FreightCasts

Vignan Velivela explains how AtoB is helping large fleets link payments while avoiding fraud in this fireside chat with Kaylee Nix.Vignan VelivelaCEO & Co-FounderAtoBKaylee NixEvent Emcee; ReporterFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, Jennifer Hedrick, president and CEO of Women in Trucking, covers the current state of women in the trucking industry, challenges they face, and strategies to attract more women. Hedrick describes successful initiatives, the importance of mentorship, effective marketing strategies, and the need for inclusive workplace policies. She highlights training and career development opportunities and shares her vision for the future, emphasizing key actions for industry leaders.Jennifer HedrickPresident & CEOWomen In Trucking AssociationGrace SharkeyStaff WriterFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Ted McKlveen, co-founder and CEO, VerneTopic: The prospects for hydrogen as a transportation fuel improve by packing more energy into a kilogram of the element. Startup Verne expects to demonstrate a long-haul truck using its super-cold hydrogen storage technology by the end of the year. The industry is watching.Follow the Truck Tech PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 739 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to Metafora’s Ryan Schreiber about hard truths in freight and tech. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Schreiber is here to deliver a dose of reality to the industry.DOTsfty wants to evolve driver training and usher it into the AI era. We’ll hear from a driver and a supervisor who are using the tool to learn if it is helping their fleet. We’re joined by Doyles Sheehan’s Aarron Harshbarger and Brenden Magill as well as DOTsfty’s Tim Buski.We’ll meet Dragonfly Energy’s Tyler Bourns. When Bourns isn’t making lithium ion auxiliary power units, he’s busy on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Lennon Buses in the United States and Europe are dedicated to providing young people, communities and schools with free events, workshops, interactive experiences and hands-on opportunities to produce audio, video and digital media projects.Plus, DOT’s $1.8 billion for freight; cargo theft in Mexico; stuck between a rock and a hard place; and more.Watch on YouTubeCheck out the WTT merch storeVisit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves lead Brielle Jaekel talks with Daniel Patterson, director of safety at Western Express gives insight on how to keep up with changing safety regulations and technology.Daniel PattersonDirector of SafetyWestern ExpressBrielle JaekelDeputy EditorFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fireside chat, P. Sean Garney is a co-director of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting joins us to dive into regulatory issues impacting enterprise fleets from government agencies to congressional legislation.P. Sean GarneyCo-DirectorScopelitis Transportation Consulting, LLCThomas WassonEnterprise Trucking Carrier ExpertFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TTN Fleet Solutions' Tyler Harden and FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell break down the best practices for brake maintenance timing, the evolving landscape of roadside maintenance, and CVSA Brake week impact on maintenance schedules.Tyler HardenChief Product Officer; Board MemberTTN Fleet SolutionsMary O'ConnellFreight Broker/3PL ExpertFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we dive into the world of implementing AI in a freight brokerage. Our guest, Dan Tram CEO and founder of Everest AI helps to break down the finer parts of implementing AI and what common pitfalls to watch out for. For more information subscribe to Check Call the newsletter or the podcast.Loaded and RollingFollow the Loaded and Rolling PodcastOther FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Technology is promised to make everything better, faster, and more productive, but is that actually the case? Trimble explains why we may be relying on tech too much to be productive in the transportation space and where we can grow to make tech work for us.Kelly WilliamsVP of Enterprise Product ManagementTrimbleKaylee NixEvent Emcee; ReporterFreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 737 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about a Microsoft outage that has grounded flights nationwide, closed shipping ports and shuttered trucking terminals. What happened, who is impacted and when will things get back to normal? FreightWaves’ Eric Kulisch gets us the latest news.It takes a flatbed expert to truly rate the strap work. So, I invited J and R Transfer’s Josue Ramos on to teach us how the strap work works. We’ll learn about load securement, best straps and fatherhood in trucking.Aurora and Uber Freight have teamed to bring autonomous trucking to the digital freight platform. They are launching Premier Autonomy, a new program providing early access to over 1 billion of Aurora’s driverless miles to Uber Freight carriers through 2030. We’re talking to Uber Freight’s Olivia Hu and Aurora’s Zac Andreoni about how the partnership came together and how it works. Hogs hit Los Angeles ports this fall. Javier Vera at Toyota Material Handling Solutions and Aura Benchetrat at BlueCargo tell us about the first annual Port of LA/LB charity motorcycle ride. Plus new data says people in supply chain don’t have work friends; fire shipments; robot casino cops; and more.Watch on YouTubeCheck out the WTT merch storeVisit our sponsorSubscribe to the WTT newsletterApple PodcastsSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices