To celebrate Women’s History Month during the month of March, we’re shining a spotlight on women in transportation who are leading the way for other women in the industry. This blog is all about Elizabeth Gaines, owner and founder of Dallas-based E-Lane Freight Services, an asset-based intermodal freight brokerage and dispatch company. Gaines started her journey in the transportation industry in 2019 following…
Happy almost spring, all! It’s a busy time of year for us here at Trucker Tools as we launch several new product features and get ready for a jam-packed trade show and conference season. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to here at Trucker Tools thus far in 2023 and what you can expect from us over the coming…
All this month we’re celebrating Black History Month by showcasing Black-owned transportation businesses and highlighting the work of Black transportation professionals. Tawana Randall, our newest Black History Month honoree, is the owner and founder of metro Atlanta-based carrier consultancy business Gold Star Logistics Group. Gold Star Logistics Group provides freight dispatching, dispatch training, compliance, back office, and mentoring services to owner operators…
Throughout the month of February, we’re honoring Black History Month by showcasing Black-owned businesses and Black entrepreneurs in the transportation industry. In this blog, you’ll learn about transportation & logistics entrepreneur Rahmel Wattley, who is the C.E.O. and founder of Truck N’ Hustle, a trucking and logistics podcast/community dedicated to providing education to folks across both industries. Wattley also is the co-founder of…
This ongoing Employee Spotlight blog series showcases the talented team of folks who work here at Trucker Tools, from our engineers and members of our executive and marketing teams to our salespeople and customer success managers. This newest blog is all about Alex Altvater, Trucker Tools’ Vice President of Marketing. Alex is one of the newest members of the Trucker Tools team and…
In this ongoing Employee Spotlight blog series, we’re introducing you to Trucker Tools’ greatest asset: our people! This newest blog in the series is all about Jarret Stowe, product manager for Trucker Tools’ solutions for freight brokers and logistics providers. A Southern Virginia native, Jarret joined the Trucker Tools team four months ago following stints with two different last mile logistics start-ups.…
RESTON, VA – February 8, 2023 – Trucker Tools, the logistics industry’s leading freight visibility provider, announces its partnership with Samsara, pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud. This integration partnership allows drivers and carriers to use the Samsara ELD to digitally track loads for freight brokers via Trucker Tools’ real-time freight visibility software platform. Integration between Samsara ELDs and Trucker Tools’ real-time…
In this ongoing Employee Spotlight blog series, we’re introducing you to the talented folks working behind the scenes here at Trucker Tools. In each Employee Spotlight, you’ll learn about what each employee does here at Trucker Tools and a little bit about who they are outside of work. This newest spotlight blog is all about Michael Tho who works as a full…
Welcome to the newest and final edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free market forecast for owner operators and carriers. This trucking market forecast tells you where demand (and rates) for specific types of freight will be high, low, increasing and decreasing in the coming week. With these insights, you can maximize your profits by prioritizing loads into markets where demand…
Welcome to the newest edition of “Where’s the Freight?,” Trucker Tools’ free trucking forecast for fleets and owner operators. This free trucking forecast provides insights into where demand and rates for certain kinds of freight will be highest and lowest in the coming week. Over the next five to seven day period, you can expect high demand for reefer and flatbed capacity…
