Pay attention to the signs

How tall am I? How wide am I? How heavy am I? These are questions we do not often want to ask ourselves, but in the transportation industry, they are important questions that pertain to our equipment, our loads and our destinations. It is...

Implementing a successful incentive program

KING CITY, Ont. -- Using technology to monitor driver behaviour can result in immediate improvements, but unless there’s a benefit to drivers, those improvements may be short-lived.

An effective retention program begins with the recruitment process

KING CITY, Ont. -- Does your company have a driver retention problem, or is it actually a recruitment issue? Tamara Miller, director of programs and services with Trucking HR Canada said the two causes of turnover should not be lumped together....

Dealing with driver fatigue

KING CITY, Ont. -- Driver behaviour is to blame for as many as 90% of commercial motor vehicle crashes - a startling fact that has sent Transport Canada’s Pierre Thiffault in search of scientific ways to reduce crashes.

Some financial facts about Canadian LNG truck ownership

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. -- As questions arise and numbers swirl about the costs associated with owning and operating liquefied natural gas-powered (LNG) trucks, we are learning more from early adopters in Quebec about what to expect.

Inside the Pickles’ Pete

TOMAH, Wisc. -- Hauling light, but time-sensitive loads for a customer base that’s security-minded, husband-wife team Ron and Dawn Marie Pickles saw an opportunity to enhance their level of service while also boosting their own revenue,...

Understanding and combating driver fatigue

You may not yet realize it, but July 10 marked an important day in Canadian trucking history. The otherwise ordinary day marked the long-awaited launch of the North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP).

Infrastructure funding has to come from somewhere

Over the years, I’ve used this space a number of times to voice my displeasure with the ETR407 toll road north of Toronto.

Should you take a salary or dividend?

Last month I gave you a visual image to explain how an individual and corporation are separate legal entities. I always start by drawing two circles on my notepad: in one circle I write the person’s name, and in the other I write...

Natural gas interest spreading to shunt trucks

When it comes to shunt trucks, you don’t often get splashy new truck launches, complete with elaborate Formula 1-style curtain raisings. What you do get is continuous improvement of existing models.

Trucking industry can embrace health and safety through education: IHSA

KING CITY, Ont. -- Every day in Ontario, someone wakes up for work and does not come home for dinner because he or she has sustained a critical injury or has succumbed to a fatal injury.

News First Midweek – 2013-08-01

2013 August

In the August issue of Today’s Trucking, a four-wheeling baby boomer travels the Trans Canada with a veteran trucker with one question: does trucking have what it takes to lure…

Saddle Creek building fourth generation natural gas Freightliners; now has 12 million miles of nat-gas experience

NAPA, Calif. -- To say integrating natural gas trucks into your fleet involves a lengthy learning curve is an understatement. Just ask Mike DelBovo, president of Saddle Creek Transportation, which is currently designing its fourth generation...

MTA partners with Trucks for Change network

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has teamed up with Trucks for Change network to provide charities in Manitoba with trucking services.