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.

Episode Date
Wrapping it up with Todd Amen of ATBS
Jan 29, 2024
A cracking good idea to get hydrogen
Jan 19, 2024
The Promise Of Mexican Intermodal
Jan 12, 2024
Wrapping up 2024 with Scopelitis' Garney
Dec 28, 2023
Signs of an easing in the parking squeeze
Dec 18, 2023
An industry giant takes a look at transportation cybersecurity
Dec 08, 2023
The risk to carrier payments from broker bankruptcies
Dec 04, 2023
A major trailer supplier looks to partnerships on building and leasing their product
Nov 24, 2023
The payments space continues to get more competitive
Nov 17, 2023
Fighting off the cyber bandits
Nov 03, 2023
Broadening the market for renewable diesel
Oct 27, 2023
Will an NLRB rule open the door for more unionziation?
Oct 13, 2023
The efficiency of battery-electric vehicles
Oct 06, 2023
San Diego, the Silicon Valley of telematics
Sep 29, 2023
Keeping Up With The Compliance Maze
Sep 22, 2023
What to do about the Highway Trust Fund?
Sep 15, 2023
The race for speed in factoring
Sep 01, 2023
Five million and counting
Aug 25, 2023
Winding your way through the maze of SBA funding
Aug 18, 2023
Connecting To The Market Through An Advisory Council
Aug 11, 2023
Netradyne looks to the positive
Jul 28, 2023
The pros and cons of outsourcing customer service
Jul 21, 2023
The future of diesel as alternatives grow their footprint
Jul 14, 2023
Why Scope 3 emissions are important to everyone in the supply chain
Jun 30, 2023
Lytx cameras have been watching for 25 years
Jun 23, 2023
Blue Yonder surveys the market
Jun 16, 2023
Using technology to fight double brokering
Jun 02, 2023
The Social Media Tools Used For Recruitment
May 26, 2023
Collaborative trucking and how it works
May 12, 2023
Any relief in sight for trucking insurance rates?
May 05, 2023
Neste Makes its Renewable Diesel Play Near The Bay
Apr 28, 2023
Measuring Dwell Time with Trimble
Apr 21, 2023
Selling a company into an ESOP
Apr 14, 2023
Diesel ain't dead yet
Apr 07, 2023
The hurdles and benefits of LTL inside Truckload
Mar 31, 2023
What did drivers make in 2022?
Mar 24, 2023
Love’s expands its program to train next generation of diesel mechanics
Mar 17, 2023
The outlook for fuels, from regular diesel to renewable
Mar 10, 2023
How does the supply picture shape up for diesel?
Mar 03, 2023
Ryder signs up a Ryder
Feb 17, 2023
Is blockchain ready to aid the supply chain?
Feb 10, 2023
Idelic moves into insurance
Feb 03, 2023
The "votes" are in on the Department of Labor's Independent Contractor Rule
Jan 27, 2023
Looking into the 2023 crystal ball with Scopelitis Consulting.
Jan 13, 2023
How owner operators are doing from a man who serves them
Jan 06, 2023
Looking at government and trucking in 2023
Dec 27, 2022
Looking back--and ahead--on the wild market for used trucks
Dec 16, 2022
What goes in the decision to expand
Dec 09, 2022
Trying to get everyone paid faster
Dec 02, 2022
Veterans and their skills are a hot commodity with Ryder
Nov 23, 2022
The state of the chassis "squeeze"
Nov 18, 2022
A skeptical view of the Department of Labor independent contractor rule
Nov 11, 2022
Low Mississippi water levels provide opening for trucks
Nov 04, 2022
Your TMS and California's AB5
Oct 31, 2022
Invoices at US Bank showing the market downturn
Oct 21, 2022
A group keeps its eye on truck safety
Oct 14, 2022
Transflo on automation and "app fatigue"
Oct 07, 2022
Companies taking steps to comply with AB5
Sep 30, 2022
Leasing in a market with declining rates
Sep 23, 2022
Factoring is speeding up but is it enough?
Sep 16, 2022
The intersection of last-mile, Prop 22 and AB5 in California
Sep 09, 2022
How trucking fuel costs fell faster than pump prices
Sep 02, 2022
Truck insurance and the changes to be wrought by AB5
Aug 26, 2022
A monthly report raises concerns about the diesel market
Aug 12, 2022
A turnaround coming in diesel?
Aug 05, 2022
More on what drives a healthy supply chain
Jul 01, 2022
How to move off your antiquated supply chain systems
Jun 24, 2022
The collapsing level of ocean freight
Jun 17, 2022
Four Kites prepares for the post-pandemic future
Jun 10, 2022
Getting into the business as a dispatcher
Jun 03, 2022
Drilling Deep: Creating a strong relationship between LTL carrier and shipper
May 27, 2022
Cutting off the driver's ability to use a cell phone while driving
May 20, 2022
Spencer Tenney on mergers and acquisitions in the supply chain
May 13, 2022
Talking Saia, Hub Group and how trucking did in the first quarter
May 06, 2022
Getting young people into trucking nice and early
Apr 29, 2022
The talent wars for freight brokers
Apr 22, 2022
Acquisition market for brokerages is pretty hot
Apr 14, 2022
What tax returns said about trucker pay in '21
Apr 08, 2022
The case for releasing lots of oil from the SPR
Apr 01, 2022
The state of road safety, post-pandemic
Mar 25, 2022
The status report from the backed-up West Coast ports
Mar 18, 2022
A truckstop is less than two years old and already top of the heap
Mar 11, 2022
Training the next generation of LTL staffers
Mar 04, 2022
A Lot of Misinformation Floating Around Out There About Oil as War Commences
Feb 25, 2022
What's motivating the Canadian drivers?
Feb 18, 2022
Mehrotra looks at a very profitable trucking fourth quarter
Feb 11, 2022
The feedback coming from drivers
Feb 04, 2022
Where do you want me to put your package, sir?
Jan 21, 2022
Switching from gas taxes to mileage fees
Jan 14, 2022
A recruitment/retention CEO on his company's approach
Jan 07, 2022
Wrapping up the year in oil and trucking
Dec 22, 2021
Lots of infrastructure money; how should it be spent?
Dec 17, 2021
Driver Desiree fights for more truck parking
Dec 10, 2021
The Contrast Between Booming LTL Markets and the Issues on the Ground
Dec 03, 2021
The eye-popping numbers coming out of the used truck market
Nov 24, 2021
Every method of testing drivers for drugs has its pros and cons
Nov 19, 2021
KeyBank's Fowler talks Marten, Werner and others in a review of the third quarter
Nov 12, 2021
Starting a truckload carrier with AI as its backbone
Nov 05, 2021
Trucking begins to push back against the vaccine mandate
Oct 29, 2021
Using a helper if Amazon is fulfilling your shipments
Oct 22, 2021
The Impact of Insurance Company Actions on Driver Availability
Oct 15, 2021
The decision to add a truckload terminal can be complicated
Oct 01, 2021
Whose data is it anyway?
Sep 24, 2021
The good times roll for independent owner operators
Sep 17, 2021
The "final milers" get together in Philly
Sep 10, 2021
The troubled industry that provides the market with diesel
Aug 27, 2021
Why the grease at your pizzeria is impacting diesel
Aug 20, 2021
The Biden administration call for more oil
Aug 13, 2021
Saia, ODFL and KC Southern on Mehrotra's mind post-earnings season
Aug 06, 2021
It's time for the big spinoff at XPO
Jul 30, 2021
Perry on freight bulls vs. bears
Jul 23, 2021
How will LTL and truckload coexist after the big Knight Swift deal?
Jul 16, 2021
The KSM outlook on the trucking market
Jul 09, 2021
A hurricane's impact on trucking and how long that sticks around
Jun 11, 2021
The impact of the KCS railroad acquisition
Jun 04, 2021
Pallets are the latest thing to get squeezed in the supply chain
May 28, 2021
Striving for fuel efficiency as the diesel price rises
May 20, 2021
Diesel in the wake of the Colonial shutdown
May 14, 2021
"Big Rig" author Viscelli on how drivers are doing today
May 06, 2021
What invoices tell us about the first quarter in freight
Apr 29, 2021
In hiring drivers, speed is of the essence
Apr 22, 2021
The scattered factoring business might become a lot more unified in coming years
Apr 16, 2021
The sharp competition in the visibility sector
Apr 08, 2021
The case for lease purchase deals even as lawsuits grow
Apr 01, 2021
The independent contractor minefield is getting even more treacherous
Mar 25, 2021
What truck drivers are going to report to the IRS this year
Mar 19, 2021
Canada's very gentle launch of its ELD mandate
Mar 11, 2021
What is trucking going to be like in 2030?
Mar 05, 2021
Battery technology is racing ahead
Feb 25, 2021
Getting the regulation right to push ahead on autonomous vehicles
Feb 18, 2021
Reviewing the 4Q earnings, how did Werner do so well?
Feb 12, 2021
Pushing truck drivers toward the front of the vaccination line
Feb 04, 2021
What the WorkHound feedback stream from drivers said in 2020
Jan 28, 2021
What 2020 meant for more efficient fuel and freight trends
Jan 22, 2021
C.H. Robinson and SAS set out to inject huge new transparency into the retail supply chain
Jan 14, 2021
Manufacturing's upcoming boost to trucking
Jan 08, 2021
A startup in freight tech gets a lot of money; here's what it is doing with it
Dec 10, 2020
Tapping into the brains of a leading college to aid trucking
Dec 04, 2020
Money pours into supplying new warehouse space
Nov 25, 2020
The mess out at the southern California ports
Nov 20, 2020
Taking apart the earnings numbers from the third quarter
Nov 13, 2020
The upturn in the market for used trucks
Nov 06, 2020
Did hair testing take a step forward or is it still stuck?
Oct 30, 2020
Postal Service mired in controversy before Election Day
Oct 22, 2020
Trucking capacity, the pandemic and the holiday season
Oct 16, 2020
A company takes steps to increase pay and hold on to its drivers
Oct 08, 2020
Buying and selling logistics companies in a pandemic and a great freight market
Oct 01, 2020
A greater private sector role on the nation's highways?
Sep 24, 2020
New drivers aren't coming out of CDL schools and that's a problem
Sep 17, 2020
What the StayMetrics data says about driver retention in the pandemic era
Sep 10, 2020
The mental state of drivers dealing with the pandemic
Sep 04, 2020
A trucking market on fire; a diesel market barely reacting to a huge storm
Aug 27, 2020
The efficiency challenges facing intermodal rail
Aug 21, 2020
The US Postal Service at a crossroads
Aug 13, 2020
Loan forgiveness is the next big step as PPP moves toward its completion
Aug 06, 2020
What the invoices are telling us about the strength of the freight market
Jul 30, 2020
Fighting nuclear verdicts by preparing for them now
Jul 23, 2020
The first in-person industry meeting of the COVID era
Jul 16, 2020
A lot of money flowed into trucking from PPP; what will be the impact?
Jul 10, 2020
Dealing with now, but getting ready for a post-COVID world
Jul 02, 2020
The LTL model adapts to the COVID-19 world
Jun 25, 2020
The diesel engine isn't going anywhere for a long time
Jun 18, 2020
The Professor of Trucking gives his measure of the market
Jun 11, 2020
What to do about the food trucks at the rest stops?
Jun 04, 2020
A lot less money is being put in the hands of toll collectors
May 28, 2020
A broker defends his industry
May 21, 2020
The last mostly "normal" quarter in trucking is in the books
May 13, 2020
Surviving carrier bankruptcy
May 08, 2020
The air cargo industry scrambles for a quick reinvention in the age of the pandemic
May 01, 2020
Truck insurance has been expensive; what’s its future in the age of COVID?
Apr 23, 2020
Getting that relief money from Washington into the right hands
Apr 16, 2020
What do truckers on the road do if they're feeling sick in the age of the coronavirus?
Apr 09, 2020
What's working on the railroads during a pandemic?
Apr 02, 2020
Trucking companies look to stay profitable in unprecedented times
Mar 27, 2020
Where the crisis in truck insurance rates came from
Mar 19, 2020
Great news! Diesel prices are lower. Bad news! Diesel prices are lower
Mar 12, 2020
Passing the torch to a new generation of trucking leaders
Mar 05, 2020
Sticking a stake into the heart of California's AB5...so far
Feb 27, 2020
What truck drivers are going to report to the IRS this year
Feb 20, 2020
Getting a look at tomorrow's diesel prices today
Feb 13, 2020
IMO 2020 isn't over for the freight markets; an analyst's bearish forecast
Feb 05, 2020
What comes after the breakup of XPO?
Jan 29, 2020
What a trucking lawyer thinks about ‘nuclear’ verdicts
Jan 22, 2020
Independence Day in January
Jan 15, 2020
How long does relief from AB5 last in California?
Jan 08, 2020
Trucking and Wall Street 2019
Dec 25, 2019
Hydrocarbons, Celadon's used truck sell down, and a big corporate writedown
Dec 18, 2019
Crisis or calm: Is a storm headed for oil markets
Dec 11, 2019
The Viennese Waltz
Dec 03, 2019