Absolute disregard for etiquette and professionalism. Also the hiring manager called me a f******. So you can add homophobia to the list of adjectives I can describe this s*** show of a company. I’m not even sure if it’s a real company.
Any thoughts my fellow truckers!?
Vision Truck Group has announced its acquisition of Expressway Trucks, expanding its reach in the southwestern Ontario region. “We are excited to welcome Expressway Trucks to the Vision Truck Group […]
In response to today’s high demand for resilience in the world of physical operations, Samsara Inc., pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, announced its new Upgrade for Smarter Operations programme across the UK and Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg markets. The programme is designed to make it easy for organisations that rely on systems with inadequate capabilities and customer support to upgrade to Samsara’s advanced and comprehensive AI-powered platform. Eligible companies to upgrade include organisations like Lightfoot, Microlise, Webfleet, Trakm8, Lytx, Geotab, Verizon Connect, VisionTrak, and Masternaught among others.
“We switched technology providers because our previous telematics and cameras were unreliable – the data was poor, and our drivers didn’t trust it, hindering bonus planning. We were close to choosing Microlise, but Samsara’s ability to identify key events and behaviours stood out, offering a path to improve our culture through training,” said Peter Cox, Head of Transport, Clean Linen.
As the most widely-used and fastest-growing connected operations platform, Samsara is committed to continuous innovation and customer success. In fact, the company holds hundreds of patents and has proven to deliver 8x ROI. This commitment translates into many tangible benefits as organisations that use Samsara’s platform can experience:
• Unrivalled AI Insights and Safety: Samsara’s AI is trained on more than 14 trillion data points, more than any other in its industry. Customers leverage its industry-leading AI to gain actionable insights that improve safety, efficiency, and decision-making across operations.
• Expert Partnership, Dependable Supply Chain, and Unwavering Reliability: Customers can rely on Samsara’s solutions for their mission-critical operations, benefiting from secure, scalable, and flexible technology, 99.99% platform uptime, extensive European coverage ensuring top-tier connectivity, rapid 48-hour hardware shipping, and a limited lifetime hardware warranty, all backed by dedicated 24/7 expert support. From day one, customers work with Samsara’s customer success managers and implementation consultants, who stay with them through every stage of their journey.
• Technology Drivers Love: Improve driver satisfaction and retention with leading safety technology and the industry’s number-one rated driver app, designed to be easy to use and to make administrative work simple for drivers.
• Committed to a sustainable future: Samsara customers globally have collectively saved over 1.3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions through the platform’s features designed for efficient fuel use and reduced emissions.
• Future-Proof Stability: Samsara is a long-term, financially strong partner, growing more than 30% year-over-year, and is continuously innovating for its customers, as evidenced by its more than $1B invested in research and development to date.
Thousands of organisations have switched to Samsara because of these advantages and more. Below are a few of their stories with perspective on Samsara’s differentiated solutions and support:
• “It was only when we started investigating alternatives that we discovered Samsara’s AI-based technology. We soon realised it was the perfect fit for us, providing information we needed in real-time,” commented Olivia Fagan, Compliance Officer, Fagan & Whalley
• “We see Samsara as a strategic partner that not only helps us to achieve our current goals, but also supports our long-term vision of a sustainable and successful company… We particularly appreciate the transparent and predictable cost structure that Samsara offers us. Unlike other providers, we get an all-inclusive solution that impresses with its intuitive, user-friendly platform,” added David Intruglio, Head of National Logistics, Alsco
• “When we studied the market, we realised that Samsara differentiated itself from its competitors with particularly effective, latest-generation solutions. We also appreciated their ability to respond very quickly to our specifications with great precision. For the installation of the first gateway, a Samara technician guided us by videoconference and it took us barely 15 minutes. We installed the subsequent units completely independently and very easily, taking just 5 minutes per vehicle,” said Karim Aït Soumane, Co-Founder, TMA Express
• “The Samsara safety score has been a runaway success. It’s given myself and other drivers something to compete over, I can’t count the number of times we’ve joked about beating each other’s score, it’s a fantastic system,” concluded Eddie Burns, Driver and Driver Manager, Midland Tyre Services
“The world of physical operations is the engine of our economy, driving over 40% of global GDP and impacting everyone’s daily life,” said Philip van Der Wilt, EMEA SVP and GM, at Samsara. “The legacy solutions some are relying on simply aren’t built for today’s economic uncertainties and operational complexities, eroding the confidence leaders need. That’s why we’re making it even easier for them to upgrade to the clear advantages Samsara’s platform delivers.”
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Just got approved for Melton.Heading there the end of july.with a construction background I tend to try to buy good tools.So my question is are the inexpensive strap winders in the Co store good enough or should I get one of the more expensive ones.I do not plan on taking a drill so the hand winders are what I am planning on using.I will be getting a dez gps before going there and probably a couple pocket winches and a laminated atlas.Probaly get the CB at a truck stop,,doesn’t seem to be a…
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has released the findings of the Penske Logistics-sponsored 2025 State of Logistics Report. The longstanding report indicates that businesses continue to navigate through a fog of supply chain and economic uncertainty. What is true today may not be true tomorrow in this rapidly changing landscape.
Created annually for CSCMP by consulting firm Kearney, this publication offers to the industry a close-up of the American economy through the lens of the logistics sector. The report further suggests ongoing fragile business optimism driven by fluctuating demand, emerging technological disruptions, and a renewed need for resilience and agility.
Notable trends and statistics include:
• U.S. business logistics costs are $2.58 trillion, which amounts to 8.8% of the national GDP. Last year, the numbers were $2.45 trillion and 8.8% respectively.
• The logistics industry in 2024 saw a return to pre-pandemic patterns in some areas, but was also marked by flat business volumes, excess truck capacity and rising operational costs.
• E-commerce continues to move along at a brisk pace, with global online retail sales nearing $6.3 trillion, resulting in more efficient last-mile delivery, increasingly agile warehousing, and a stronger demand for air freight.
• Geopolitical tensions, combined with proposed and enacted tariffs, and shifting trade regulations around the world, have combined to increase transit times, capacity constraints, rate volatility in ocean freight (leading to longer home package delivery times and delays), and a greater reliance from third-party logistics providers to deliver end-to-end support.
• Mexico overtook China as the United States’ largest trading partner in 2024. Transactions between the U.S. and Mexico topped at a record $840 billion, a 6% year-over-year improvement.
• Technology investment continues to be an essential component of the modern supply chain. Data analytics, artificial intelligence as well as robotics and automation are among the headliners supply chain leaders are working on.
Mark Baxa, CSCMP president and CEO stated: “This year’s State of Logistics Report helps supply chain professionals cut through that fog with insight, data, and direction. It highlights not only the challenges of disrupted trade flows, evolving customer expectations, and constrained capacity, but also the resilience and innovation reshaping the logistics landscape.”
Korhan Acar, Kearney partner and lead author for the State of Logistics Report, shared: “As the fog thickens, the logistics industry must move beyond short-term fixes and fundamentally rethink resilience—not as a luxury, but as a strategic imperative embedded in networks, technology, and decision-making. In a world defined by disruption, resilience is what ensures continuity, enabling agility and long-term durability. And as AI and automation drive down the cost of building resilient supply chains, the greater risk now lies in standing still.”
Andy Moses, senior vice president of solutions and sales strategy, Penske Logistics remarked: “There is a great deal of quality content in this year’s State of Logistics Report. Each day, we are helping our customers find resiliency in their supply chains, as we leverage best-in-class technology and amass capacity on a flexible basis as needed.”
By “Move Ahead” Staff
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I am in the process of hiring my cousin to drive my 26ft foot box truck for my trucking business in California. I am planning to pay him Percentage Per Load, but am a little overwhelmed on all the process. Is there any business that could help me setup or guide me on hiring my first employee. Your guidance is appreciated
Question about EZPass: is anyone else having difficulty getting timely reports from NY? It takes me upwards of six weeks before they post to my account. By the time it’s posted, it is past the deadline for my company to reimburse me. I am curious if anyone else is experiencing this? I have even called NY Thruway and they acknowledged there is a problem. Has anyone gone through NY lately, and does the problem still exist?
Everyone in our industry knows what Third-party contract logistics is (3PLs and LSPs). Many of us will be familiar with the concept of the 4PL. But 5PL?! David Priestman reports.
Stuart Love has a long and impressive job title for his new role at supply chain behemoth DSV: Director of Global Supply Chain Inventory Management Solutions. For a global forwarding and logistics firm that is 50% air and sea freight-based and 25% road cargo, that means one quarter of all operations are designated as ‘solutions’ for customers. The new combined company will have around 150,000 employees.
Love (pictured below) is a data man, recruited from Intel. His specialism is in assembly and packing operations for manufacturers, assisting them with sourcing, procurement and planning. Entering the supply chain world, he is seeing things afresh and learning fast. “Freight forwarders are lean, 4PL set-ups that transcend industry problems due to the complexity of their operations and networks across all vertical markets,” he told me when we met at Manifest.
Stuart Love, DSVSo, a fourth party logistics provider (4PL) is one that manages the contracted-out logistics and warehousing activities of a customer but uses few or none of its own physical assets, such as commercial vehicle fleets, distribution centres, ships and cargo planes. Instead, it sub-contracts these to many separate logistics companies across the supply chain it is managing. The 4PL provides the ‘control tower’ with its supply chain management and associated software, selects routes, modes and hubs, drives efficiencies and strives to create synergy.
By extension, a 5PL must be one step removed from a 4PL. Love agrees: “A 5PL utilizes data across all modes, analysing what can be measured in transit, such as temperature and locations. Everyone talks about AI and data but many customers can’t see the wood for the trees. What are you going to do with the data and do differently? Being prepared isn’t enough, you need to enable increases in revenue, new lanes and new markets. It is these that determine your data requirements.”
Serving the current customer is key. “Supply chains need to be touchless and incident-based. We can assess the control tower metrics and network capacity,” Love added. “A 5PL is more than consultancy, its designing inventory management solutions, data crunching and analysis to then build new distribution centres, server centres and capacity.” Recommendations to the customer would be made, whether that be using DSV assets or brokerage for sub-contractors. The emphasis is on project management and navigating customer requirements.
What does the future holds for road transport companies around the world? It is a low-margin, often family-run sector, supplemented by pallet freight networks and alliances, challenged by fuel costs, driver shortages and the need to decarbonise logistics by gradually adopting electric vehicles. Nothing can be transported without a 3PL logistics service provider or haulier. 4PL supply chain management services cannot be offered if there are insufficient trucking firms to do the donkey work.
“The technology and the trucks are all there,” Love responded. “Perhaps the haulage sector is ripe for subsidies?” Right now there is just enough capacity, generally, due to the low barriers to entry for the road haulage market. “Most DSV road freight is for our own shipped or flown cargo, as part of a service solution,” Love explained. As a 4PL forwarder there is no desire to truck freight unless it is part of a higher-margin contract.
Some supply chains, such as Tesco’s, maintain some logistics operations in-house, both as a core competency for know-how and as a KPI comparison with outsourced providers. Contract lengths remain a key issue. 3PLs and 4PLs are loathe to invest in EVs and warehouse automation if the contract is up for renewal tendering just a few years ahead.
The speed of change in logistics is increasing. Unnecessary, counter-productive trade barriers and tariffs are re-emerging. What about reshoring and nearshoring? “It can’t be rushed or done until the supply chain is figured out,” Love stated. “Nearshoring solutions require good people to deliver it and competent resources. It is mission-critical for consumer goods, technology and electronics manufacturers.” New locations such as Ghana and the Indian subcontinent offer opportunities and most inward investment agencies, such as CARISCA and JAMPRO dangle incentives. “It’s more challenging in high-tech sectors, automotive and parts,” Love advises.
Are the benefits and challenges of nearshoring pretty straight forward? “Yes. Shorter lead times, less impact from governmental and geopolitical turmoil, lower transit costs, more direct linkage, better manufacturing and revenue realization by making the product in where it will be consumed. Additionally, nearshoring can unlock new tax and financial incentives that likely didn’t exist just a few decades ago. Emerging skillsets, improving infrastructure, growing and shifting demand profiles all create opportunities for new manufacturing locations that in many cases unlock not only supply resiliency, but also new markets. As more countries become industrialized and grow their talent pool, so grows their economy, and their need for advanced consumer goods, services, all of which can be satisfied by the very industries that are driving the growth.”
“5PLs will deliver faster time to information, or time to decision, more integrated and optimized workflows across supply chain nodes,” adds Love. “Using AI engines (LMM, Gen AI, Machine Learning, RPA and Agentic AI) successful companies in the near future will rely on 5PLs to not only streamline operations, communications, business process efficiency, but it will also unlock previously untapped potential regarding alternate or direct sources, supply chain financing, shared warehousing and freight lane utilization.”
How are 5PLs building on the proven benefits of the 4PL? “Via the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence data models, Robotic Process Automation, and Big Data interconnectivity,” says Love, “resulting in faster time-to-market, better use of limited and constrained resources, better identification of risk, and optimized net working capital.”
As worldwide supply chain operating models continue to grow more complex, so too grows the complexity of monitoring, evaluating and reporting of supply chain health. As Love explains, “the Supply Chain Control tower will undergo a major shift in the next 2-3 years. No longer are the days of dashboards fed by Excel and Access queries. Rather, connections throughout the supply chain now enable a whole new level of data integration and scalability.
“While, historically, Control Towers were limited to ‘static’ data with a limited ability to drilldown, investigate and mitigate revenue impacts, the Control Towers of the future will provide not only real time, structured data that is scalable at all levels, but these towers will also deliver sourcing opportunities, supplier and customer KPI summaries and scorecards, and real time tracking/tracing throughout the entire supply network. This will be made possible through improved system connectivity, master data governance and quality, and a systematized approach to gathering, aggregating and reporting data as stipulated by business operations.”
Where are we headed then? “The AI trends are everywhere. I think one of the most compelling developments currently underway is the need for real time track/trace with system connectivity to not only the shipment recipient, but also the downstream dependents of the materials. Tomorrow’s economy will be hastier, more demanding and profit constrained than ever. As such, the ability to confidently know exactly where shipments are and what condition they are will be paramount to companies ability to ‘just say yes’ to customer demand shifts, mitigate business impacts from supply chain excursions, and navigate geopolitical turmoil.”
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….. well blew a tire going to bloomfield and waiting for the tire guy …,
So long story short … tire blew on the outside , had my pry bar and took off the casing ( don’t need it flopping around ) , got to a safe area for the tire guy to do his thing and now i wait .
I always tell the new guys to be prepared , and bring food water and tools along to keep things rolling and once again , doing the Boy Scout thing saves the day .
Hope you new guys take heed and be prepared .
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