This blog post is one in a series that celebrates women in the logistics industry. Inspired by International Women’s Day (March 8, 2019) and Women’s History Month (March 2019), uShip is sharing inspiring stories of women in trucking, whether they’re behind the wheel, booking shipments on a laptop, or making decisions in the boardroom. Owner… Read More
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How These Empty-Nesters Found Freedom on the Open Road
It turns out, women in the trucking world don’t always go it alone. Take it from Melissa Derma, one half of a husband-wife full-time transport team, based in Port Angeles, Wash, perched on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle. It all started in 2010. When Melissa’s husband Dustin lost his father, who lived in Manteca… Read More
From Intern to EVP, uShip’s Salomon In It For the Long Haul
This blog post is one in a series that celebrates women in the logistics industry. Inspired by International Women’s Day (March 8, 2019) and Women’s History Month (March 2019), uShip is sharing inspiring stories of women in trucking, whether they’re behind the wheel, booking shipments on a laptop, or making decisions in the boardroom. … Read More
Transgender Reefer Driver Finds Warm, Lucrative Welcome on the Road
For more than 20 years, Stephanie Savard worked in the tech world. When she reached her 40s and 50s, she felt an invisible force pushing her to the outside her area of expertise. Frustrated at the contrast between the way some of the tech companies she’d worked with would tout acceptance and diversity, versus the… Read More
Third-Generation Lady Trucker Finds Dream Job in Long Haul
This blog post is one in a series that celebrates women in the logistics industry. Inspired by International Women’s Day (March 8, 2019) and Women’s History Month (March 2019), uShip is sharing inspiring stories of women in trucking, whether they’re behind the wheel, booking shipments on a laptop, or making decisions in the boardroom. Woman… Read More