The NATCO Blog

Ideas in Transit

June 21, 2016

June 21, 2016

Categories

Freight Logistics

On Road Quality

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

June 8, 2016

Categories

Technology

On Automated Rate Quotes

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 […]

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Categories

Carriers

Freight and Weigh Stations

He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother. Here’s some trivia for you: one of the top four busiest scales in the nation is just north of Houston—near Huntsville, on I-45—and it writes out one of the top number of violations in […]

May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Categories

Technology

Following Driverless Trucks

An Update to Questionable Autonomy. Recently, we wrote about the European Platooning Challenge and the prospect of driverless trucks on our nation’s highways. As a follow up, now comes San Francisco’s Otto Motors, which is developing a system similar to […]

May 18, 2016

May 18, 2016

Categories

General

Q&A: The NATCO Way

Generally Speaking. Full disclosure: We would much rather our potential and repeat clients ask us too many questions than not enough questions. In our view, everybody wins when everybody is on the same page. And with that, we want to […]

May 10, 2016

May 10, 2016

Categories

Carriers

Diesel, Freight, and Pricing

Fuel is Just One Factor This week, Transport Topics reported that diesel prices have risen eleven times in twelve weeks—this last time by 6.8 cents a gallon. Still, the current national average of $2.271 remains more than 60 cents below […]

May 3, 2016

May 3, 2016

Categories

Technology

People Behind the Wheel with Freight

Why The Driverless Truck Might Not Fly. Recently, we came across this article—“A fleet of trucks just drove themselves across Europe.” Driverless trucks, pre-mapped routes, connections via wifi…and not one of the 12 trucks with a human driver. On first […]