Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Trucking is at a watershed moment, needs big-picture thinking by Rolf Lockwood Never have I been able to keep one, so no resolutions for the new year in this quarter. It’s just an exercise in frustration. And I’ll bet that most of…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Business Management 5 HR issues to watch in 2022 by Angela Splinter The New Year is an opportunity to turn over a fresh calendar and forge ahead with new innovations, approaches, partnerships and more. This year we have the added hope that…
Leo Barros Author Gravatar Image Spare a thought for lonely truck drivers by Leo Barros A truck driver sees the holiday season through the windshield, inside the cab, isolated from the world. Holiday tunes fade in and out on radio stations as the big rig…
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Thank you truckers, for everything you do by Mike Millian On behalf of the membership of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC), I wish to say thank you to the men and women of the highway – the…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Embrace the technology that targets truck inspections by John G Smith Time is money, and nobody welcomes delays at a roadside scale. Drivers can find themselves breaking into a sweat no matter how confident they are about the state of a…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Who’s your Highway Star? by James Menzies Every fleet has a highway star within it. But few are formally recognized for going above and beyond to represent the company they work for, and the industry they work…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Brace for a wild ride in 2022 by Mike McCarron Last year was the best of times for truckers. It was the biggest freight boom in over two decades and every shipper in town was your new best friend. Most…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Truck drivers are re-evaluating their lives, too by Rolf Lockwood There’s a clumsy sign taped beneath the menu and ordering screen at my local coffee joint’s drive-through lane. It bugs me a lot. It’s on ordinary white 8.5×11 printer paper,…
Dave Earle Author Gravatar Image Thanks to truck drivers involved in B.C. flood relief by Dave Earle In mid-November, southern British Columbia was hit with an atmospheric river, which led to unprecedented flooding and mudslides, and left a trail of devastation in its path. Cities and communities…
Jaclyne Reive Author Gravatar Image Understand legal, insurance risks of electric vehicle chargers by Jaclyne Reive Charging equipment is often part of a one-stop shopping experience for electric vehicles. However, there are some risks associated with installing and using such chargers – particularly if the unit…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Equipment Fuel economy and environmental care go hand in hand by David Henry Last month I wrote about the fuel mileage that our new trucks are getting, and how we need to promote ourselves better inside and outside of the trucking industry. We…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Is a Driver Shortage Surcharge the answer to raising driver pay? by James Menzies The thorny issue of how, and how much, professional drivers should be paid came up during the Truckload Carriers Association’s Bridging Border Barriers event Nov. 17. Speaking during a panel…
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Vaccine mandates further threaten supply chain by Mike Millian Ever increasing vaccination mandates on essential workers – by both private businesses and governments alike – are causing severe shortages in an already depleted workforce. This is especially true in…
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Business Management ‘Less than nuclear’ verdicts hemorrhage trucking industry by Doug Marcello The American Transportation Research Industry (ATRI) released its study of “less than nuclear” verdicts and claims on Nov. 18. The result provides insights as to the evaluation of these…
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Business Management What we can learn from trucking’s Top 10 concerns by Doug Marcello Driver availability comprises six of the top eight issues – driver shortage (1), driver retention (2), driver compensation (3) (see a trend here?), truck parking (5), detention/delay (7), and infrastructure/congestion…
