John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Semi Autonomous: Automated controls won’t replace truck drivers anytime soon by John G Smith It’s easy to become excited by all the talk about autonomous controls. If you buy into the hype, you might convince yourself that trucks will soon be able to accelerate,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Plenty of talk, little action on driver training by Rolf Lockwood Man, I am so fed up with the utterly endless discussions about driver training in this country. I’ve heard the mostly empty chatter for 40 years now, with precious little…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image National driver training standard will be a positive step by Mike McCarron It was great news to see Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and his provincial cohorts promise a national training standard for entry-level truck drivers by next year. Raising the bar…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Transportation How do you modernize your HR approach? Revisit your HR plan by Angela Splinter “Modernizing your workforce starts with modernizing your HR approach.” In today’s labor market, successful truck fleets and logistics companies know that staying abreast of the issues will help them stay…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Bridging Extremes: How do we deliver tech to more applications? by Rolf Lockwood Here I sit, fingers hovering over the keyboard, staring at the blank screen where this column will be built. It’s late February and I’ve resolved to write about the technological…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image National training standard a long time coming by James Menzies Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau and his provincial counterparts emerged from a Council of Ministers meeting in Montreal on Jan. 21, with a promise to implement a national training standard…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Human Resources The delusion of driver turnover by Ray Haight Question: how do we deal with the mass delusion that driver turnover is inevitable? When nothing could be further from the truth. Driver turnover is a manageable business challenge like…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Canada needs an energy information report by Roger McKnight I don’t know about you, but I fill up my tank, or begin to squint with nervous suspicion, when the fuel gauge says it’s only a quarter full. The only…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Transportation Why we need women with drive by Angela Splinter The numbers don’t lie. The representation of women in the trucking and logistics industry remains well below their representation in Canada’s workforce as a whole. Just 3% of truck drivers…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Where are the techs? by Rolf Lockwood The maintenance people of trucking are a resourceful breed. They get things done. Yet there’s a challenge that’s been haunting almost every shop manager – at fleets, dealerships, and independent garages alike – for as long as I’ve been writing about this industry of ours. The shortage of skilled technicians is a plague that just won’t go away.
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Fuel surcharges? I’ve had my fill. by Mike McCarron I was overwhelmed by the feedback I received about last month’s column on fuel surcharges. Some of you really liked what I had to say. Others, not so much. In…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Success of truck driver training standards will depend on the details by John G Smith Canada’s transportation and highway safety ministers promise to develop a national training standard for entry-level truck drivers no later than January 2020. Success will depend on the details.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Back to the future by Roger McKnight Am I seeing things or has the Canadian energy sector, specifically Alberta, been forced into an economic version of Back to the Future? Recently, Alberta premier Rachel Notley proudly “podiumed”…
Jim Park Author Gravatar Image Paying the Piper: There is blame to share in Humboldt tragedy by Jim Park Now we know what happened at that cold crossroads near Tisdale, Sask., where 16 lives were snuffed out in an instant, 13 people were badly injured, and the expected arc…
James Manson Author Gravatar Image Know your rights at an accident scene by James Manson Any collision involving serious injuries or fatalities is tragic, and it can be a harrowing experience for everyone involved. We were recently reminded of that when a homeless woman was…
