Freight All Kinds Podcast
1) New trucking fleets are getting hammered
Small trucking fleets comprise much of the trucking industry. But they’re also more likely to go out of business and leave drivers jobless. Jonathan Phares, assistant professor of supply chain managem...Show More
2) There’s a labor crisis brewing at UPS
Unionized UPS workers may go on a massive strike for the first time since 1997. The potential work stoppage could halt e-commerce movements — and it shows something deeper about how supply chain worke...Show More
3) New barge crisis just dropped
Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, warned us all last year when Mississippi River levels got so low that farmers and manufacturers couldn’t move their wares. Now, ...Show More
4) Why trains keep getting longer…and longer…
Jason Doering, a longtime engineer at Union Pacific, explains why trains have been getting longer and longer – and why it’s such a pain for workers to deal with these behemoths.
5) Why a common sense speed-limiter law could make the roads more unsafe
Long-time truck driver Justin Martin comes on the MODES podcast to explain why a law to limit speed limits for truck drivers could actually increase accidents. Come for the information on federal regu...Show More
6) Why Americans are flocking to store-brand everything
FreightWaves' Editorial Director Rachel Premack is joined by FreightWaves' Senior Vertical Expert Adam Josephson in this inaugural episode of the MODES new show
7) MODES Trailer
Focusing on exploring timely topics and non-mainstream stories for supply chain insiders (and outsiders)
8) College Football
College football, poetry in motion, masses of men, giants of the gridiron rushing gear at 40 yards in 4.4 seconds, but before that equipment arrives at the field, it’s moved by big rigs rolling on big...Show More
9) Race Cars
Race cars sure move fast on the track, but how to they get there in the first place? On today's FAK we find out! To read the article Freight All Kinds – the Logistics of Shipping Racecars by Joanna M...Show More
10) Frac Sand
Frac sand is the key ingredient in the hydraulic fracturing process, in which oil and gas drillers pump frac sand and other materials into wells to break up shale rock, through which natural gas and p...Show More