Our "Going Green" Initiative

From our earliest days as a company, our founders instilled a spirit of community involvement and outreach as well as the responsibility to be good corporate citizens. That commitment still lives in our company every day and it's in that spirit that we are launching a company wide initiative to do our part in making the world a better place to work and live.

As time goes on, we will be continually looking for ways to reduce our imprint on the climate. This project will be evolving over a period of time. We have started by joining the EPA's SmartWay Partnership and will continue on with new initiatives like office recycling and a document imaging system that will help us go "paperless" onto hosting educational summits about trucking's impact on the environment. We hope to take the lead on this very important global matter with our customers, carriers and vendors. Keep your eye on The Fifth Wheel and our website http://www.kingsgatetrans.com/ for more exciting news about this program.

Truckers to Park in Protest?

I can remember as far back as 1993 and again in 2000 when the independent truckers threatened to park their trucks on the side of the road for an entire day in an effort to raise awareness to their plight. Will this widely discussed work stoppage actually gain any traction and will the drivers and carriers be able to get enough cooperation to gain national attention? We just don't know. What we do know is that this effort seems to be different in many ways and those differences just might be enough for this effort to be effective.

What's different? Well first and foremost is the activity of the website, trucker blogs, email, wireless connectivity, satellite radio and more to get their message to a broader audience than ever before. Will it happen, will it work? It's a great topic for thought and debate. We will keep our ears to the ground for any further developments as this will have a big impact on all of us! Click Here for an interesting viewpoint.

Fuel Prices Hitting Hard

Like many of us feeling the fuel cost crunch to our personal budgets, our small and privately held trucking companies are feeling the pressure to the point where many are having to park their trucks. Many of the fuel surcharges, negotiated several years ago, are not able to keep up rising diesel costs. Surcharges posted on Monday afternoons when diesel prices are released are obsolete by Wednesday. Then there's the cost of money to pay for fill-ups. Many truckstops are charging as much as $0.10 per gallon for credit charges so truckers are trying to pay cash when they can. The problem there is the time it takes for the truck to actually collect his costs for fuel. We are working every day to help our carriers - the lifeline of our business - manage these difficult times. Here's an interesting article we found not too long ago...click here and click here to read more stories on this hot topic