FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Jacques DeLarochellière, President and Co-founder of ISAAC Instruments, discusses the ways rate of digitization has increased during the pandemic in this Wavestalk.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a discussion entitled “How technology is making the job of being a truck driver safer and more enjoyable,” Jay Gustafson of Echo Global Logistics talks with Anthony Petitte of Truckpark about how tools from in-cab cameras to to ELDs have made driver’s life better...for the most part. But there have been drawbacks as well, and the two of them discuss that aspect of technology.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Securing the air cargo supply chain takes collaboration between industry and government because there are so many interconnected pieces. Find out how the Transportation Security Administration engages with industry players and some of its priorities for securing cargo on passenger aircraft and freighter in this fireside chat between John Beckius, the Executive Director, Air Cargo Division, Policy, Plans and Engagement for the Transportation Security Administration and Steve Alterman, the President of the Cargo Airline Association.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American shippers are adjusting their inventories to meet increased at-home customer demand during and after COVID-19. Logistics services providers, such as Estes Forwarding Worldwide, are rapidly adapting their business models to tackle this changing dynamic. Andrew Cox hosts this roundtable discussion between Eric Goldapske, Director of Sales - Sporting Goods and Mass. with Johnson Health Tech, Michael Campese, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing with Estes Marketing Worldwide, and Donna Kintop the Senior Vice President, Client Experience at DDC FPO.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There may not be a better time in the history of the U.S. trucking industry for companies to digitize their operations. Cloud-based technologies for transportation companies are rapidly driving down systems infrastructure price tags and are much easier for trucking companies to deploy.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once a lightly regarded alternative to a traditional initial public offering, the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, is here to stay, says Vincent Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp. After marshaling the public debut of natural gas Class 8 truck driveline maker Hyliion Holdings, Cubbage is hunting again. His new SPAC is one of more than 170 so-called blank check companies sifting the startup landscape for candidates to financially enable the growth that supports public trading.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hyliion Founder and CEO Thomas Healy delivers this keynote highlighting Hyliion's plans to bring forward electrified fleets.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Wood, the Trailer Management Lead at U.S. Xpress and Siamak Azmoudeh, VP PLM and Business Development at SkyBitz talk about the ROI achieved from metrics-driven fleet management.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trinity Logistics President Sarah Ruffcorn responds the same way to practically every business challenge and opportunity: focus first on relationships. Whether completing a merger as Trinity did with Burris Logistics in 2019 or determining the best approach to the warp-speed changes in logistics technology, making sure all stakeholders are considered is her go-to philosophy for running a business.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some transportation companies have leaned into the headwinds and supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. ArcBest’s CEO Judy McReynolds and FreightWaves’ President George Abernathy discuss the challenges COVID-19 has presented and how ArcBest is using its customer-centric approach to thrive in the chaos.WatchApple PodcastSpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices