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Anthony and Zach discuss the booming freight market and reasons why it will or will not sustain into July as well as the implications for the new insurance bill and YRC bailout.

Would you wear a t-shirt made from milk? You might soon enough. Two years ago, Robert Luo visited his uncle's dairy farm in China and was shocked to see buckets and buckets of sour and spoiled milk just sitting there. Luo’s uncle lamented how tons of food and money go to waste in his line...

The less-than-truckload (LTL) sector of the trucking sector is generally more stable than the truckload carriers it shares the road with. But that doesn't mean it has faced the pandemic without major upheaval. On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston speaks with Brian Thompson, the...

To watch the stock of Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA), the company that has raised millions to produce a hydrogen-produced truck, you'd think that the day of the diesel engine was going to end soon.  But that isn't the case. Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum...

Anthony and Zach discuss the hours of service exemption, consumer prices, and other recent macroeconomic releases. Dr. Zac Rogers makes an appearance to review the latest LMI findings and the direction of the logistics industry.

Steve Burks was a truck driver in an earlier professional capacity. He also earned  his Bachelor's degree, his Master's degree and then his PhD. He's a professor of economics at the University of Minnesota-Morris where he continues to research truck drivers and the markets where they ply their...

Anthony and Zach discuss what to make of the subtle increase for the May PMI and orders, while domestic freight volumes surge. Also, produce season pushes agricultural rates over 2019.

On today's episode, Dooner and The Dude are coming to you live from THE virtual event to define our industry: FreightWaves LIVE @Home. They're joined by Doug Schrier, Vice President of Product and Innovation, Transflo, and Glenn Jones, GVP of Product Strategy, Blume Global Apple...

Airlines have suffered mightily from the loss of passenger traffic as a result of the pandemic. But there also has been a demand for their services to move freight, including an area that has always been taken to the skies to move from point A to point B: medical supplies. On this week's Drilling...

In the week that saw crude prices turn negative, host John Kingston on the Drilling Deep podcast tries to translate that once-in-a-lifetime occurrence into what it says about diesel prices. He also discusses the impact on the trucking sector that services the oil patch and how the negatives from...

Anthony and Zach break down the Knight-Swift and Heartland earnings; slowing decline of freight rates and volumes and what the rise in imports mean for the recovery.

Andrew and Kevin discuss the first few transportation companies reporting earnings during the COVID-19 outbreak and what it means for the rest of the industry. Also, we weigh in on the freight volume debate and question whether oil prices will ever fully recover. Thanks as always to the research...

Anthony and Zach discuss what to make of the first major U.S. carrier to report earnings during the COVID-19 outbreak along with the recent Cass, industrial production and retail releases.

On this week's Drilling Deep, host John Kingston heard from Jack Rybicki, a managing principal at the accounting and consulting firm CLA.  Jack has been steering many clients through the process of trying to get money from the federal government under the CARES Act — in particular, the Payroll...