Health & Safety HOW ABOUT A $25 TIMMY’S GIFT CARD FOR DISCUSSING DRIVER HEALTH? April 14, 2015 A researcher in the United Kingdom is looking to interview Canadian long-haul truck drivers about how they access information about health, well-being and physical activity while on the road. Dr.
Human Resources HOW TO BECOME A BEST FLEET TO DRIVE FOR April 14, 2015 If you’ve been wondering what it takes to become recognized by your drivers as one of the best fleets for whom to drive, then wonder no more. Mark Murrell and…
Co-operation, collaboration, communication and commitment preview image Business Management Co-operation, collaboration, communication and commitment April 5, 2015 Redefining the shipper-carrier relationship
Business Management IT’LL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR TRUCK SALES, CEOs PREDICT March 31, 2015 CEOs speaking at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week were universally upbeat about the year ahead. Strong Class 8 truck demand is expected to continue through 2015, with production climbing…
6×2 TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, BUT CANADIAN REGULATIONS DO NOT preview image 6×2 TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, BUT CANADIAN REGULATIONS DO NOT March 31, 2015 Not surprisingly in this era of ultra-efficiency, 6×2 axle configurations continue to advance, providing fleets with significant weight savings, meaningful reductions in fuel consumption and opportunities to reduce tire wear.
Business Management GOODYEAR BRINGS SMART FLEET PROGRAM TO CANADA March 31, 2015 While at MATS I caught up with Jose Martinez, Goodyear commercial digital and solutions manager, to talk about the company’s Smart Fleet program, which as of this month is available…
THREE THINGS THAT BLEW ME AWAY AT MATS preview image Equipment THREE THINGS THAT BLEW ME AWAY AT MATS March 31, 2015 The collection of trucks and equipment on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show, as always, provided sensory overload for truck journalists there to report on it all. At least for…
Transportation Port wars March 31, 2015 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Port Metro Vancouver received a bit of a blow in federal court late last month as the legal body dismissed its motion for a declaration…
Transportation Life under IRP’s Full Reciprocity Plan March 31, 2015 The proof of the pudding is in the eating. That’s how it is with the Full Reciprocity Plan, a new way to manage fleets under the International Registration…
Transportation New ownership gives KLS Earthworks a new lease on life March 31, 2015 CALGARY, Alta. – Kind of like a phoenix, a tired old business is of being reborn, maybe not in flames but with a healthy injection of new people…
Transportation Truck Lines copes with family loss, changing landscape March 31, 2015 CALGARY, Alta. – Ron Singer Truck Lines was started in 1973 when the late Ron Singer and his wife-to-be bought their first truck from his father. The business…
Transportation Western Canadian construction: More boom or will it bust? March 31, 2015 Times have been quite good for western Canada’s construction industry over the past few years as a robust economy has helped allow for plenty of building in all…
Phil Blanchette: A knight in shining armour preview image Transportation Phil Blanchette: A knight in shining armour March 31, 2015 Making the move from a company driver to an owner/operator isn’t a decision a professional trucker takes lightly. The preparation involved is enough for some to change their minds…
Transportation Just one of the guys part 3 March 31, 2015 THE STORY SO FAR… With a storm coming, Mark pulls into the Husky in Dryden, Ont. He offers help to a woman driver struggling to install her chains,…
Transportation Living with alternative fuels March 31, 2015 TMC panel discussion explored practicalities of working with natural gas, including required shop modifications.
