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With COVID-19 upending the way the world functions, truckers have been on the front lines, ensuring essential medical supplies, food, and other items get to where they need to go. Yet, being considered an “essential worker” comes with some drawbacks. One problem truck drivers face as they haul freight from one place to the next … Read more
The transportation and logistics sector has gone through massive evolution over the past 25 years. During the first part of the century, the logistics sector served as a purely operational function. It was part of sales or manufacturing but not the other way around. Today, logistics serves as an independent supply chain management function. It … Read more
Have you heard? With all the cutting-edge technology invading the trucking and transportation sectors, it wouldn’t be long before trailers became their own self-sustaining power source. Trailer OEMs are hard at work figuring out how to get the most out of their trailer configurations. One trailer manufacturer has developed a refrigeration system that replaces the … Read more
Welcome back to Part II in our series on how to keep your commercial motor vehicles and truck drivers safe when adverse weather approaches. We have talked a lot about policy and procedure and gone over statistics regarding crash data, but today we want to dig even deeper into what you need to do to … Read more
When it comes to ensuring truck drivers are properly trained, the buck stops at company headquarters. Fleet managers, executives, and other managers at the company must all be invested in the training and coaching of their operators. It is kind of like a major sports team and how they do things. NFL and NBA teams … Read more
No matter where in the country your fleet operates in, your truck drivers will have to navigate adverse or unusual weather conditions at some point or another in their career. Adverse weather conditions happen everywhere. Just consider the incredible hurricane season we are emerging from. Whether it be crazy wildfires or destructive hurricanes, adverse weather … Read more
The electric vehicle revolution is now underway. For many OEMs, whether they are in the light- or heavy-duty business, electricity-driven powertrains are going to be the way of the future. Yet, questions remain about how electric vehicles will get the power they need. Even more, is their energy density enough to handle the job the … Read more
Have we lost you already in the eternal alternative fuels discussion? From gas to electric to hydrogen to natural gas – there are no shortages of powertrain options these days for those looking past diesel. But what we haven’t talked a lot about is hydrogen. While everyone has been focused on electrification, hydrogen has been … Read more
Welcome back to Part II of our special report on tucking during COVID-19. We have been taking an in-depth look at how the pandemic has impacted the transportation sector and trucking companies. Today we are going to jump back in where we left off, which was in a discussion surrounding how the virus has caused … Read more
Here at the QuickTSI blog, we pride ourselves on providing first-class information that truckers, trucking companies, industry insiders, and industry advocates would find timely and useful. That’s why we wanted to produce a special report on trucking during COVID-19. How has the industry changed and adapted to these new times we all live in and … Read more