Ingrid Brown

Small Fleet recap: How to lead in times of turbulence

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Conquering obstacles in today’s trucking

DETAILS: Ken Kaelin, president of Bottomley Enterprises in Mount Airy, North Carolina, joins Ingrid Brown, host of FreightWaves’ AMERICA on 18 Wheels, in a fireside chat to talk about trucking in the economy today. They address the rising costs of operations, recruiting and retention problems all small fleets and owner-operators face today....

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Manifesting the open road — Great Quarter, Gals

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On this episode of Great Quarter, Gals, Kaylee Nix catches up with her co-host Grace Sharkey as she attends the Manifest conference in Las Vegas. Sharkey is catching up with the latest FreightTech being presented at the conference and getting to network with some key people across the transportation industry.

Sharkey and Nix then welcome Ingrid Brown, professional truck driver and host of the new FreightWaves show America on 18 Wheels. Brown has been driving over three decades and uses her show...

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Viewpoint: Rules may differ, but all drivers share one goal — stay safe

This commentary was written by Ingrid Brown, host of FreightWavesTV’s driver show, “America on 18 Wheels.” The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

By Ingrid Brown

Safety is more than what is printed in your DMV study manual before you take your written test. Or before you step in and buckle up for your first mile at the wheel. 

The study manuals are different for every class of license in each state. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-rules-may-differ-but-all-drivers-share-one-goal-stay-safe

Cancer advocate reminds truckers May is Melanoma Awareness Month

If you are friends with trucking advocate Ingrid Brown on social media, she says you can expect to see “friendly reminder” posts from her over the next couple of weeks to bring awareness that May is Melanoma Awareness Month.

While the American Academy of Dermatology Association usually offers free skin cancer screenings in May, the organization had to cancel them this month because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Since being diagnosed with melanoma in 2017, Brown, a 40-year trucking veteran with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cancer-advocate-reminds-truckers-that-may-is-melanoma-awareness-month

Rate war rages on (with video)

On today’s episode, Dooner goes solo and he’s talking about the increasing tensions between brokers and truckers, what the TIA’s Bob Voltmann has to say about broker criticisms, and Mayday protests for truckers and warehouse workers. 

Owner/operator Ingrid Brown dials-in to give us an update from the road. Have driver conditions improved? Are truckers getting access to PPE? Can they get a meal and her thoughts on the trucker vs broker brouhaha.

And – latest headlines, Good News Bad News...

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