Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Mobile and IT Technology is driving the freight brokerage industry in 2017 by Dan Goodwill The freight brokerage industry has been near and dear to my heart for many years. Earlier in my career, I had the privilege of running one of Canada’s largest 3PL…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Just ask by Ray Haight There are a many ways to create a driver-centered culture and if done properly they are all capable of being fun and effective. With driver turnover cost estimates ranging…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Transportation Banning dangerous goods shipments in bad weather impractical by James Menzies So, the Mayor of Prescott, Ont. wants dangerous good shipments banned in bad weather. Mayor Brett Todd, whose town is situated in Eastern Ontario alongside Hwy. 401, Canada’s busiest highway,…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Human Resources United we learn by Angela Splinter The last thing any company wants, or can afford, is a PR nightmare. Just ask United Airlines. You’ve no doubt seen video of the United passenger being dragged up the…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Cap-and-Trade’s first stage show is not a sold out performance by Roger McKnight If you’re lucky enough to secure a sold out concert or theatre ticket, then Mama Martha assures us that this is a good thing. Aha! But if the customer is…
Jim Park Author Gravatar Image Terror by Truck: It’s happened again by Jim Park At about the same time North Americans were awaking to the news that President Trump had lobbed 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles onto a Syrian air base an apparent terrorist stole a truckload of beer and crashed it through the front of a Swedish department store. The death toll in the Stockholm department store crash stands at four at the time of this writing.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image India Called, I Answered by Rolf Lockwood Bucket-list item ticked: I finally got to India. In fact I've just returned from spending two weeks in that astonishing country, where I couldn't keep up with anything that was going on here in the world of trucking, so this edition of my report will borrow heavily from work my colleagues have been doing in the last while.
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation Autonomous trucks: The technologies and the players by Dan Goodwill In my previous blog, I outlined the market forces driving the launch of autonomous trucks; this blog will focus on the emerging technologies and companies that are shaping this big…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Why mentorship matters by Angela Splinter The concept of mentorship is not new. It is how age-old artisanal crafts and skills have been passed on through generations; it is the heart of the apprenticeship learning model;…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Equipment Autonomous trucks: The next big thing in trucking by Dan Goodwill There are approximately 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States, according to the American Trucking Association; there are an estimated 250,000 professional truck drivers in Canada (source: Toronto…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Daum Reaches the Pinnacle by Rolf Lockwood I'm writing this issue of the newsletter in absentia, so to speak, as it will be published while I'm away from computers and unable to stay in touch. To be more precise, I'm a week early in posting this so forgive me if giant events occur between now and the 22nd and they're not covered here. Then again, this report isn't intended as a news vehicle.
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Clear the Way: Bypass programs perfect carrot to offset enforcement stick by John G Smith I was introduced to the concept of a hospital triage by watching episodes of MASH in the 1970s and early '80s. Centered around the happenings of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, the show's TV doctors were regularly seen moving through the latest batch of wounded soldiers, deciding who could wait and who needed immediate attention. (They also looked for new ways to torment Frank Burns, but I digress.)
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image It’s Howie Time: Football hero makes it into a trucking magazine by John G Smith If there's one rule that I have for the pages of Today's Trucking, it's that every word needs to focus on trucking. It's the reason we exist, and why the word "trucking" is splashed in bold letters across the front of every cover.
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Accepting that no one is to blame could be hard pill for public to swallow by Derek Clouthier While I was at Omnitracs Outlook 2017 in Phoenix recently, I was part of a media luncheon that included a handful of representatives from US media outlets – I was…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Transportation Trailer companies should be applauded for safety improvements by James Menzies You don’t often leave a truck equipment press conference feeling as though you’ve been punched in the gut. But that’s exactly how I felt after hearing the heart wrenching story…
