NATCO Rolls into 3PL Discussion. “For hard resets, conventions and conferences can be inspiring.” — Kelly Sue DeConnick / Down in Midland, Texas, last week, Team NATCO attended the Annual West Texas Oil and Gas Convention. We learned a lot. […]

New Uses for the Intermodal World. The world is filled with shipping containers. We see them on ships. We see them on trains. We see (and NATCO uses) them on our roads. In 1956, Malcom McLean, an American businessman in […]

A Deeper Dive into Bridge Work. Last week, we explored the nation’s infrastructure and NATCO’s continuing interest in assuring our carriers and customers engage a movement of freight in the safest way possible. The challenge is in working through and […]

Propping Up a Crumbling Infrastructure. There’s an old New Yorker magazine cartoon. Doctor says to his patient, “Structurally, you’re sound. It’s your façade that’s crumbling.” Team NATCO is keenly interested in roads, bridges, weather, and the march of time, all […]

Big Wheels Keep on Turning. The next time you see a truck rolling down the highway, pulling a flatbed, oversize, reefer, or heavy haul (yes, NATCO handles those), first thank your grade school art teacher and then thank the Sumerians. […]

The Intersection of Residential and Commercial.  Our friends at American Trucker just summarized some fascinating statistics in its article: “Where will freight flow? To the west, truckers, to the west.” Yes, the headline might seem really obvious as to the […]

How the Lone Star State is Central. As we reach the end of 2017 and usher in a new year, let’s take stock of where we are: Texas. Texas—and most everything related to it—is important. Even though it’s one (really […]