FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

There were plenty of pandemic days when fear of diesel shortages and outright unavailability gripped the trucking market. Gary Bevers, long-time consultant to the fuel distribution supply chain, speaks with FreightWaves editor at large John Kingston on how the diesel market might have gotten expensive but it ultimately did not break down, and fuel was available throughout some tight times over the last few years. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dolores Santos - a fuel industry expert with more than 40 years experience selling to fleets - talks about how supply chain issues can impact fuel supply, and fuel price, and how buyers can protect themselves. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a wide-ranging interview, John Harms, a vice president of corporate advisory & banking at the Wall Street firm of Brown Brothers Harriman, talks about some of the macroeconomic impacts on the supply chain coming from various trends, including the growth of tariffs that have stayed in place from one administration to the next. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radford University's Zach Collier provides an update on the semiconductor industry and shortages of chips that roiled the global economy during the pandemic. We learn about the key players, how supply chains have healed and new U.S. policies to better control this key technology and avoid future shortages that could harm the economy and national security. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Sharkey chats with West Central Motor Freight managing partner Gregory Grimes to discuss the strategies behind servicing the automotive market. Grimes explains how one of the oldest freight brokerages in the United States leverages technology and its human capital to tackle shipping difficulties. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATSO is the trade group representing truck stop owners. And at an association like that, supply of diesel is always a focus. David Faikov joins editor at large John Kingston to discuss various policies under consideration in Washington regarding alternative fuels that might spill back into impacting the supply of diesel. Faikov is the head of government affairs for both NATSO and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, whose membership often overlaps. Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nikola Corp. CEO Michael Lohscheller discusses what is needed to get hydrogen -- Earth's most abundant element - captured and distributed to power fuel cell trucks, starting with Nikola's own Tre FCEV in the second half of the year. He says mobile fueling is part of the solution for the long-term infrastructure. At UniGroup Logistics, getting you from point A to Point B is just the beginning. We’re the problem-solvers that drive, that move, that hustle day in and day out. So your company can reach, lead, thrive and drive the future.Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last few years have been an exercise in creating a flexible supply chain. Having a sustainable and resilient supply chain is a must have of 2023. Alex Winston and Mary O’Connell will chat about the importance of resilient supply chains and some creative ways to build them.Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supply chains and infrastructure became mainstream talking points around the country and inside the Beltway over the last three years, but the threat of inaction is a concern as things begin to normalize. Consumer goods supply chain executive Tom Madrecki discusses the types of legislation on which Congress will need to maintain focus so that the next disruption will cause less volatility for the economy.Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christina Hultsch is an attorney with the Benesch law firm and a specialist in pharmaceutical law. She speaks with John Kingston on the state of the pharmaceutical supply chain after the pandemic, how it held up during those difficult days and why moving away from Chinese supplies is a tough thing to make happen.Follow FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices