Health & Safety The trucking industry needs healing April 1, 2022 Get in, sit down, shut up and hold on. That’s a favorite bumper sticker of many teenage boys. It also holds true when riding with said teenage boys. Some of…
Business Management Alberta extends renewal deadline for Safety Fitness Certificates March 30, 2022 Carriers that secured Alberta Safety Fitness Certificates (SFCs) before March 1, 2019, will have until June 28 to renew the documents – a process triggered in the wake of a…
Equipment Wheel separations are still happening. Here’s how to prevent them. March 30, 2022 All wheel separations are preventable, but the industry’s focus on speed over thoroughness means they remain a potentially deadly problem. Dave McDonald, commercial sales manager with Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, gave…
Business Management How to develop young trucking talent March 29, 2022 Trucking is desperately trying to attract young drivers to the industry as experienced drivers retire in droves. But getting them the on-road experience they need to be successful can be…
Business Management Canadian fleets sweep TCA Fleet Safety Award grand prizes March 24, 2022 Canadian fleets swept the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Fleet Safety Award grand prizes. Bison Transport was named grand prize winner in the large fleet division, while Big Freight Systems took…
Business Management Much to do before new ELD enforcement date March 18, 2022 The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has worked in collaboration with federal, provincial and territorial regulators for more than 10 years, to shape an electronic logging device (ELD)…
Health & Safety Goodyear names Highway Hero March 6, 2022 An Illinois trucker was recognized as the 37th Goodyear Highway Hero, an award that recognizes truck drivers who act selflessly for the good of others on North American highways. Gerald…
Health & Safety Fatal truck crashes drop as overall traffic fatalities surge in U.S. March 4, 2022 Traffic injuries and deaths involving large trucks dipped in 2020, even as the U.S. reported a surge in fatal crashes overall. The 38,824 crash-related fatalities for the year marked the…
Paid Health & Safety Preventing fires and explosions during fuel transfers February 28, 2022 Since 2014, two fuel transfer workers in B.C. were seriously injured from explosions caused by a mix of fuel and static electricity. Tragically, one died. Once generated, static electricity…
Health & Safety What the smell? What Covid taught me about reliance on my senses February 24, 2022 For almost 11 years, every time I come home from a trip there’s been at least one grandson waiting to say hi. You know what’s been fascinating about that? Watching…
Trailers New coating for trailer snow and ice removal February 23, 2022 An Ontario woman is bringing to the trucking industry a new product she says is an answer to the longrunning question of how to safely and cost-effectively remove snow and…
Health & Safety Police clear Ottawa of protesters, vehicles during tumultuous weekend February 20, 2022 By Sunday night, the remaining trucks involved in the occupation of downtown Ottawa were towed away, and the leaders of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ had mostly been rounded up and arrested.
Business Management How to identify, and improve, the high-risk driver February 7, 2022 They exist within virtually any fleet, but finding them is difficult. And few, if any, identify themselves as being one. The high-risk driver is a threat to the fleet they…
Health & Safety GoFundMe won’t release funds to Freedom Convoy “occupation” February 4, 2022 The well funded ‘Freedom Convoy’ has had more than $9 million in donations through a GoFundMe campaign denied as it prepares to enter its second week occupying Ottawa. “GoFundMe supports…
Health & Safety It’s time for truckers protesting in Ottawa to leave February 1, 2022 The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) was very disturbed with some of the images we saw and reports we heard out of Ottawa this past weekend. The desecration…