Redefining the value of trucking’s newcomers — Taking The Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, chats with Brad Ball, the president of Roadmaster Drivers School, one of the largest CDL training networks in the U.S. During his 26 years working at Roadmaster, Ball has witnessed many industry changes related…

Future of Supply Chain Day 1: Guardians of Transportation – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is coming to you live from FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain in Cleveland, OH. He’s talking about the guardians of transportation; the black hole of logistics; taking a semi to the conference room floor; data fragmentation at the ports; and building a better roadmap for tech. He’s…

Cowen foresees negative financial impact of reciprocal switching 

Investment firm Cowen says reciprocal switching could have a negative financial impact on the U.S. railroad industry starting around 2025, according to a new research note. But some safety initiatives in the Railway Safety Act that are making their way through Congress could have “negligible capex implications” for items such as new mandates for the…