February 27, 2018
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 […]
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February 14, 2018
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 […]
February 6, 2018
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 […]
January 11, 2018
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. […]
January 3, 2018
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 […]
December 27, 2017
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 […]
December 5, 2017
Introducing Cori Eckley, CTB. Team NATCO is proud to announce that our very own Cori Eckley, vice president of operations, is now a Certified Transportation Broker. Administered by the Transportation Intermediaries Association, the CTB is “the highest broker certification that […]