FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Drone companies will need to develop partnerships to scale its services. Alan Tay and Chris Jarvis describes their recent partnership how it will fuel growth for both GoFor and Aurora. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AgEagle is a manufacturer of drones, often for custom applications, based in the U.S. Its CEO, Michael Drozd, talks with FreightWaves editor at large John Kingston about the competitive landscape for drone manufacturers, the agricultural uses that were in the company's origins, and where he sees drone use for parcel deliveries headed. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylee Nix talks to Joshua Goldstein, business development manager at UrbanFootprint, about how his company is taking a data-driven approach to planning layouts of urban environments. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The less seen and heard about drones is what will make them successful as premium last-mile delivery vehicles. And being certified by the Federal Aviation Administration is akin to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Alan Adler, FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Chief, speaks with John Graber, President of Aerospace Workhorse. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this session FreightWaves director of PR, Matt Stubbs, talks with Bill Wimberley, head of business development at Wingcopter about developments in drone capabilities, safety, perception problems, and how close we are to drones as a last mile solution for delivery. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Smith and Yariv Bash dive into the near-future for drone delivery. Yariv breaks down the reality of on demand drone delivery and dispels misconceptions about the industry. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Through its Flight Forward subsidiary, UPS is approaching drones and UAVs in an aggressive manor with the goal of being an industry leader. UPS Flight Forward is one of only three drone companies with a Part 135 certificate allowing them to own and operate a fleet of UAVs. Kevin Wasik, the Head of Business Development at UPS Flight Forward, joins FreightWaves Sr. Retail Analyst Andrew Cox to discuss UPS's strategy, what the company looks for in partners, and how drone companies and the FAA can work better together to advance the industry faster. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drone delivery economics continue to improve dramatically, especially at scale. Join Bobby Healy and Kevin Hill as they talk about payloads and how to calculate drone delivery costs. It's all about energy, distance, and wind speed. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diving into the deep with a look at uses for underwater drones from shipwrecks to science. Sam Macdonald, President of Deep Trekker, Inc. speaks with FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this keynote, Parimal Kopardekar and Dooner discusses what drones mean for the future of air traffic control. How will net-enabled air traffic control change the way autonomous and unmanned drones operate in some soon-to-be crowded skies. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What might transportation look like in a post-carbon world? FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller talks to Danny Gomez, FreightWaves' Director of Financial and Emerging Markets about the trends we might see in transportation as we move towards a net-zero carbon goal. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transparency about sustainability plans is incredibly important and investors are interested in knowing how companies are working towards carbon neutrality. As You Sow helps investors gain visibility on the companies they are looking to invest in. Kaylee Nix is joined by Lila Holzman. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like Net-Zero is the current industry buzz-term around sustainability. For a company interested in getting to net-zero, or as close to it as possible, what are some ground-level processes that need to be in place? If you're a logistics manager and have measurement processes, goals and executive buy-in, then you are on the right track. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Scarbrough and Danny Gomez will discuss the growing presence of ESG Globally. They will explore how firms are finding value in emission reduction efforts and highlight the tools available for meeting ESG targets. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Renewable natural gas from methane in landfills and farm waste is a "here today" solution to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But RNG is struggling for recognition among policy makers caught up in the hype surrounding battery-electric vehicles. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because of the inherent efficiencies of shipping by rail, railroads have built-in advantaAges when it comes to cutting emissions. In this fireside chat, Wabtec Chief Technology Officer Eric Gebhardt discusses how the rail sector is powering up that advantage using battery-electric locomotives, hydrogen fuel cells, and public-sector partnerships. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world can't get to a net zero carbon world unless it has a benchmark to measure the costs and benefits of that quest. That is why carbon markets will play such a vital role. Lisa Street is the director of global carbon pricing for OPIS and understands how the global carbon markets work. She will explain their basics in this segment of the summit hosted by editor at large John Kingston. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her expertise in leading teams at Anheuser-Busch, Angie discusses ways to create a procurement strategy that is focused on environmental sustainability. Angie explains the importance of being proactive with these initiatives and working closely with supply chain partners to create attainable KPIs in order to reach the sustainability goals your company aims to achieve. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fireside chat, Josh Raglin, Chief Sustainability Officer of Norfolk Southern, and Mike Baudendistel, Market Expert at FreightWaves, discuss railroads’ continued role in reducing the environmental impact of surface transportation. The discussion will include thoughts on the railroads “taking trucks off the road,” operational actions to improve fuel efficiency, advances in locomotive technology, and the ways that freight rail best fits into increasingly efficient supply chains. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As hydrogen grows in consideration as a fuel source for long-haul trucking, Nikola Corp.'s President of Energy and Commercial Pablo Koziner is tasked with finding ways to bring down the cost of making the fuel so it can be profitably power the startup's fuel cell trucks in the U.S. and Europe. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C.H. Robinson experts chatted with FreightWaves President George Abernathy about how measuring carbon emissions is the first step to evaluate how to reduce a company’s carbon footprint. C.H. Robinson recently launched its Emissions IQ tool to measure transportation-related carbon emissions. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Logistics is about trade offs and overcoming these trade offs. There are many emerging alternative fuels for freight transportation and all of them have advantages and disadvantages. We will discuss these alternatives and trade offs. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves, chats with Craig Harper, Chief Sustainability Officer, EVP, J.B. Hunt. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The flatbed market is heating up in 2021 and that's good news for the entire economy. Russ Elliott explains how Melton Truck Lines adapted and thrived over the past 12 months, and why everyone should be encouraged by how demand is shaping up for the next 12 months. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-driving trucks hold much promise in improving safety, sustainability, and speed across the freight industry. As the technology continues to improve, companies like Embark are working closely with freight ecosystem partners to define autonomous trucking operations at commercial scale. In this session, Sam Abidi, Head of Business Development at Embark, will discuss how working with the industry and partnering with established shippers and carriers is key to bringing self-driving trucks to market. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Hatchett, President of Seat My Trucks, is joined by Marilyn Surber, Transportation Advisor at Tenstreet. If driver recruiting were fishing, we'd all be saying there are less fish in the pond plus more people fishing in it. Makes for some tough fishing! Carriers are in a battle to attract drivers today while the industry knows that increasing the driver pool overall is a necessity for our future. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Khirika Jamison of Trimble MAPS is joined by John Paape, CIO of Roehl Transport.With keeping drivers, and the people around them, safe as their sole mission, learn how Roehl Transport partnered with Trimble MAPS to help drivers overcome major hurdles in the last mile. Using custom location and route management tools, Trimble MAPS was able to customize 7,000 customer locations providing drivers with precise turn-by-turn guidance and visibility for the back-office. Listen in as we take a deeper dive into how using commercial location data improved efficiency and driver safety in the last mile. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn about the Women In Trucking Association and meet the group’s CEO and Chairwoman of the Board. Ellen Voie, President and CEO chats with Laura Roan Hays, volunteer leader and Great Dane Branch Manager discuss the history of the group and future goals. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Gallagher, Senior Editor, FreightWaves, chats with Bailey Wood, President & CEO, Commercial Vehicle Training Association. Success for enterprise fleets – like all trucking sectors – begins with professionally-trained drivers. In this Fireside Chat, Bailey Wood, the new President and CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association, discusses how vigorous outreach combined with revamped training requirements and the rebuilding of the driver supply chain are opening opportunities for those looking to enter the trucking industry. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in to hear a rich discussion around dedicated truckload operations’ ability to provide elevated service metrics, at stable pricing levels, while helping level I expect cyclicality, all in a fashion that offers a more driver friendly environment. JT Engstrom is joined by Steve Martin of Ryder. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Smith, Strategic Executive Producer & Lead Economist at FreightWaves, chats with Anton Albrand, Division VP & Chief Revenue Officer at SkyBitz. As the industry moves to 4G LTE, now is the time to evaluate your current strategy to ensure hardware availability, future connectivity, and allow for a timely installation in all of your business operations. Learn about technology transition strategies for fleets of all sizes. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, chats with Dave Ables, President & CEO of Dart. Driver turnover is always a challenge for enterprise fleets. Dave and George discuss the importance of communication in reducing driver turnover. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Strickland chats with Brent Bergevin, VP of Gemini Motor Transport at Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores about the challenges of dedicated fleet management. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves, chats with Emerge Founder & CEO Andrew Leto. Andrew Leto led a $50m equity investment in Roadrunner in early March. Andrew sits down with George to discuss why he thinks Roadrunner might be the next billion dollar freight company. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JT Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves, chats with Geoff Kelley, President, Nolan Transportation Group.After 12 months of a pandemic full of economic shutdowns and consumer behavior shifting what the new normal will look like for 3PLs. Geoff Kelley and JT Engstrom discuss what 3PLs need to do to adapt to changes in 2021 and then look forward to how these changing trends will change business models in the long-term.Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This fireside chat at the 3PL summit is with Adam Robinson, VP of Product Marketing at FreightWaves, and Luis Pajares, Chief Revenue Officer at Turvo, provider of the world’s leading collaboration application designed for the supply chain. The pair will discuss how although visibility is a hot button topic in the supply chain, it’s really a symptom of a larger problem supply chains are facing: manual, analog processes. Robinson and Pajares will chat about how to solve the root cause by digitally transforming supply chains to address the visibility symptom putting the supply chain at the heart of customer experience. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ravi Dosanjh, Head of Strategic Program Management, CPLSS, Intel Corporation, chats with Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director, COO, Port of Long Beach.Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey, Staff Writer, FreightWaves, chats with Sam Powers, CEO, Trucker Cloud. Running a logistics startup can be overwhelming. You watch large competitors stroke multi-million dollar checks for technology platforms, while you are focused on maintaining positive cash flow to pay your carriers and employees. Fortunately, there are tools that can help limit risks of scaling a business while giving you the competitive advantage that legacy brokerages have spent years investing in. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Broering, President, Non-Asset, NFI, chats with Mark Ford, Chief Operating Officer, Blue Grace Logistics. Capacity has been tight since the early economic lockdowns ended. The bull market for freight demand and strained truck capacity leading companies to become creative in building strategies for sourcing and managing carriers. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Chiarizia, General Counsel, Armstrong Transport Group, chats with Chad Eichelberger, President, Reliance Partners. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee Salz joins Andrew Silver to discuss how creating differentiation for your 3PL is the key to success and growth. This cannot be overstated. How do you achieve differentiation when your services are almost identical to thousands of others. Most of the time it’s not what you sell, but how you sell and position your services that creates the differentiation needed to thrive in freight sales. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves, chats with Danny Loe, Chief Yield Officer and President, Asset-Light Logistics, ArcBest. ArcBest’s Danny Loe talks with George Abernathy about what the new normal looks like for the market as shippers and capacity providers alike emerge out of the shadow of the year-long coronavirus pandemic, and how ArcBest, a multi-modal logistics provider, has adjusted to meet the needs of its own customers and contract carriers. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digitization and automation is often thought of as creating more distant relationships between 3PLs and carriers. Lily Shen and Andrew Cox discuss how digitization can create closer relationships between 3PLs and its carrier and shipper partners. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Hill, Executive Publisher, FreightWaves, chats with Anne Reinke, President & CEO, Transportation Intermediaries Association. With barely six months behind her as president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, Anne Reinke has a major goal in front of her: to “amplify” advocacy at TIA. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Andrew Stephens discuss the path to maritime sustainability created by the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI). They dive into topics including sustainable finance, green bonds, sustainable shipping fuels of the future and the role of regulations to achieve sustainable progress. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The balance of power between ocean carriers and cargo shippers has changed. Carriers are now firmly in the driver’s seat – with major implications for service contract negotiations and spot rates. Is it the new normal or just temporary? Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supply-chain digitalization is accelerating at pace, while customer demand is driving an increased desire for transparency and visibility. Successfully navigating these buzzwords, while keeping spending under control often means that supply-chain security is often overlooked. Join industry veteran and noted academic Amy Broglin-Peterson, cyber / info / physical security expert Rich Mason, and Australian-based technology Founder Jonathan Kempe with a playful and thought-provoking take on supply-chain security: Layer 1 (physical), the role of IoT devices and biometrics, generating trustworthy data, supply-chain risks (and risk mitigation), and how all of these concepts are encompassed in the emerging #sureshoring movement. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What should a BCO be focusing on during the contract negotiation season? Steve Ferreira, CEO of Ocean Audit talks to Jack Conaghan, Director of Logistics and AutoZone to find out. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the pandemic led to previously unheard-of developments in the airfreight industry, like passenger airlines taking out seats to put cargo there instead, those in the airfreight sector needed to adapt. Brian Whitley, the president of Taimen Trucklines and Taimen Transport, steered his company through those times. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With ocean container losses skyrocketing in recent months, compensation for cargo losses is becoming an increasingly hot topic. Lina Jasutiene, a former lawyer for MSC, explains what shippers can do to stand a fighting chance to make successful claims. She talks to Steve Ferreira, CEO of Ocean Audit Inc. and host of the FreightWavesTV show Navigate B2B. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices