Drilling Deep with John Kingston

Geoff Muessig is the executive vice president and chief marketing officer at LTL carrier PittOhio. He joined podcast host John Kingston to share his perspectives on how a shipper using the services of an LTL carrier can work with that company to provide greater efficiency and cost savings that filter down to the customer.

Also on the podcast, Kingston discusses the latest news on the East Coast diesel market, and that it seemed to be sending two very different signals.

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NoCell is a relatively new company that is trying to improve driver safety by doing something fairly radical: cutting off a driver's ability to use a lot of cell phone functions while on the road. Corey Woinarowicz of NoCell sits down with host John Kingston to discuss this simple technology and why it's controversial.

Also on the podcast, Kingston reviews this week's latest inventory report and what that means for the tight squeeze in diesel on the East Coast.

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Spencer Tenney heads the Tenney Group, one of the leading companies set up to help both buyers and sellers navitage the world of mergers and acquisitions in the supply chain. He's got a ringside seat to the dances that buyers and sellers perform when moving assets, and he joins Drilling Deep host John Kingston to share his perspectives on how those dances are going.

Also on the podcast, Kingston talks about the super-tight East Coast market and why there may be a few signs that the worst could be over.

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With first quarter earnings in the book, Todd Fowler joins host John Kingston on Drilling Deep to talk about the strong opening to the year and whether it's sustainable.

He addresses a few companies specifically: Saia, Hub Group and Old Dominion Freight Lines get his attention.

Also on the podcast, Kingston discusses the inventory numbers for ultra low sulfur diesel on the East Coast that are starting to become so tight that they're scary.

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Lindsey Trent is the president of the Next Generation in Trucking Association, founded just last year. Her group works with high schools and trade institutes to steer young people toward a career in logistics, whether it's as a driver, a diesel mechanic or some other area.

She joins host John Kingston on this week's edition of Drilling Deep to talk about the work her group is doing and how the association is making its pitch to the nation's young people.

Also on the podcast, Kingston talks about a recent report by an analyst that the increase in the price of diesel compared to crude and gasoline is the result of some permanent factors and isn't necessarily going to disappear.

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It isn't just truck drivers who are in tight supply. It's just as competitive for freight brokers too.  

On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston interviews Brent Orsuga, the head of Pinnacle Growth Advisors, on the red-hot market for freight brokers. His message: it's just as much a battlefield there as the fight to get good drivers into the cab.

Also on the podcast, Kingston talks about how a long-forgotten rule from a few years ago that had its impact softened by the pandemic is starting to rear its head again in diesel markets.

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On this week's Drilling Deep podcast, Peter Stefanovich of Left Lane Associates gives listeners an overview of the market for buying and selling all sorts of trucking-related assets, but with a particular focus on how the demand for brokerages is doing.

Also on the podcast, host John Kingston looks at whether a lot of the reason oil prices are rising higher is because diesel is dragging it there. 

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Todd Amen is the president of ATBS and it gives him a ringside seat for how independent owner operators in the trucking market are doing financially.

ATBS processes thousands of tax returns for owner operators every year. It's getting toward April 15, when taxes need to be filed, and Amen joins Drilling Deep host John Kingston to discuss what he's seen in this year's tax returns coming off the strong freight market of 2021.

Also on the podcast, Kingston reviews the market for jet fuel, which has reached dizzying heights, and explains why that could impact the price of diesel.

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The U.S. is releasing more oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve than it ever has before. Is this good policy?

On the Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston discusses why such a move now is precisely why the reserve was built in the first place.

Tracy Rosser, an executive vice president at Transplace, is the guest of the week on Drilling Deep. What does the massive amount of data that his company processes every day tell us about the state of the supply chain crisis? Rosser sits down to share his perspective.

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As the roads have become clogged again as the country comes out of the pandemic, there is some bad news coming from them: safety has not improved.

Rob Abbott has spent much of his career dealing with truck safety issues. He's now the commercial leader for enterprise trucking at Lytx. He joins host John Kingston to discuss the state of safety on the roads today.

Also on the podcast, Kingston looks at some diesel numbers that are at record highs, but it isn't just the price. It's where diesel is relative to crude oil. The numbers are eye-popping. He will discuss what all that means. 

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