Or: Wind Can Be a Major Drag. First, the basics: We need fuel to power our trucks and engines to pull our loads. When wind enters the mix, the efficiency of the entire rig can be compromised. Though we’ve studied […]

Innovation, Interruption or Disruption? “Pardon the interruption.” Or: “Welcome to our disruption.” If we interrupted, you were in the middle of a sentence and we chimed in with our statement. Hurricane Harvey was a major disruptor—to life, to business, to […]

Real Time & Projections Throughout the Industry. Our friends at Truckstop.com maintain a fascinating chart on their home page. Their live feed of postings and rates shows available loads for six types of freight movement, along with total opportunity amounts […]

NATCO on Capitol Hill NATCO was honored to attend last week’s Capitol Hill Fly-In, an annual event sponsored by the Transportation Intermediaries Association. Represented by our VP of Operations Cori Eckley, the 3PL Policy Forum is, according to TIA’s description, […]

Or: We’re Not in Dire Straits. Here’s a good story: The British rock band Dire Straits was looking for its big break in the mid-1970s. The musicians heard a music producer was having a backyard barbecue in Los Angeles. They […]

Or: Why We’re Not Changing Our Name to MATCO Anytime Soon. We’ve explored the possibilities and possible implications of new vehicles in this space. Some seem very promising, like the Nikola One hydrogen-powered semi-truck. And some give us eyebrow-raising pause, […]

Turning Talk Into Action. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…unless you happened to be at the TIA Conference last week.  Sponsored by a number of innovative companies, this was a record year for attendance, with 1,175 people at the […]