Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image The urban future? by Rolf Lockwood As I write this in a hotel room in Hannover, Germany -- where 400 other trucking journalists are also lodged -- I'm anticipating the opening of the 2016 IAA Commercial Vehicles Show tomorrow morning. Ultimately there will be some 2500 motor noters like me descending on the Hannover exhibition grounds and then rushing about this way and that like pen-wielding ants, all of them looking for a story that nobody else has discovered.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image The United Kingdom is still focused on Brexit, as well as US Presidential race by Roger McKnight I spent a portion of my vacation this summer in the UK. For two weeks I scoured the British media in search of opinions or updates on any oil…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image VW, Navistar: What’s the Deal? by Rolf Lockwood Well, it finally happened. Rumored for many months, if not years, and now a fait accompli, Volkswagen Truck & Bus has bought a piece of Navistar International. While the gossip mill mostly envisioned an outright purchase by the German giant, yesterday's announcement described a less dramatic deal: VW is buying a 16.6% stake in the Illinois company. It will pay US$15.76 per share or a 25% premium over Navistar's 90-day volume-weighted average price as of Aug. 31, or 12% over Navistar's closing price on Sept. 2. Navistar will receive US$256 million from the equity investment to be used for general corporate purposes.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image What’s “professional”? by Rolf Lockwood I have trouble with the phrase ‘professional truck driver’. Some drivers are indeed professional, very much so, and I count many amongst my friends. If I…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Job Security? by Rolf Lockwood Driver, your job is not at risk. Well, let me qualify that. Unless you’re comprehensively unable to keep ‘er between the poles, you’re safe. In the…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Safety pays and now we can prove it by Ray Haight Some recent data released by TCAinGauge has revealed some exciting information; it’s exciting for a couple reasons. First, by way of background, the Truckload Carriers Association’s industry benchmarking…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Where’s the carbon tax for the Number One GHG emitter in the world? by Roger McKnight I don’t know about you, but I find magicians annoying. I mean, pulling a rabbit from a hat? I’m convinced magicians are either active or former politicians. In…
Jim Park Author Gravatar Image Trusting Technology by Jim Park You, dear reader, have the good fortune of reading the first words written for profit on my brand new Lenovo ThinkPad computer — or at least what’s left of it.
Jim Park Author Gravatar Image 35 years’ experience, or one year’s experience 35 times? by Jim Park Where I live, commercial drivers are required to rewrite their CDL test every five years in order to renew the licence. I wrote my renewal test today and aced it.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Nebulous is the perfect word to describe the future price of crude by Roger McKnight The word nebulous comes in handy when someone has no answer to a question, or needs to defend their answer with the most mysterious answer of all, “Well that’s…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation Fast track your career by creating your own personal coaching staff by Dan Goodwill One of the business trends over the past couple of decades has been the employment of personal coaches to help key leaders and executives enhance their skill sets. These coaches…
Charles Sheppard Author Gravatar Image Transportation The importance of credit checks by Charles Sheppard There is very little in the trucking business that is more frustrating than invoicing a customer for a delivered load and then not getting paid in time, or worse, not…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Transportation The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step by Lou Smyrlis A few issues ago I wrote about breaking the stereotype of the obese and unhealthy trucker. I said it’s time to throw out the excuses – too many hours behind…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Trust Your Co-pilot: Bendix Wingman Fusion keeps virtual eyes on the road, foot upon the brakes by John G Smith First, a confession. I am a terrible passenger. My right foot is always pumping against the floor mat whenever I find myself riding shotgun. A knot forms in my stomach when someone takes anything other than my favorite route. When the Today's Trucking team carpooled to a trade show earlier this year, I was quick to reach for the keys before anyone else had the chance.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation What’s happening in the world of crude oil during these lazy, hazy days of summer? by Roger McKnight I understand that we are in the hazy mid-August days of summer, but from the questions I’ve been fielding recently (that is not a “dog day” baseball inference, and I…
