Logistics at a Crossroads

Where freight meets real life. Hosted by Gia — logistics veteran, cancer survivor, and truth-teller — “ Logistics at a Crossroads” explores the industry, identity, and the grit it takes to keep showing up. Freight. Feelings. No filter.

Logistics at a Crossroads is a news podcast hosted by Regina "Gia" Hunter, with 63 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Regina "Gia" Hunter hosts Logistics at a Crossroads, a news show with 63 episodes published.

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  Episode #62

  S2 ️ Episode 10 — The Container Is Sitting There. So Why Am I Paying You?

  Oct 5, 20268 minS2

  Send us Fan Mail Demurrage. Detention. Two words capable of starting an argument almost anywhere in ocean freight. These charges are supposed to encourage cargo and equipment to keep moving. But what happens when the shipper or trucker wants to move the equipment—and physically cannot? In this episode, Gia gets into one of the most frustrating questions in logistics: Who actually controlled the delay? We’re talking container availability, appointments, terminal closures, equipment returns, holds, driver detention, documentation, accountability, and why a logistics invoice can sometimes reveal a much bigger process problem. Sometimes the fee is legitimate. Sometimes it isn’t. And sometimes everybody contributed to the mess. Welcome to logistics. This week’s question: When your freight stops moving, does your organization know who actually controlled the delay—or does the invoice decide who gets blamed? An intro of what we do Support the show New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com

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  Episode #61

  S2 ️Episode 9 — When Plan B Needs a Plan B: What Happens When There Is No Good Detour?

  Oct 2, 202621 minS2

  Send us Fan Mail Logistics loves a contingency plan. Port congested? Reroute it. Carrier unavailable? Find another. Shipping lane disrupted? Take another route. Simple, right? Not exactly. In this episode, Gia looks at what happens when the backup option becomes expensive, congested, delayed, or risky too. Changing one transportation route can change transit time, fuel, insurance, capacity, equipment positioning, warehouse schedules, customer promises, and every connection downstream. A backup route is not the same thing as a contingency plan. We’re talking global shipping disruptions, chokepoints, capacity, resilience, tradeoffs, and why planners should never meet the company’s emergency plan for the first time during the actual emergency. An intro of what we do Support the show New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com

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  Episode #60

  S2 ️Episode 8 — Diesel Doesn't Care About Your Freight Budget

  Sep 28, 202613 minS2

  Send us Fan Mail Diesel does not care about your annual budget. It does not care what transportation quoted three months ago. And it definitely does not care what somebody already promised the customer. When fuel prices climb, somebody eventually pays. In this episode, Gia breaks down how fuel costs move through transportation—from carriers and owner-operators to shippers, customers, and eventually consumers. But this conversation is bigger than the price at the pump. We’re talking fuel surcharges, carrier relationships, hidden transportation costs, wasted driver time, empty miles, last-minute expedites, and why the lowest freight rate is not always the lowest operational cost. Because cheap transportation that creates five downstream problems isn't really cheap. This week’s question: If diesel increased another dollar tomorrow, would your transportation strategy still work? An intro of what we do Support the show New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com

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  Episode #59

  S2 ️ Episode 7 — Where Did All the Drivers Go?

  Sep 25, 202611 minS2

  Send us Fan Mail We’ve been hearing about the truck driver shortage for years. But maybe we’ve been asking the wrong question. Instead of asking where all the drivers went, what if we asked what kind of transportation system we’re expecting them to work inside? In this episode, Gia looks beyond the driver shortage headline and into training, qualification, safety, detention, parking, hours of service, appointment systems, working conditions, and one of the most overlooked forms of capacity loss: Wasted time. A truck sitting four hours at a dock is still technically “capacity”—but it isn’t moving freight. Maybe the answer isn’t always adding more drivers. Maybe part of the answer is making better use of the qualified professionals already behind the wheel. This week’s question: Does your operation really have a driver shortage—or are you wasting the capacity of the drivers you already have? An intro of what we do Support the show New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com

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  Episode #58

  S2 ️Episode 6 — Park It: When a Trucker Sit-Out Rumor Becomes a Grassroots Warning

  Sep 21, 202626 minS2

  Send us Fan Mail October 1. Park your trucks. Sit out. Don't move any freight until someone helps us. Why do/did people think this was going to happen? On this episode of Holding the Line: Logistics at a Crossroads we dive into why this rumor started and what's going on with the trucking industry that could lead to this type of sit out. We discuss owner operators and small fleet carriers that are being hit with high fuel prices. Insurance, equipment cost, maintenance and not always having the freight rate to move the load. We then look at the supply chain. What if some drayage drivers decide not to move containers in a certain area. You may still have ports that are open. You may have cranes working and ships unloading. But you will start to see containers stacking up. Dwell time will increase, chassis will be tied up, appointment times will change, warehouses wont receive their freight. Etc. There will be a supply chain disruption. Just not all at once. We also talk about how social media can spread a message. How it can create change or misinformation. What you should know about as October 1st approaches. Maybe its not if truckers park on October 1st. But why did so many want to park their trucks. In this episode: October 1st Truckers parking there trucks. What will happen if this does occur. Owner Operator's and cost to run there trucks. Supply Chain disruption if trucking decreases. An intro of what we do Support the show New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com

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