TSQ (July 01, 2010) preview image Transportation TSQ (July 01, 2010) July 1, 2010 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Fuel economy standards for medium-and heavy-duty trucks have taken another step towards becoming reality as US President Barack Obama announced a forthcoming US government mandate ...
Business Management No better time than the present to determine your best path out of this mess July 1, 2010 For at least 18 months now, I've been hearing about "zombie" truckers, motor carriers which are barely able to meet payroll from week to week yet somehow manage to hang on. Their continued existence m...
Transportation Competition Watch (July 01, 2010) July 1, 2010 TRANSFORCE has entered into a deal to acquire an equity interest in EnQuest Energy Services of Calgary, Alta., including the oilfield transportation assets such as Speedy Heavy Hauling. EnQuest provid...
Business Management Planning for profitable tomorrow July 1, 2010 In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment. Will you have sufficient monies to support a comfortable reti...
Health & Safety Beating burnout July 1, 2010 Any economic downturn can be rough on a fleet's sales force. Even the top performers in the group can suddenly find it difficult to secure a sale. They begin to lose faith in their abilities. Nothing ...
Regulations The new Kenworth T700 is Spacious and Curvacious July 1, 2010 The T2000 era at Kenworth has come to an end and rising from its ashes is a truck that's every bit as good, and then some.
Transportation Kenworth boasts completely clear BOC July 1, 2010 RENTON, Wash. -One of the highlights of Kenworth's EPA2010 truck lineup is what it claims to be the industry's only completely clear back-of-cab (BOC) -both above and below the frame rail.
Transportation e-book leaders July 1, 2010 The pages of a driver's logbook get little in the way of respect. Drivers openly mock the documents by calling them "comic books," whether they are referring to ways the Hours-of-Service data can be m...
Transportation Reigniting your company’s sales engine July 1, 2010 Some 4,000 to 5,000 trucking companies did not make it through the "hard times" brought on by the economic downturn. The ones that did will find it a challenge this year to grow revenues back to pre-r...
Business Management Look outward, now July 1, 2010 The challenging operating environment motor carriers have suffered through the last few years combined with the uncertainties of the current recovery make for the perfect opportunity to look outward a...
Sustainability The road to recovery July 1, 2010 MT: During the recession every carrier was forced into cost-cutting. In hindsight, are there cuts that should not be made because they cut into service performance? Is there anything that should be sa...
Business Management Cost of ground transportation rises in April, according to CGFI July 1, 2010 Results published recently by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the cost of ground transportation for Canadian Shippers increased in April.
Transportation TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index records highest volume of loads since mid-2008 July 1, 2010 TransCore's Canadian Freight Index climbed for the sixth straight month in June, showing significant improvement year-over-year with a 59% increase in spot market freight availability when compared to...
Sustainability The other side of the fence July 1, 2010 Some of the nation's top shipper executives -Mark Gallant of Home Depot Canada, Mike Owens of Nestle Canada and Ginnie Venslovaitis formerly of Unilever Canada -speak their minds about freight volumes...
Business Management Room to grow July 1, 2010 Trucking businesses relocate for a variety of reasons, ranging from the need to get away from an aging building to rent and taxes getting overly expensive or an expiring lease term. Understanding the ...
