November 20, 2023
When Kim Richardson, president of KRTS Transportation Specialists, and his wife, CFO of the company, would talk shop around the dinner table, his young kids would get involved and ask questions. Now those kids have leadership roles within his company with plans in place for them to one day take over.
November 13, 2023
Bob Perry, a health advocate for truck drivers, said his father, who drove a truck for a living for 45 years, retired with what he calls the professional truck driver health care package: high blood pressure, sleep apnea and diabetes. The trucking industry loses over 300,000 drivers each year due to poor health, whether that be from the worst-case scenario of death or the more common cause of losing their health card because they failed their DOT physical.
November 13, 2023
“It also sucks driving truck is slowly killing me physically,” one driver commented on CCJ’s What Drivers Want survey.
Bob Perry, a health advocate for truck drivers, said just like many carriers proactively address the health of equipment with preventative maintenance, they should do the same with driver health. That includes mental health.
November 9, 2023
Driver safety is top of mind for fleet managers, carriers, and logistics providers across the U.S.—and for good reason. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have concluded that vehicle (light and heavy) crashes are the leading cause of work-related fatalities, resulting in more than 17,000 worker deaths from 2011 to 2020.
November 8, 2023
In today’s global economy and market connectivity, the trucking and transportation fleet industries are essential to the movement of goods across the country and throughout each community. Successful organizations with transportation fleets understand that their impact goes well beyond the highways and byways they travel. This understanding also extends beyond supply chains and operational bottom lines.
October 30, 2023
Whether you have a small fleet in the early stages of fleet expansion or an established carrier with thousands of trucks on the road, there are several factors to consider regarding vehicle acquisition. For some, owning equipment outright makes the most sense. For others, leasing or a combination of owning and leasing is the best option. When deciding how to grow your fleet, it is important to consider certain things.
Navigating current market conditions
October 25, 2023
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in September after rising 0.2% in August. In September, the index equaled 113.9 (2015=100) compared with 115.2 in August.
October 25, 2023
Everyone is familiar with the Chinese proverb “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The rest of the story, according to a Google search, is that it takes over 2 million steps to complete that thousand-mile journey. There is no avoiding the rest of the steps, although that is exactly what environmental regulators are trying to do right now. Current regulatory proposals and discussions are attempting to ignore time-proven, necessary developmental paths, and jump straight to the final destination: zero emissions vehicles.
October 19, 2023
If you’re in trucking, you know there is an entrenched shortage of qualified diesel mechanics and other medium/heavy-truck technicians. Study after study keeps confirming this dismal trend.
October 17, 2023
In the hustle and bustle of today’s fast-paced industrial world, keeping downtime at bay becomes crucial for businesses. Whether it’s equipment breakdowns, maintenance delays, or clunky processes, downtime can spell trouble for businesses – think lost profits and ballooning costs. But fear not, because there are tools and tactics that can help wrangle downtime and give a boost to productivity.