By Al Muskewitz When a trucking company closes its doors the timing, regardless of the rumors, is sudden and the impact, especially if it’s a big company, is far-reaching. No time is a good time for…
DES MOINES, Iowa – David Isaac started at TMC Transportation on Valentine’s Day 2014 and has been in love with the Black and Chrome ever since. The veteran TMC driver spent eight years in the military…
By Al Muskewitz It has been held under a variety of names over the years, rain or shine, but no matter what it’s been called or the weather, everyone has a shootin’ good time at Porter…
By Wright Media staff CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Appropriately on Veterans Day, Covenant Transport has created a landmark military hiring program it hopes will increase the number of professional drivers on its team with military backgrounds. Operation Victory is…
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…