How Hogland Transfer Uses Samsara to Drive 42% Growth with AI Fleet Safety

Hogland Transfer Company is a veteran-owned trucking and logistics provider in Washington state with 92 years of operation, serving aerospace and manufacturing customers including Boeing. The company deployed Samsara’s AI Dash Cams and fleet telematics across its 73-employee fleet to digitize paper-based operations and build a data-driven safety culture. The results include a 42% increase in new business, a 52% reduction in incident investigation time, a 95% driver retention rate, and insurance premiums 10% below market average.

Impact

42%

Increase in new business from safety-led sales approach

52%

Reduction in incident investigation time

95%

Driver retention rate

10% below market average

Insurance premium vs. market rate

$80,000

False claim cost avoided via dash cam evidence

Zero

Injuries, tows, and fatalities in 2025

Challenge

Hogland Transfer operated with paper-based dispatching, no real-time vehicle visibility, and informal driver coaching—limiting its ability to proactively manage safety risk or demonstrate reliability to customers and insurers as the company sought long-term growth.

Solution

Samsara AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways were deployed fleet-wide with a recognition-first adoption approach, providing real-time AI safety alerts, driver performance scoring, and incident documentation integrated with the Revenova TMS to digitize all fleet operations.

Tools & Technologies

What Leaders Say

Adopting Samsara wasn’t just a technology upgrade, it was a mindset shift. We’ve moved from reactive to proactive, from paper based to data driven. That visibility has made us safer, more efficient, and better positioned for long-term growth.

Igor Persky, Owner & President, Hogland Transfer Company

Real-time driver feedback through Samsara helps us proactively reduce risk, protect the freight our customers depend on, and ultimately save lives. That visibility and accountability are part of why companies continue to choose Hogland’s.

Laura Mathisen, Head of Growth, Hogland Transfer Company
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Hogland Transfer Company is a veteran-owned trucking and third-party logistics provider headquartered in Washington state, with nearly a century of operation serving high-profile aerospace and manufacturing customers including Boeing and Genie. Specializing in just-in-time delivery and time-sensitive freight for mission-critical supply chains, Hogland’s reputation for reliability and safety is central to its competitive position.

Despite its strong operational heritage, Hogland ran its fleet largely on paper. Dispatching required significant manual effort, vehicle activity was invisible in real time, and driver coaching was informal and reactive. Without consistent safety data, the company had no systematic way to identify risk, respond to incidents quickly, or demonstrate its safety record to customers or insurers.

Hogland deployed Samsara Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams fleet-wide, taking a deliberate, trust-first approach. Leadership led with positive reinforcement—celebrating top drivers on terminal displays, in newsletters, and through MVP awards—and used dash cam footage of exemplary driving to reinforce best practices rather than only surfacing failures. AI-powered in-cab alerts flagged risky behaviors in real time while giving drivers visibility into their own safety scores.

The outcomes were immediate and compounding. In 2025, Hogland recorded zero injuries, tows, or fatalities across its entire fleet. AI-prioritized safety events cut incident investigation time by 52%, saving managers up to four hours per incident and freeing eight hours per week. Dash cam footage exonerated a driver from a false accident claim, saving an estimated $80,000 in legal and insurance costs. By sharing Samsara safety data with their insurer, Hogland secured premiums 10% below market average.

Most significantly, Hogland began including Samsara safety metrics in sales pitches—and saw a 42% increase in new business as a direct result. Safety transparency became a growth driver: customers in aerospace and manufacturing chose Hogland specifically because its data proved operational reliability. The integration of Samsara with Revenova (their TMS) also eliminated paper dispatching, completing the operational modernization.

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