.B. Hunt; a live performance; the new DOT Office of Freight; and the maritime data initiative. With special guests Shannon Breen, co-CEO and founder at FreightVana; Graham Gonzales, director, strategic accounts at Reliance Partners; Britton Wesson, sales de...
Feb 23, 2022•55 min•Ep. 411
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are getting into deep water with ocean freight. What’s the state of global freight and why are experts saying we won’t see any relief this year? Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC Sr. Editor of Guests and Maritime Trade Columnist for FreightWaves covers the latest on mounting congestion at ports in Asia plus the hard truth about our trade deficit. Sal Mercogliano, Ph.D., Maritime Historian at Campbell University discusses the situation at U.S. ports, the conditions sea...
Feb 21, 2022•56 min•Ep. 410
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day 5 at Global Supply Chain Week. Darren Epps, sr. director advanced vehicle technology at Ryder System joins the show to get us plugged in to EV technology. We can’t talk about EVs without talking about charging? Which comes first? Nate Shutes, host of The Bootstrappers Guide to Logistics talks about entrepreneurship in freight. John Kingston, editor at large at FreightWaves talks about pain at the pump, what a Russia/Ukraine c...
Feb 18, 2022•45 min•Ep. 409
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from CPG day at Global Supply Chain Week. Doug Waggoner, CEO at Echo is talking tech and the freight outlook for ‘22. Jordan Lawrence, Director, Logistics Strategy & Head of the Flexe Institute at Flexe discusses logistics capacity constraints. Are they here to stay? Christopher Thornycroft, Senior VP of Carrier Operations at Redwood Logistics helps us navigate our way through the capacity maze. David Stone, Senior Director Transp...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 408
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from day one of Global Supply Chain Week. John Echeverria, Senior Manager Global Logistics at Wayfair talks about using your supply chain as a competitive advantage, meeting customer demands in times of high disruption, and the challenge of reverse logistics. Emmanuel Carrillo, CEO at Talon Logistics focuses on the driver’s mental state in people-centric organizations. Greg Tuthill, CCO at SeaCube Containers shares how well managed re...
Feb 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 407
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the "People’s Convoy." Is it really headed to the Super Bowl? We investigate. We’re buzzing about bees as we learn the ins and outs of the logistics behind truckin’ bees with Andrew Fisher, manager and beekeeper at Royalty Honey Bees LLC. We take a look at some of the greatest truck pics in the business as we explore the art of truck photography with Nick Souza, president at Nick Souza Photography. Erica Reiss, National Accounts Manager an...
Feb 11, 2022•54 min•Ep. 406
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to the other Port of Vancouver. Alex Strogen, chief commercial officer at Port of Vancouver USA, loads us up with everything we need to know about the farthest inland deepwater port on the Columbia River. Jens Peder Kristensen, founder and CEO of Denmark-based TinyMobileRobots, the global leader in fully autonomous GPS line-marking robots, tells us how his unique little bots are keeping trucks in the fast lane. John Brewer, director of distribut...
Feb 09, 2022•56 min•Ep. 405
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are bringing you the first-ever freight meme world championship. FreightCaviar’s Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski takes on Superior Dispatch Services’ Boris Panov. Joining them at the judges table is TrophySmack founder Matt Walsh. Who will survive and what will be left of them? Meme’s the word. Eric Riggs and Matt Beach stop by the studio to get Dooner to try out Big Rigg’s Beard Tamer. Armchair Attorney Matthew Leffler talks about liabilities truckers face when p...
Feb 07, 2022•56 min•Ep. 404
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude meet the author of a new children’s book that celebrates the people who make deliveries happen. Sean Freedman, author of “Heroes Behind the Wheel” and president at Freightzy, talks about the importance of teaching kids the value of logistics. Joe Stefani, president of Amazon e-commerce shop Desert Cactus, tells us how to survive as an Amazon seller in ‘22. Ian Weiland, intermodal account manager at Junction Collaborative Transport, gets us up to date on wha...
Feb 04, 2022•57 min•Ep. 403
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to trucker Brian Brase about the Freedom Convoy and whether a similar protest is headed to the U.S. He shares what the plans are for the Convoy to DC 2022 event. EXO Freight CEO and co-founder Kurtis Tryber shares his story behind building the marketplace for open-deck shippers. Matthew Vega-Sanz, CEO at LULA Trucking, decided to join the trucking industry after hearing about the overpricing of insurance through his father and brother, who are o...
Feb 02, 2022•56 min•Ep. 402
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the Freedom Convoy 2022 protest at the Canadian capital. How did things go and what will this mean for cross-border trucking? We ask FleetOps CEO Chris Atkinson. Fillogic co-founders Bill Thayer, the CEO, and Rob Caucci, the president, talk about building their company as well as retail trends. Kevin Clonch, group director of customer logistics at Ryder System, discusses why his company retains talent with culture, not noncompetes. Vaughn ...
Jan 31, 2022•55 min•Ep. 401
On the 400th episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner and The Dude are talking to NASA about space tacos, growing peppers that are out of this world, deep space logistics and the interstellar food supply chain. They’re joined by Oscar Monje, Research Scientist - Air Revitalization Lab - APH Science Team - Space Crop Production Team at the Kennedy Space Center. Aaron Graft, CEO at Triumph Bancorp, Inc. and Mike Mangino, CTO, at TriumphPay share what it's like building the payments network for the truc...
Jan 28, 2022•55 min•Ep. 400
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about drugs. Do truckers really prefer cocaine? Andrew King, research analyst at OOIDA, shares his report. Sanchoy Das, professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, takes an academic look at the supply chain crisis and fast fulfillment. Trucker Kellylynn McLaughlin discusses the importance of driver ambassadors. Omar Singh, founder and president at Surge Transportation, debates the merits of noncompetes vs. nonsolicits. Plus, GoFundMe fr...
Jan 26, 2022•55 min•Ep. 399
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the Freedom Convoy protest over cross-border vaccine mandates. “Armchair Attorney” Matthew Leffler talks about 18-year-olds the law behind noncompetes. Daniel Theobald, founder and CIO at Vecna Robotics, joins the show to discuss five key themes for logistics robotics in ’22. Craig Leinauer, inland marine claim manager at Travelers, clears up misconceptions about liability and reefer freight. Plus, California’s governor is committed to pro...
Jan 24, 2022•55 min•Ep. 398
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Port X Logistics founder Brian Kempisty about the state of the supply chain in the U.S. and who is responsible for fixing it. We’ll learn about the issues that are still making for a contentious relationship between the ports and the dray community. Toot toot, watch for trains. Rachel Maleh, executive director at Operation Lifesaver Inc., is here with the latest on railroad safety as they celebrate 50 years of spreading awareness. Matt Leuck,...
Jan 21, 2022•55 min•Ep. 397
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from the FreightWaves Sales & Marketing virtual event. On the show you’ll learn how to accelerate your social media growth with Launch House’s Toby Howell. Your video has gone viral on TikTok, now what? Hawke Media’s Erik Huberman teaches us how to convert a hit video into paying customers. Outreach.io’s Brooke Bachesta reminds us that tools amplify your sales process, not replace it. We’ll find out what you should be using in ‘22...
Jan 19, 2022•48 min•Ep. 396
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to John D. Reiser, EVP of global supply chain at The Cannon Group, about his predictions for the supply chain in 2022. Will the beatings continue until morale improves or is relief in sight? Locomation’s bold claims about its autonomous trucks are now backed by climate science. Glynn Spangenberg, chief commercial officer at Locomation, tells us all about that and its autonomous relay network. Did you know the 3G network shutdown taking place thi...
Jan 12, 2022•55 min•Ep. 395
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to port trucker Sadaya Morris about the driver experience at the Port of New York and New Jersey. She shares the struggles truckers face at the terminals and what her group aims to do about it. Veteran driver Sharon Sheeley shares horror stories from the dirty job of truck recoveries. The Dude breaks down the latest freight data trending in SONAR. Recent studies show Americans are unhappier now than in the last 50 years, and this number is only ...
Jan 10, 2022•55 min•Ep. 394
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Rolling Strong president and creator Steve Kane about his journey from driver to Ironman. Find out how he got on this highway to health and how you can meet your new year’s resolution to turn your body into Tony Stark’s Mark 1 Ironman suit. Our highlight on health doesn’t end there. Julie Dillon, Health & Wellness Manager at St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund joins us to talk about putting the brakes on diabetes. Their diabetes Preventi...
Jan 07, 2022•55 min•Ep. 393
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are kicking off the first WTT of ’22 by entering the fiery gates of dwell hell. Dwell time not only costs trucking companies an estimated $3 billion a year, it also reduces both capacity and driver satisfaction. They’re joined by C3 Solutions Chief Revenue Officer Greg Braun to hammer down on the issue. Clarisa Lindenmeyer Chief of Staff and Chief Brand Officer at Gig Wage, is simplifying the payroll system for truck drivers and other 1099 employees with it...
Jan 05, 2022•55 min•Ep. 392
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are celebrating the season on the most festive WHAT THE TRUCK?!? of the year. We’re bringing cheer, songs, presents and knowledge from across the freight universe. We’re joined by special guests Craig Fuller, founder and CEO at FreightWaves; Jett McCandless, founder and CEO at project44; Jose Soccoro of Central States Manufacturing; Salvatore Mercogliano, Ph.D., Chair, Department of History Criminal Justice and Political Science at Campbell University; Jack...
Dec 17, 2021•54 min•Ep. 391
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit. At the event we’re talking about disruptions, solutions and outlooks for ’22. With very special guests: Steven Leonard, chief sales and customer engagement officer at ArcBest; David Stone, senior director of freight brokerage at Ryder; Adam Compain, SVP of product marketing at project44; Glenn Jones, GVP of product strategy at Blume Global; and Sam Lurye, CEO at Kargo. Subscribe to the ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 390
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the Central Freight Lines shutdown. After 96 years the carrier has called it quits. We’ll look into what that means for its customers and we’ll share job opportunities for its displaced workers. John Brewer, director of distribution and logistics at CKE Restaurants Inc., is serving up fast food logistics and tells us how Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr. keeps drivers fed this holiday season. Brian Runnels, vice president of safety at Reliance Partners,...
Dec 13, 2021•55 min•Ep. 389
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are calling the hogs! We’re highlighting Arkansas as a supply chain hub and how the Razorbacks and J.B. Hunt are making this area the epicenter of freight. We’re joined by David Dobrzykowski, Director, Master of Science program in Supply Chain Management and students Kasey Grovey, Olivia Kellstrom, and Robert Cooperescue from the University of Arkansas Walton College Supply Chain Management Department as well as Shelley Simpson, chief commercial officer and...
Dec 10, 2021•55 min•Ep. 388
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking about the art of capturing container ships on film with photographer Nick Souza. We’ll learn how he gets such amazing pics of these beasts of the ocean. Looking for the perfect gift for the freight lover in your family? He’ll tell us how to get prints of your favorite shots. Mason George, President at IMC National Accounts discusses the dramatic increase in detention and demurrage fees. He also introduces us to peel piles and how they could help...
Dec 08, 2021•55 min•Ep. 387
