July 26, 2016
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 […]
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July 19, 2016
Dealing with Highway Robbery. Cargo theft costs the U.S. economy upwards of $25 billion in lost revenue each year. That figure is startling—and something that eventually affects all of us. Part of corporate loss-prevention strategy includes sometimes inflating retail prices […]
July 12, 2016
On Cooperation with our Partners. From our humble beginnings 25 years ago, Team NATCO has known the value and importance of clear and frequent communication. It continues to be essential to the success of each and every movement of freight […]
July 5, 2016
Legislation for Our Industry’s Best Practices. With a quarter of a century in business, our customers and business associates alike have come to trust our professional instincts. And while we’re quite proud of this, we also wonder: why trust instinct […]
June 28, 2016
A New Proposal to Better the Small Business Environment. On June 14th and 15th, we were in Washington, DC, to attend the Capitol Hill Fly In, sponsored by the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). TIA is the nation’s largest group of […]
June 21, 2016
What Gets Us There. The US Interstate Highway System is a network of connected routes that totals 47,856 in length—the second largest system in the world, after China. We estimate that 25% of all automotive miles driven in the country […]
June 8, 2016
More Benefits of Speaking with an Actual Human. We have plenty to say about automation in the freight industry. On the one hand we’re all in favor of great, tried-and-true technology that helps streamline communications and helps with safety for […]