The Importance of Being There. We’re encourage to learn that Scott Darling, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, recently took a two-day ride along with a professional truck driver. Darling has worked his way through government, having worked for many […]

How to Better Position for the Load. About one in every 15 people in the United States is involved in the trucking industry. That includes about 3.5 million truck drivers. And with that, there’s often strong competition to secure a […]

Segment by Segment Pricing. By experience: estimates and hard pricing for the movement of customer orders are anything but arbitrary. Yes, NATCO’s pricing factors include numbers to stay competitive and enhance our reputation throughout the industry. Beyond that, though, on-the-ground […]

What to Do After You Park. Ask any driver: life on the road can be peaceful and enjoyable. And at times it can also be tedious and stressful. Sharon Porter, Team NATCO’s dispatcher extraordinaire, came to us after years of […]

Highlighting Considerations. Last week, we profiled Sharon Porter and how her experience has grown—from her early days of driving to her work as a dispatcher (a position she’s held at Team NATCO for 15 years now). This week, we share […]

Ensuring Trucker Safety. Following last week’s blog on the importance of safe parking lots for the nation’s truck drivers, we share here a main motivation behind the recent push for increased safety. On March 5, 2009, Jason Rivenburg, a part-time […]

Safety for Our Nation’s Drivers. As a companion to last week’s blog on cargo theft, we explore here the state of parking lots for freight drivers across the country. Annual cargo theft in the United States totals more than $25 […]