John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Transportation A safety message worth repeating by John G Smith One of the fundamental rules of highway safety is to keep your eyes on the road. It’s so ingrained in our public consciousness that it hardly seems to be worth…
James Manson Author Gravatar Image Business Management Rules for transporting Covid-19 test samples extended by James Manson Transport Canada has issued a temporary certificate that governs the handling and transporting of Covid-19…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Transportation Farewell to Laurence Marshall, a trucking legend by Rolf Lockwood We lost a good guy in early May. If you live in Medicine Hat or Bella Coola or Sydney you’ll probably never have heard of Laurence Marshall, but he’s something…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Concluding a successful longhaul ‘mission’ by David Henry “When you started here, you seemed to have a mission. Now it feels like you have accomplished that mission.” Those words were recently said to me by former co-worker Tom…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Equipment Automation has its limits in trucking by James Menzies The automation of trucking is happening at a more rapid pace than I ever would’ve thought possible. When Daimler demonstrated its Mercedes-Benz Future Truck in Magdeburg, Germany, in 2014, it…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Equipment Analysis and answers needed in zero-emissions shift by John G Smith Look no further than some of Canada’s largest transportation providers for evidence of a shift to zero-emission vehicles. CN will take delivery of 15 battery-electric trucks this year. Walmart Canada…
Leo Barros Author Gravatar Image Transportation Indian truckers roll on despite unique challenges by Leo Barros A question to North American drivers, have you worked while being accosted by law enforcement officials seeking bribes as you roll down the highway? Never, would be the likely answer.
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management Is the economic tide turning for trucking? by Mike McCarron Truckers have been riding an epic wave of demand. But the tide is turning. Are we in a freight recession? Are we reverting to pre-pandemic supply chain patterns? Opinions are shifting fast. No…
Jaclyne Reive Author Gravatar Image Business Management 6 reasons to divide carrier and brokerage operations by Jaclyne Reive When expanding a transportation services business, you may want to incorporate a new legal entity to carry on these new operations, rather than having your brokerage and carrier divisions set…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Transportation Towns should think about how much they depend on trucks by Rolf Lockwood Lots of folks have been asking what sort of reaction I got to my recent column in which I ranted about the misguided siege of Ottawa by disgruntled protesters, some…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management Is that a speed bump ahead, or a cliff? by James Menzies Alain Bedard isn’t losing sleep over a freight recession. The chairman and CEO of Canada’s largest fleet, TFI International, parried questions from analysts about a softening freight market during a…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Business Management Success can be achieved in trucking, if we lift each other up by David Henry There’s one thing that we do well in the trucking industry. We promote negativity. Specifically, when someone asks a professional driver if they should become a truck driver, the reply…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Equipment Roadcheck’s wheel focus is as timely as ever by John G Smith Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) referred to it as a disaster waiting to happen. Even the uninitiated could see something wrong with the wheel held in place by little more than…
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Business Management Plaintiff attorneys are coming for your fleet data by Doug Marcello Many fleet managers falsely believe that, if they don’t aggregate and analyze data, they are immune from being preyed upon by legal plaintiffs. The thinking is, if they don’t self…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management There are good reasons young people don’t consider a career in trucking by James Menzies As the trucking industry struggles to attract new talent, the obvious demographic to target is youth. But for many reasons, young folks today are rarely drawn to the idea of…
