FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Port congestion issues have presented drayage carriers with a rapidly changing market and challenging operating conditions. In this fireside chat, Matt Schrap, CEO of Harbor Trucking Association, and Mike Baudendistel, FreightWaves Market Expert, discuss how drayage carriers can optimize productivity and how the west coast ports can maintain their share of the market.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. Steve Ferriera, CEO of Ocean Audit, and Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos, detail the rise of data and pricing in global shipping.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. importers face unprecedented conditions as they negotiate their annual contracts for 2022. What degree of rate hikes should they expect, and how will annual contracts evolve in the long term? Join Patrik Berglund, CEO & Co-Founder of Xeneta, and Greg Miller, Senior Editor at FreightWaves, in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While most US ports struggled to keep up with demand the last two years, South Carolina ports shined. FreightWaves Reporter Kaylee Nix sits down with Jim Newsome, President & CEO of South Carolina Ports Authority, to talk about strategies that kept SC ports on track, how leadership is crucial in stressful times, and what to expect out of the ports in 2022.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that the historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill is signed into law, the real work begins: getting formula money to the states quickly and issuing competitive grants. But what are the challenges of getting projects completed so that they can improve supply chain efficiency, and how will they be prioritized? Transportation policy expert Loren Smith joins us to shed light on those challenges. He is joined by FreightWaves Chief Washington Correspondent, John Gallagher, in this fireside chat. Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As global demand for goods roared in 2021, oil and gas followed closely behind. The rally in oil prices hasn't slowed yet. Where will oil prices go in 2022 and will it matter to global demand. Benjamin Shattuck, Research Director for America's Upstream Oil & Gas at Wood Mackenzie, is joined by Kevin Hill, FreightWaves Executive Publisher, in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A year after discussing the challenges that were just beginning to roil the U.S. agricultural export markets, Agriculture Transportation Coalition Executive Director Peter Friedmann comes back to Global Supply Chain Week to talk about changes in the market since then. Notably, the struggle by shippers to retain market share, and new legislation that gives the government more oversight in carrier-shipper relationships. He is joined by FreightWaves Chief Washington Correspondent John Gallagher in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Strickland, FreightWaves Director of Freight Market Intelligence, and Bloomberg's Industrial and M&A Columnist Brooke Sutherland discus the outlook for the industrial sector as companies continue to adapt their strategies for the post pandemic era.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have received the lion's share of attention related to supply chain disruptions, but the pandemic has not been easy for all ports. The Port of Oakland is also grappling with how to manage COVID infections in the freight workforce, equipment shortages, congestion and rail delays, but it also has unique challenges related to ocean carrier schedules and agriculture exports. We will discuss how the port community and officials are coping with the new environment and whether shippers can expect more reliable service in 2022.Bryan Brandes, Maritime Director at the Port of Oakland, is joined by Eric Kulisch, FreightWaves Reporter, in this fireside chat.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With partnerships with Paccar and Volvo to integrate its autonomous technology, Aurora continues to refine its tech as it works toward the goal of removing the driver from Class 8 trucks by the end of next year. But it is also getting some early experience in logistics and supply chain work with Peterbilt and FedEx to move freight in supervised autonomous trucks in Texas. Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder at Aurora, is joined by FreightWaves Detroit Bureau Chief, Alan Adler.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves PodcastsJoin Global Supply Chain Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices