As the weather continues to heat up, produce season kicks into full gear. During spring months and into summer, capacity tightens up, rates increase and docks get full. Many shippers who move...
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Top Five Cooking Supplies for Truck Drivers
Spending days, sometimes weeks traveling America’s roadways can be demanding, and it’s important to fuel your body with ingredients that will keep you energized. Cooking or preparing healthy meals...
Managing Stress in a Stressful World
It’s not uncommon that you may have experienced more stress and anxiety over the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, you may have adapted some new techniques to help manage those...
Are You Considering Team Truck Driving?
For many drivers, driving as a team is an ideal situation. Knowing your partner has your back can ease the pressure that can come with life alone on the road, plus make for plenty of adventures and...
Werner Talks: Enhancing the Carrier Experience With Werner’s New Self-Service Platform
Jarrod, Director of Logistics, and Mitch, Product Owner, discuss the benefits of our feedback-driven self-service platform Carrier’s EDGE, and how Werner Logistics continues to enhance the carrier...
Honoring Celebrate Diversity Month
In 2004, April was officially declared Celebrate Diversity Month to recognize and honor the diversity that surrounds us all. It is a time to reflect, appreciate and learn about the diverse cultures,...
Five Reasons to Consider a Career in Transportation and Logistics
The transportation and logistics sector is a large industry with plenty of career opportunities. While you're familiar with a professional truck driver position, there are numerous other career...
Werner Logistics: How Our Award-Winning Logistics Team Came Together
One of the many great aspects of a career in the transportation and logistics industry is that it is not black and white. Everyone has a different story about where they came from, why they pursued...
Staying Safe on and off the Road
At Werner Enterprises, safety is always at the forefront of our business. Nothing we do is worth getting hurt or hurting others. But what about safety off the road, like parking at a truck stop for...
Power Only – Why Carriers Are Choosing Werner Logistics
Werner’s Power Only network is growing drastically in 2021 and we’re eager to offer alliance carriers exciting opportunities to benefit their drivers and their businesses. What exactly is Power...
Team Driving With Steve and Gina
It was 2011 when Steve and Gina married. Steve had been medically discharged from the U.S. Army, and Gina was working in management at a grocery store. Steve was looking for work and decided to...
Benefits of Using Lean Thinking in Logistics
Imagine a mindset that allows your team to be more productive and focus on what really matters to your customers. Lean is a way of thinking that applies the concept of incremental improvement at...
Werner Logistics – Looking Back at 2020 and Into 2021
The phrase “change is inevitable” took a whole new meaning in 2020. Among factory closures, driver and inventory shortages, panic buying and surges, 2020 was a year full of disruption. During this...
Werner Talks – Advantages of Werner Power Only Carriers
Senior Vice President Werner Logistics Matt Parry and Senior Director Werner Logistics Julia Hoult discuss the advantages of being a Werner Power Only Carrier.
Winter Weather Tips for Professional Drivers
For many states, winter weather has just begun. As we continue to see snow, sleet, wind, ice and cold weather in multiple areas of the U.S., it’s important to be prepared and aware of your...
Benefits for a Small Carrier to Partner with an Asset-Based 3PL
In the transportation and logistics industry, professional drivers are at the center of everything we do. As a small-to-medium-sized carrier, it’s important to partner with a third-party logistics...
Machine Learning – How It Works in Transportation and Logistics
The utilization of machine learning and artificial intelligence has become increasingly popular in the field of transportation and logistics. With the surge of available data for companies to use...
Driver Appreciation Week – Keeping America Moving Through a Pandemic
There’s no doubt that National Driver Appreciation Week looks a bit different this year due to the challenges of COVID-19. However, America has truly recognized the importance of a professional...