Tag: Trucking

When young children are asked what they want to be when they grow up, the typical responses are doctor, firefighter, nurse, teacher — all very well-known, respected professions. Children are often encouraged to pursue these types of careers. Occasionally, a young person interested in trucks mi...

On Friday, pick up at a scrap yard. The most memorable scrapyard, guarded by a Mexican — Army steel pot on, with major dents, in Chicago. Waiting in line, the noise, dust, and comings and goings Other trucks, employees, and the homeless and addicted. Beat up pick-ups, bicycle trailers, ...

More than 60 years ago, construction began in what is perhaps one of the greatest public works projects in the history of the United States, one that changed the trucking industry in America forever: the Interstate Highway System. It’s hard to imagine today but before 1956, when the Federal...

There’s nothing like a gut-wrenching action film that has you clenching for dear life at the climax and leaves you slack-jawed with peeled eyes at the end. The fact is you probably haven’t had such an experience since the late 90s when films were truly raw, gritty and based on storyte...

In the data-driven era, making informed decisions is a competitive advantage. TMS provides a wealth of data and analytics, offering valuable insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) such as delivery times, fuel efficiency, and driver performance. This data empowers logistics managers to ident...

Kierra Henderson, aka “The Trucking Guru,” has over 20 years of experience in the transportation industry. As the leader of a remarkable fleet of 140+ trucks and a multi-million dollar brokerage and dispatching company, Kierra has established herself as a titan in the field. Kierra&rs...

In order to accomplish these objectives, we developed a finite state machine (FSM) that stores the state of the load assignments to drivers at each time step, and changes the state as new information about loads and driver’s destination information from the previous trip becomes available. To ...

When you are an over the road (OTR) driver, you work, live, sleep, eat, and often even go to the bathroom in your truck. You are chained to it for the full time you are out. Most OTR companies have drivers on the road for three weeks, then three days home. Even on days you don’t...