February 25, 2022 February 25, 2022Categories Freight LogisticsButter, Bottlenecks, and FreightOur butter's in a jam. Prices are up 40%. That's nobody's fault. Or everybody's fault. Depends on who you ask.
February 18, 2022 February 18, 2022Categories Freight LogisticsLinking the Supply ChainNo easy explanations. No easy answers. What we do know is that consumer demand has long pushed our supply ability in new directions.
February 11, 2022 February 11, 2022Categories CarriersTrucker PerspectiveOne of our carriers once wisely told us that truck drivers are providing “a justice to the community." We enthusiastically agree.
February 1, 2022 February 1, 2022Categories CarriersOld School Trucking At Its FinestWe just love it when experience and honesty and smarts all arrive in the same driver. That's Danny Ray, the best of old-school.
January 28, 2022 January 28, 2022Categories GeneralBridging InfrastructureHere's to infrastructure work always conducted more in a proactive way than a reactive way. As in: before the bridge collapses.
January 21, 2022 January 21, 2022Categories TechnologyFueling the Transportation IndustryHydrogen is the most abundant element in the known universe. (Was cream cheese, but there was a cyber attack late last year. Long story.)
January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022Categories TechnologyFreight FinancialsAs innovators make progress, we look forward to cleaner, longer-lasting, more economical tires. The big wheels keeps on turning.
January 6, 2022 January 6, 2022Categories TechnologyTransportation as a Relationship BusinessThe best of tech combined with the best of our human work: NATCO has always campaigned to provide professionalism with a human touch.
December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021Categories General2021: Transport RoundupWhat to make of 2021? In our NATCO world that's always informed by chaos, in many ways it's all been just another busy day at the office.
December 23, 2021 December 23, 2021Categories Freight LogisticsHope for Ports of EntryWe can keep status quo and wait patiently (yeah, we're really not that patient), or we can bypass the congestion.
December 17, 2021 December 17, 2021Categories Freight LogisticsSupply Chain StrainPull back a bit more, and we see that our long-term supply-and-demand situation is very imbalanced. They call it a supply chain for a reason.
December 10, 2021 December 10, 2021Categories GeneralRolling Through Trucking NumbersFrom commercial drivers to bridges, this week we give you a grab-bag collection of statistics of the U.S. trucking industry.