Wired magazine has a special section in their March issue related to all kinds of piracy. What caught my eye was a quote attributed to Steve Jobs, “Why join the Navy when you can be a pirate?” I Googled the quote and found lots of speculation as to what he meant.

In my career in the trucking industry, on more than one occasion, I felt like I was doing what real pirates would be doing if they were in business today. So here is my pirate story.... Read More

Is this the year on-board hydrogen/oxygen generation should be taken seriously at MATS?

I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have been told that “every big rig in America needs to be running my product.” As I dig into the facts I usually find there is a reason the world has not beat a path to the prospective client’s door. A few years ago I was following my standard procedure:... Read More

Dot One

There's at least one trait shared by every successful trucking company - they all do an excellent job of managing their drivers. Driver retention has been and will continue to be a major factor effecting company profitability. As capacity tightens up and CSA regulations have their impact on the driver pool, managing these drivers will become even more critical.... Read More

In 2009 there were 285,987 DOT reportable accidents of which there were:

1. 2,987 Fatal accidents
2. 51,000 Injury accidents
3. 232,000 Property damage collisions

The dollar amounts associated with these accidents equals $36,788,159,418.00 (using costs from 2005) and if the inflation rate from 2005 – 2009 is added in that represents $37,387,806,416.00. That’s right, 37 billion dollars. Based on the 2005 numbers the per/accident cost are as follows ... Read More

by Jeff Sibio, Director, Industry Marketing Trucking / Fleet Management & Postal CEP at Intermec, a Descartes United by Design Alliance Partner

Posted under the Mobile Resource Management category, this article first appeared on June 8, 2011 in Descartes' Making Things Move Blog.... Read More

This week is getting a lot of attention. A recent study came out that drivers with previous violations are more likely to have accidents. This will be very interesting information in months to come. For this month let's focus on the Proposed Mandate. Recently NPTC (National Private Truck Counsel) stated their support for EOBRS, and there continues to be public comments on the proposed EOBR mandate.... Read More