Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Finally – A freight index relevant to our marketplace by Lou Smyrlis Nulogx today is launching something desperately missing from the Canadian over-the-road transportation industry: a national general freight index relevant to our marketplace. The index tracks changes in over-the-road transportation…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image snippets of Canadian Trucking History by Harry Rudolfs I’ve found a small niche on the Dave Nemo satellite radio show. I guess they liked my contribution to the Do We Need a New Trucking Hero segment. The producer…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image New commercial drivers, driver instructors held hostage by DriveTest strike by James Menzies More than two weeks into a strike by unionized DriveTest employees (including road test examiners), a growing number of new drivers have had their lives put on hold. And driver…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image To be or Not to be? by Ray Haight It would be so easy to just give in right now wouldn’t it; everything you read hear and see is predicting doom and gloom. I read many of the industry…
David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image Turning Up the Heat: Managing Conflict by David Benjatschek Lets face it: Most of us struggle with conflict. We either don't like conflict and try to avoid it. Or live for it and create it where its not necessary.. just to see what happens. Conflict exists in every organization. It is human nature. Your personal and organizational success depends on dealing with it effectively.
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Are you ready for the recovery? by James Menzies There’s no doubt, the last couple of years have presented some of the most trying times ever faced by the trucking industry. And while nobody’s popping the champagne just yet,…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Finding Dave Nemo by Harry Rudolfs Well actually, it was his researcher who found me after I posted a blog titled “Trucker as Anti-Hero.” In the blog I argued that the truck driver is never going…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Virgoe killer doesn’t learn by James Menzies According to a report in today’s Toronto Sun, one of the ‘street racers’ who caused the wreck that resulted in the death of professional driver David Virgoe was caught…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Good to Bad and Back to Good (“How The Mighty Fall and How To Stay On Top”) by Dan Goodwill Back in 2001, Jim Collins wrote one of the most popular business books of all time, Good to Great – – why some companies make the leap and others don’t.
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Still ticked about speed limiters? Direct your anger where it’s deserved. by James Menzies I thought I was done writing about speed limiters for a while, but editorial director Lou Smyrlis’ latest blog and its responses have compelled me to address the issue once…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Roy Craigen shares tips on ‘empowering for productivity’ by James Menzies During this year’s Private Motor Truck Council of Canada conference, Roy Craigen of Transcom Fleet Services gave a presentation on Empowering for Productivity. I think all of us in…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image shunters of the world unite by Harry Rudolfs Shunters don’t get enough respect in my opinion, and it’s probably the most important position in the supply chain of a busy hub or distribution centre. And, too often, it’s…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image OBAC’s Ritchie taking a few “liberties” of her own on speed limiter debate by Lou Smyrlis Think the debate over speed limiters in Ontario is over now that the province is enforcing the regulation? Think again. In her latest editorial “Civil Libertarians? Darn tootin’ I…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Can Class 8 sales possibly get any worse? by Lou Smyrlis I must admit, I did a double take when I looked at the latest Class 8 sales numbers for Canada. The fact that the blood bath that started last year…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Questions remain about speed limiter enforcement tactics by James Menzies Enforcement of Ontario and Quebec’s speed limiter laws took full effect July 1 and enforcement officers in Ontario didn’t hesitate to fine drivers who didn’t have their engines locked in…
