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Drilling Deep with John Kingston — 189 episodes

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1

Wrapping it up with Todd Amen of ATBS

2

A cracking good idea to get hydrogen

3

The Promise Of Mexican Intermodal

4

Wrapping up 2024 with Scopelitis' Garney

5

Signs of an easing in the parking squeeze

6

An industry giant takes a look at transportation cybersecurity

7

The risk to carrier payments from broker bankruptcies

8

A major trailer supplier looks to partnerships on building and leasing their product

9

The payments space continues to get more competitive

10

Fighting off the cyber bandits

11

Broadening the market for renewable diesel

12

Will an NLRB rule open the door for more unionziation?

13

The efficiency of battery-electric vehicles

14

San Diego, the Silicon Valley of telematics

15

Keeping Up With The Compliance Maze

16

What to do about the Highway Trust Fund?

17

The race for speed in factoring

18

Five million and counting

19

Winding your way through the maze of SBA funding

20

Connecting To The Market Through An Advisory Council

21

Netradyne looks to the positive

22

The pros and cons of outsourcing customer service

23

The future of diesel as alternatives grow their footprint

24

Why Scope 3 emissions are important to everyone in the supply chain

25

Lytx cameras have been watching for 25 years

26

Blue Yonder surveys the market

27

Using technology to fight double brokering

28

The Social Media Tools Used For Recruitment

29

Collaborative trucking and how it works

30

Any relief in sight for trucking insurance rates?

31

Neste Makes its Renewable Diesel Play Near The Bay

32

Measuring Dwell Time with Trimble

33

Selling a company into an ESOP

34

Diesel ain't dead yet

35

The hurdles and benefits of LTL inside Truckload

36

What did drivers make in 2022?

37

Love’s expands its program to train next generation of diesel mechanics

38

The outlook for fuels, from regular diesel to renewable

39

How does the supply picture shape up for diesel?

40

Ryder signs up a Ryder

41

Is blockchain ready to aid the supply chain?

42

Idelic moves into insurance

43

The "votes" are in on the Department of Labor's Independent Contractor Rule

44

Looking into the 2023 crystal ball with Scopelitis Consulting.

45

How owner operators are doing from a man who serves them

46

Looking at government and trucking in 2023

47

Looking back--and ahead--on the wild market for used trucks

48

What goes in the decision to expand

49

Trying to get everyone paid faster

50

Veterans and their skills are a hot commodity with Ryder

51

The state of the chassis "squeeze"

52

A skeptical view of the Department of Labor independent contractor rule

53

Low Mississippi water levels provide opening for trucks

54

Your TMS and California's AB5

55

Invoices at US Bank showing the market downturn

56

A group keeps its eye on truck safety

57

Transflo on automation and "app fatigue"

58

Companies taking steps to comply with AB5

59

Leasing in a market with declining rates

60

Factoring is speeding up but is it enough?

61

The intersection of last-mile, Prop 22 and AB5 in California

62

How trucking fuel costs fell faster than pump prices

63

Truck insurance and the changes to be wrought by AB5

64

A monthly report raises concerns about the diesel market

65

A turnaround coming in diesel?

66

More on what drives a healthy supply chain

67

How to move off your antiquated supply chain systems

68

The collapsing level of ocean freight

69

Four Kites prepares for the post-pandemic future

70

Getting into the business as a dispatcher

71

Drilling Deep: Creating a strong relationship between LTL carrier and shipper

72

Cutting off the driver's ability to use a cell phone while driving

73

Spencer Tenney on mergers and acquisitions in the supply chain

74

Talking Saia, Hub Group and how trucking did in the first quarter

75

Getting young people into trucking nice and early

76

The talent wars for freight brokers

77

Acquisition market for brokerages is pretty hot

78

What tax returns said about trucker pay in '21

79

The case for releasing lots of oil from the SPR

80

The state of road safety, post-pandemic

81

The status report from the backed-up West Coast ports

82

A truckstop is less than two years old and already top of the heap

83

Training the next generation of LTL staffers

84

A Lot of Misinformation Floating Around Out There About Oil as War Commences

85

What's motivating the Canadian drivers?

86

Mehrotra looks at a very profitable trucking fourth quarter

87

The feedback coming from drivers

88

Where do you want me to put your package, sir?

89

Switching from gas taxes to mileage fees

90

A recruitment/retention CEO on his company's approach

91

Wrapping up the year in oil and trucking

92

Lots of infrastructure money; how should it be spent?

93

Driver Desiree fights for more truck parking

94

The Contrast Between Booming LTL Markets and the Issues on the Ground

95

The eye-popping numbers coming out of the used truck market

96

Every method of testing drivers for drugs has its pros and cons

97

KeyBank's Fowler talks Marten, Werner and others in a review of the third quarter

98

Starting a truckload carrier with AI as its backbone

99

Trucking begins to push back against the vaccine mandate

100

Using a helper if Amazon is fulfilling your shipments

101

The Impact of Insurance Company Actions on Driver Availability

102

The decision to add a truckload terminal can be complicated

103

Whose data is it anyway?

104

The good times roll for independent owner operators

105

The "final milers" get together in Philly

106

The troubled industry that provides the market with diesel

107

Why the grease at your pizzeria is impacting diesel

108

The Biden administration call for more oil

109

Saia, ODFL and KC Southern on Mehrotra's mind post-earnings season

110

It's time for the big spinoff at XPO

111

Perry on freight bulls vs. bears

112

How will LTL and truckload coexist after the big Knight Swift deal?

113

The KSM outlook on the trucking market

114

A hurricane's impact on trucking and how long that sticks around

115

The impact of the KCS railroad acquisition

116

Pallets are the latest thing to get squeezed in the supply chain

117

Striving for fuel efficiency as the diesel price rises

118

Diesel in the wake of the Colonial shutdown

119

"Big Rig" author Viscelli on how drivers are doing today

120

What invoices tell us about the first quarter in freight

121

In hiring drivers, speed is of the essence

122

The scattered factoring business might become a lot more unified in coming years

123

The sharp competition in the visibility sector

124

The case for lease purchase deals even as lawsuits grow

125

The independent contractor minefield is getting even more treacherous

126

What truck drivers are going to report to the IRS this year

127

Canada's very gentle launch of its ELD mandate

128

What is trucking going to be like in 2030?

129

Battery technology is racing ahead

130

Getting the regulation right to push ahead on autonomous vehicles

131

Reviewing the 4Q earnings, how did Werner do so well?

132

Pushing truck drivers toward the front of the vaccination line

133

What the WorkHound feedback stream from drivers said in 2020

134

What 2020 meant for more efficient fuel and freight trends

135

C.H. Robinson and SAS set out to inject huge new transparency into the retail supply chain

136

Manufacturing's upcoming boost to trucking

137

A startup in freight tech gets a lot of money; here's what it is doing with it

138

Tapping into the brains of a leading college to aid trucking

139

Money pours into supplying new warehouse space

140

The mess out at the southern California ports

141

Taking apart the earnings numbers from the third quarter

142

The upturn in the market for used trucks

143

Did hair testing take a step forward or is it still stuck?

144

Postal Service mired in controversy before Election Day

145

Trucking capacity, the pandemic and the holiday season

146

A company takes steps to increase pay and hold on to its drivers

147

Buying and selling logistics companies in a pandemic and a great freight market

148

A greater private sector role on the nation's highways?

149

New drivers aren't coming out of CDL schools and that's a problem

150

What the StayMetrics data says about driver retention in the pandemic era

151

The mental state of drivers dealing with the pandemic

152

A trucking market on fire; a diesel market barely reacting to a huge storm

153

The efficiency challenges facing intermodal rail

154

The US Postal Service at a crossroads

155

Loan forgiveness is the next big step as PPP moves toward its completion

156

What the invoices are telling us about the strength of the freight market

157

Fighting nuclear verdicts by preparing for them now

158

The first in-person industry meeting of the COVID era

159

A lot of money flowed into trucking from PPP; what will be the impact?

160

Dealing with now, but getting ready for a post-COVID world

161

The LTL model adapts to the COVID-19 world

162

The diesel engine isn't going anywhere for a long time

163

The Professor of Trucking gives his measure of the market

164

What to do about the food trucks at the rest stops?

165

A lot less money is being put in the hands of toll collectors

166

A broker defends his industry

167

The last mostly "normal" quarter in trucking is in the books

168

Surviving carrier bankruptcy

169

The air cargo industry scrambles for a quick reinvention in the age of the pandemic

170

Truck insurance has been expensive; what’s its future in the age of COVID?

171

Getting that relief money from Washington into the right hands

172

What do truckers on the road do if they're feeling sick in the age of the coronavirus?

173

What's working on the railroads during a pandemic?

174

Trucking companies look to stay profitable in unprecedented times

175

Where the crisis in truck insurance rates came from

176

Great news! Diesel prices are lower. Bad news! Diesel prices are lower

177

Passing the torch to a new generation of trucking leaders

178

Sticking a stake into the heart of California's AB5...so far

179

What truck drivers are going to report to the IRS this year

180

Getting a look at tomorrow's diesel prices today

181

IMO 2020 isn't over for the freight markets; an analyst's bearish forecast

182

What comes after the breakup of XPO?

183

What a trucking lawyer thinks about ‘nuclear’ verdicts

184

Independence Day in January

185

How long does relief from AB5 last in California?

186

Trucking and Wall Street 2019

187

Hydrocarbons, Celadon's used truck sell down, and a big corporate writedown

188

Crisis or calm: Is a storm headed for oil markets

189

The Viennese Waltz