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Stay Agile in a Tightening Freight Market: How to Avoid Overcommitting Capacity When Conditions Shift

Stay Agile in a Tightening Freight Market: How to Avoid Overcommitting Capacity When Conditions Shift

Making Sense of the 2026 Freight Market—Without the Jargon If the freight market feels confusing right now, you’re not alone. After a long stretch of oversupply and soft demand, 2026 is shaping up to be a transition year—not a full rebound, but not a downturn either. Capacity is becoming more limited, demand fluctuates, and rates [...]
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Lease, Rent, or Buy? Making the Right Equipment Decision in a Volatile Market

Lease, Rent, or Buy? Making the Right Equipment Decision in a Volatile Market

What Fleet Leaders Need to Know Now Freight markets move in cycles. What’s different right now is how many variables are hitting fleets at once: uneven demand, cautious pricing power, and elevated financing costs—all while shippers still expect reliability and speed. Industry analysts describe early 2026 as an inflection point: conditions are shifting away from [...]
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The 2027 Emissions Shift Is Coming — Here’s Why 2026 Is the Smart Time to Act

The 2027 Emissions Shift Is Coming — Here’s Why 2026 Is the Smart Time to Act

What Fleet Leaders Need to Know Now Federal vehicle emissions standards are entering a new era—and while the regulations officially take effect in 2027, the financial and operational impacts will be felt well before then. At TCI Transportation, we spend every day helping fleets plan not just for what’s required—but for what’s coming next. Based [...]
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Holiday Hustle + Winter Weather: Safety Tips For Every Driver on the Road

Holiday Hustle + Winter Weather: Safety Tips For Every Driver on the Road

As the holiday season ramps up, the transportation and logistics industry enters a high-volume, high-risk window that requires an even stronger focus on safety. Freight demand increases, schedules tighten, roads grow more congested, and winter weather adds another layer of complexity. But these risks don’t affect professional drivers alone — they impact every person sharing [...]
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Honoring Service, Building Community: How TCI Transportation Celebrates Veterans Day

Honoring Service, Building Community: How TCI Transportation Celebrates Veterans Day

At TCI Transportation, Veterans Day is more than a date on the calendar — it’s a reminder of the courage, camaraderie, and commitment that define so many of the people who make our company strong. Veterans bring accountability, teamwork, and dependability to every role they take on — values that align perfectly with the foundation [...]
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TCI Transportation Acquires Success NationaLease, Expanding Fleet and Carrying Forward a Shared Legacy of Values

TCI Transportation Acquires Success NationaLease, Expanding Fleet and Carrying Forward a Shared Legacy of Values

Kansas City, KS / Los Angeles, CA — TCI Transportation, a family-owned provider of dedicated logistics, leasing, and rentals, announced today the acquisition of Success NationaLease, a Kansas-based leasing company founded in 1960 by Hanan Wedlan. This acquisition adds more than 450 trucks and three facilities to TCI’s nationwide network, strengthening its presence in Kansas [...]
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Seamless Startups, Scalable Solutions: Inside TCI’s Dedicated Launch Process

Seamless Startups, Scalable Solutions: Inside TCI’s Dedicated Launch Process

In the fast-paced world of transportation and logistics, launching a new dedicated operation is more than just dispatching trucks—it’s about setting the foundation for a long-term partnership. At TCI, we treat each startup as an opportunity to follow through on our promise: your business, our priority. From the initial kickoff call to Day 90 and [...]
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Four Years Strong: TCI Again Recognized As One of HDT’s Top Green Fleets

Four Years Strong: TCI Again Recognized As One of HDT’s Top Green Fleets

We’re proud to announce that TCI Transportation has been recognized as one of Heavy Duty Trucking’s (HDT) Top Green Fleets for 2025—marking the fourth consecutive year we've received this honor. This recognition places us alongside 19 other industry leaders who are setting the pace for sustainable practices in the trucking and logistics sector. Each year, [...]
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