By Al Muskewitz Build a better mousetrap, they say, and the world will beat a path to your door. If that’s true, 18-wheelers could soon be lining up at Rocketail LLC bumper-to-bumper for as far as the…
By Al Muskewitz Analytics turned a rebuilt Oakland Athletics team back into a 100-win pennant contender in 2002, made general manager Billy Beane an overnight guru and sparked a revolution that changed the way baseball is…
By Al Muskewitz Nina Jolly has worn a lot of hats in her 12 years with TLD Logistics Services and late this summer another layer was added to her career onion. Jolly, already the Knoxville, Tenn.-based carrier’s…
The road to success is never a journey taken alone. Teams don’t win championships without all the pieces of the franchise working together for a common goal. A big piece of the playbook is communication. At…
By Al Muskewitz When Covenant Transport chairman David Parker would speak to groups he’d often ask for a show of hands among those in the crowd who had ever encouraged their child or grandchild to become…
By Al Muskewitz Opportunities for women in the trucking industry have grown substantially over the past few years – both inside the truck and in the office. The number of women professional drivers is at an all-time…
Two new issues land on ATRI list: Driver compensation, detentionBy Al Muskewitz SAN DIEGO – The driver shortage and hours-of-service rules – the two hottest-button topics in the trucking industry for years – pulled down the…
By Al MuskewitzWestern Express is always looking for ways to enhance its position as one of the most technologically advanced carriers in the industry, The Nashville, Tenn.-based carrier took another step in that direction over…
By Al Muskewitz Like most American sports fans, Oakley Trucking operations manager Nick Dulaney will find himself watching some of the MLB playoffs at some point over the next month. Maybe it’ll be the game that…
By Al Muskewitz DES MOINES, Iowa –When it comes to life on the road, James Hawes is no stranger to the trucking industry. He came to TMC Transportation in the fall of 2013 and it…