Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Transportation Still the best job in the world by Harry Rudolfs I spent over a month digesting a New York Times article on trucking lifestyles: “Truckers Feel like Throwaway People” The sub-heading was: “Truck driving, once a road to the middle…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Need and want by Ray Haight I heard a phrase the other day and it set my mind to digging deeper into the thought. The individual I was with was talking about his wife’s shopping addiction…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Transportation The spec’ing process has evolved, and you must too by James Menzies If you’re still spec’ing trucks the way you used to do it 10 years ago, chances are, you’re doing it all wrong. Powertrains have advanced substantially, especially over the last…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Volvo Pushes Forward by Rolf Lockwood Volvo has been mighty busy of late. Back in late April it chose our very own Expocam truck show in Montreal to unveil its new and long overdue VNR regional tractor. Promoted as the "shape of trucks to come," it was joined this week by another much updated truck, the long-haul VNL, replete with all manner of safety technology as standard equipment.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation The continuing struggle over energy in North America by Roger McKnight If you want to make a blurry TV picture less blurry, you just have to adjust the contrast. But if you try messing with the colours, then you’ll forget…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation Will Uber take control of the market for freight matching services? by Dan Goodwill Freight matching services or “freight exchanges” have become one of the hottest topics in Freight Transportation over the past few years. Venture capital funds, private investors and others have poured…
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Are we taking the advice of health professionals to heart? by Derek Clouthier Do we just smile and nod when our health professionals tell us that we need to cut some cholesterol out of our diet, or perhaps sodium, or sugar? Maybe we…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Uber Struggle: Uber disrupted taxis, but trucking will be harder by John G Smith The role of a road warrior on the Today's Trucking editorial team takes me across North America, and at times these stops don't include a personal car. If I want to keep moving, the options have been limited to the kindness of companies I visit, shoe leather, or taxis. Until I uploaded the Uber app on my phone.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Fifty ways to leave your lover – or NAFTA by Roger McKnight Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover is the title of a song that I found tedious, so I gave up at number seven. If there were another 43 options, then…
Isabelle Hétu Author Gravatar Image Business Management Managing an aging workforce by Isabelle Hétu It’s a fact: Canada’s trucking and logistics workforce is aging at a higher rate than other industries. Take, for example, the truck driver occupation. Based on the Canadian Trucking Alliance’s…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image All Together Now: Manufacturers have growing say in vehicle spec’s by John G Smith It is impossible to talk about engine oils without tapping into the benefits that have emerged with new CK4 and fuel-efficient FA4 formulas. The story was no different when Total invited members of our editorial team to visit a blending facility in Montreal, where the world's fourth-largest oil company prepares and bottles lubricants for a wide variety of industries and applications.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Turn Complaints Around: When things go wrong, listen to your customer by Rolf Lockwood Had a lesson in customer service the other day. Nothing to do with trucking, but an extraordinary example of how to respond to complaints.
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Transportation Trucking: The industry that gives by James Menzies It’s summer time, and that means it’s the season of truck shows, convoys, and fundraising barbecues. It also means trucking is front and center when it comes to raising money…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Is our world a little cuckoo? by Roger McKnight I am of the belief that we are living in a world of movie sequels, or better put — sometimes it seems that the future of our world is being…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Transportation You’re fired! by Angela Splinter You’re fired: Not the words any employee wants to hear, and not the words any supervisor wants to deliver (except for Donald Trump perhaps). The reality, however, is that…
