FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Dooner and Michael Vincent talk to Justin Baird, Vice President and Head of Innovation, Asia Pacific, DHL about how reaching for the stars drives DHL's down to earth ambitions. Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dooner and Michael Vincent field questions for NASA's Mark Wiese, Mark MacDonald, and Maxwell Briggs LIVE at SpaceWaves. Apple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to supply chain visibility, the jewelry industry is one sector where demand is high for predictive data that can help insurers mitigate risk - particularly for international shipments - which can lead to lower transportation prices and better service. This discussion between executives from a supply chain tech startup and the largest insurer of retail jewelers in the U.S. will reveal how AI-enabled IoT is bringing new levels of supply chain visibility to an established industry that has been reluctant to embrace technology.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supply chains have been focused on cost and scale rather than flexibility, with a heavy emphasis on China. Shifts in manufacturing and logistics patterns are underway, but they vary by industry.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trucking industry is grappling with sharp increases in insurance premium renewals due to large jury awards and some providers exiting the market. Listen to Robert Haley, VP of Transportation USI Insurance Services and Pierre Laguerre, founder and CEO of Fleeting, a marketplace providing vetted CDL drivers to fleets, discuss tips on risk mitigation for carriers.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPACs — special purpose acquisition corporations — have come a long way from being regarded as the “skunk at the garden party” to a welcome investment vehicle. John Larkin, an operating partner at Clarendon Capital, and Dan Hennessy, the chairman and CEO of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp., discuss the recent popularity of SPACs, particularly in the electric vehicle and alternative fuel industries.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As e-commerce demand continues to skyrocket, logistics companies are looking for more efficient ways of delivering goods in cities. In this fireside chat, Peter Harris, international sustainability director for UPS, discusses bikes, smart grids and other innovations to manage congestion and reduce emissions in urban delivery.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital tools and platforms are giving freight-industry participants the flexibility they need to deal with the COVID-heightened pace of change. Eric Rempel, chief innovation at Redwood Logistics, discusses the digitalization trend – and how his company’s product, RedwoodConnect, is faring in the “new normal.”WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During a virtual fireside chat Friday as part of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME, Ryder System Inc.'s Dave Belter, vice president and general manager of transportation management, joined FreightWaves President George Abernathy for an “Inside Look: The Freight Market During the Upcoming Wildest Holiday Season.” “This industry was affected differently by the pandemic - when I look across the board at our volumes, they are up to pre-pandemic levels, to 2018 levels.”WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves will announce the winners of the 2021 FreightTech 25. A peer group of CEOs, industry leaders and freight investors selected the winning companies from the 2021 FreightTech 100.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices