Who has it tougher: Santa or truck drivers?
DALLAS, Texas — The week before Christmas is a busy one. Parcels are being delivered all over the world and Santa is preparing to deliver toys and goodies to every child in the world overnight. In a cheeky and timely…
NATSO Training Course Focuses on Aiding Drivers in Distress
The NATSO Foundation truckstop trade association has launched an online course designed to promote highway safety by teaching truckstop owners, operators, and employees how to help drivers in physical, emotional, or financial distress. Titled “How Truc…
Private Equity Firm Buys Utah-Based Refrigerated Carriers
KJM Capital, an Orlando, Fla.-based private equity firm, has acquired refrigerated carriers Interide Transport and Blue Sky Logistics in separate transactions. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Interide Transport specializes in transporting refrigerated food …
Earnings Watch: FedEx Profit Edges Higher Hitting $700 Million
Parcel delivery and trucking company FedEx Corp. this week reported a net profit of $700 million for its fiscal second quarter, missing Wall Street expectations on earnings despite higher revenue. The 1% year-over-year increase in earnings for the peri…
What Do Luxury Sleeper Cabs for Long-Haul Truck Drivers Look Like?
The life of a long-haul trucker can be tough, even when they’re not behind the wheel. When it’s time to get some shuteye in the truck’s cab, some of them have a scant 36″ behind the seats in which to stuff a twin mattress, and there’s barely enough room to turn around back there, let alone get dressed and undressed.
How to go out of business
I am hesitant to write columns on how to succeed as a new, small trucking company. Everything I ever write is based on personal experiences. What worked for me may not work for you, so let’s try reverse psychology. I’m…
PMTC to reintroduce benchmarking survey
Benchmarking yourself against other like-minded and similar business operations is a key way to see how you stack up against others. It allows you to validate your performance based on comparative peer data, identify areas of improvement and opportunity and…
Tweaking trailer tails
What wind tunnel testing says about trailer tail performance
UK trucker raises funds for driver slain in Berlin attack
A British truck driver has raised nearly A 50,000 via crowdfunding for the family of the Polish driver found dead in the truck used in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded …
The Whole Package
Increased demands, pressures affect shipper-carrier relationships.