Today's Trucking Staff

Yes, accidents play a big role in your insurance rate, but so do the steps you take to reduce claims in the future

What is it exactly that insurance companies look for when pricing your business? Yes, your accident record plays a big role in the rate you pay, but so do the steps you take to red

Boyd leaves APTA

DIEPPE, N.B. -- Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association President. Ralph Boyd has left the association.

Fire Your Customers! And Other Sage Advice for Survival

Last November, Canpar Transport commemorated its 25th year in business. Twenty-five years is an important milestone for any growing company. It's time enough to have cycled through

The key to educating Joe Public about the importance of trucking: watermelons

Every once in a while, I get talking to a civilian who's curious about trucking. Depending on their intellectual wattage, the questions may be limited to things like 'How many gear

Organ donation isn’t an easy thing to discuss, and it’s not the stuff you’d find in trucking magazines. But Tony Hopp makes it a story worth telling.

There's a compelling message stenciled on T-shirts worn around the London Health Sciences Centre in London. Ont. It reads, "Don't take your organs to heaven, because heaven knows w

Food shipment seminar for Canadian carriers in NY

TORONTO-- A seminar is being hosted in New York state aimed at helping importers and exporters better understand the process of successfully introducing food product from Canada into the United States marketplace.

A CIRB ruling earlier this year should prompt trucking companies to question just how independent owner-operators really are, and perhaps to take steps to redefine their business relationship

Thirty years ago, Dick Bennett was a finance whiz hired by Canadian Pacific to help create Highland Transport, a trucking division made up of independent drivers. Like a lot of ove

Ghosts and the machines: learning to trust your gut

I've done things, odd things, for no particular reason I could fathom, that turned out to be exactly the right thing to do under the circumstances. But I couldn't explain what made

Just say no — to driver-trainer jobs that are thinly disguised efforts to run a team operation on the cheap

How would you feel about this? You've got 20-plus years of driving experience with all manner of loads over all manner of roads, mountainous and otherwise, yet the company you're l

Little by little, you can help improve the industry’s public image

It happened to me again. This time, I was pursuing one of my winter pastimes in Northern Ontario. In my endless pursuit of freight, I asked the guy beside me on the chair lift what

Goodyear to close plants, cut capacity

AKRON, Ohio -- Goodyear Tire and Rubber will close a number of plants as part of a $1 billion cost-cutting initiative over the next three years.

Play ‘Trucktario’! Raise your rates and win

Recently, I was standing in line at my local variety store, behind a guy who had a real serious case of lottery fever. I patiently waited and watched him buy tickets for every game

New set fines for TDG charges in Ontario

TORONTO -- Ontario now has a set fine schedule and an out-of-court plea option for TDG violations under the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act.

Technofiles: Unlocking the secrets of network security and remote access

Computers. Networks. The Internet. Mobility. Security. Put them all together, and you're working in a complex world. Complex now, and growing more so every day. The growth of te

Would special laws help curb their cavalier attitude to minor details like driving?

Yeah, I guess I should be the utterly responsible commentator and agree that cell phones are evil things when used in a rolling vehicle. They can be exactly that, no doubt, but do