What's motivating the Canadian drivers?
Michael Lemecs is a former truck driver and is now an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Downtown. He's spent a good part of his career ...
Drilling Deep with John Kingston
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Trucks, oil, trains, and industry deep dives highlight this show, hosted by John Kingston. John Kingston is a business journalist of almost 40 years, covering everything from metals to financial markets, and now turning his focus to trucking and transport. He spent almost 30 years covering oil markets with S&P Global Platts, and his broadcast background includes many years as Platts’ “talking head” on CNBC, Fox Business, Canada’s BNN and other broadcast outlets. His activities at FreightWaves includes serving as the oil expert for FW’s SONAR database product, where he provides daily analysis.
Mehrotra looks at a very profitable trucking fourth quarter
Amit Mehrotra, head of the transportation research team at Deutsche Bank, joins host John Kingston to review the numbers that poured out of public com...
The feedback coming from drivers
WorkHound is a company designed to bring in feedback from drivers using nothing more than a text message, and it brings in more than 60,000 comments p...
Where do you want me to put your package, sir?
Making the final mile more efficient is a challenge with hundreds of moving parts. It is particularly challenging in an urban setting with clogged str...
Switching from gas taxes to mileage fees
In an interview done from the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Barb Rhode of the Mileage Based Users Fee Alliance talks about continuing ...
A recruitment/retention CEO on his company's approach
Driver recruitement and retention were a big issue in 2021. It is likely to be no different in 2022.Dan Johnston, co-founder and CEO of WorkStep, join...
Wrapping up the year in oil and trucking
Sean Garney of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting joins host John Kingston on this week's Drilling Deep to review some of what happened during this ...
Lots of infrastructure money; how should it be spent?
With the infrastructure spending bill now on the verge of sending billions of dollars to various local governments, the question will arise: how shoul...
Driver Desiree fights for more truck parking
Desiree Wood is an independent owner operator who has devoted much of her time educating those who need to know about the crisis in truck parking toda...
The Contrast Between Booming LTL Markets and the Issues on the Ground
Don Newell and Scooter Sayers are long-time LTL industry experts and consultants. Although the stock prices of LTL companies have been soaring on Wall...