FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index edges higher preview image Business Management FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index edges higher September 8, 2014 Has the capacity crisis arrived?
Business Management Taking Care of Business: When USB flash drives go missing September 8, 2014 Preventing your company's information from falling into the wrong hands
Business Management Human Edge: Know how to get the know-how September 5, 2014 Seven steps to capture knowledge before it walks out the door
Data Driven: Telematics from scratch preview image Business Management Data Driven: Telematics from scratch September 4, 2014 Canada Cartage builds its own information system
Business Management Technology saves fleets fuel and money September 3, 2014 SNOWMASS, Co. – Fleets are finding that technology purchases pay dividends in fuel savings. That realization has been proved again and again, according to the findings of the North…
Business Management Navistar slashes losses in third quarter September 3, 2014 LISLE, Ill. — Navistar International posted a $2-million net loss in the third quarter, a vast improvement over the company’s $247-million net loss over the same period last year. The…
Business Management New sales head at Decisiv September 2, 2014 GLEN ALLEN, Va. – Decisiv Inc. has added a trucking and logistics industry veteran to its senior management team. The service relationship management solutions provider named Vince Polentes as…
Business Management FOUR WAYS TO GET INTO TROUBLE USING THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM September 2, 2014 Is there a more contentious issue in Canadian trucking today than the Temporary Foreign Worker Program? As most of you know, this program allows trucking companies and other employers of…
Business Management The View with Lou: Not ready to jump on the bandwagon August 29, 2014 Why I'm taking a wait-and-see approach to the TransForce-Contrans mega deal
Business Management US FedEx drivers ruled employees August 27, 2014 Oakland, Calif. — Over two thousand FedEx drivers in California can now consider themselves employees and not contractors—at least for the time being. The change in status comes about after…
Garmin’s new fleet navigation tools compatible with Android August 25, 2014 OLATHE, Kan. — Garmin has released two new fleet navigators that are compatible with Android devices. The fleet 660 is designed for local fleets while the 670 is intended for…
Business Management 2014 shaping up to be ‘best year of the cycle’ for truck orders: ACT August 22, 2014 COLUMBUS, Ind. — Robust net orders for Class 8 and medium-duty trucks in July are setting 2014 up to the best year of the cycle for truck order activity, ACT…
Business Management Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker program explained August 21, 2014 BCTA Webinar explores changes to the TFW program and highlights how the Provincial Nominee Program can help address a shortage of qualified drivers
Business Management US truck tonnage snaps back in July, falls just short of all-time high August 19, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. — US for-hire truck tonnage rose 1.3% in July, coming within 0.6% of its all-time high recorded in November 2013. The index, compiled by the American Trucking Associations…
Business Management WHY TRUCKING RATES COULD SOON BE ON THE RISE August 19, 2014 I’m going to once again lean on FTR for its insight into the freight market and where rates might be headed. Jonathan Starks, director of transportation analysis with FTR, had…
