Business Management Manitoba to bring in mandatory training for trucking startups October 19, 2022 Manitoba, by the end of the year, will require a one-week, 40-hour mandatory training program for new trucking company owners. Think of it as MELT (mandatory entry-level training) for trucking…
Business Management Trucking costs reach record highs August 10, 2022 Trucking was more expensive in 2021 than ever before, according to the latest Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The total…
Business Management Don’t settle for harmful trucking practices June 17, 2022 “No – I will not settle!” This comment was delivered very forcefully to me during my Crazy Canuck Truckin Podcast by Adele Hills from Creston, B.C. At the time in…
Human Resources CargoM’s Try-it-Days introduce new entrants to trucking May 19, 2022 About 15 people kicked the tires of a career in trucking, thanks to the first Try-it-Days CargoM held as part of a Trucking Career Immersion Program (TCIP) launched in April.
Business Management Transrapide ceases trucking operations to focus on warehousing April 19, 2022 After 10 years in business, Levis-based Groupe Transrapide has announced it is ending its trucking operations to focus on warehousing. “We are now reorienting our transportation activities to become a…
Business Management No end in sight to strong trucking environment: FTR September 2, 2021 The good times for truckers are expected to keep rolling well into next year. “From the perspective of carriers, things are quite good,” Avery Vise, vice-president – trucking for industry…
Infrastructure Why we should pay as much attention to water consumption as fuel August 23, 2021 Recently I was on a trip that took me over a lot of territory, and into some areas that I don’t often travel. Literally thousands of miles of dry ground.
Health & Safety Trucking plays role in saving fire-ravaged B.C. July 7, 2021 No sooner had the residents of Lytton, B.C., fled a wildfire that ravaged 90% of their community, than the trucks began rolling in. Carrying fuel, drinking water, fire camp units,…
Human Resources Grateful senior hands out thank you cards to truckers March 24, 2021 “God gave us the gift of service, that’s what we do best,” says Beverley Perrin, the Chatham, Ont., senior who has been writing and handing out hundreds of thank you…
Business Management 5 reasons why 2021 will be better December 31, 2020 Congratulations. You’ve made it through one of the most unpredictable, volatile, chaotic years in the history of trucking. Or as some economists like to refer to it, a “dynamic” year.
Business Management What are you going to do with this perfect opportunity? October 30, 2020 This year has been one of the most difficult in history for businesses of any type to navigate. Trucking saw freight vanish almost overnight in March, as global economies were…
Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: Trucking’s recovery surprising October 28, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ind. – Trucking companies are enjoying volume growth and pricing power that ACT Research says would’ve been considered “nearly impossible to achieve” from an April vantage point. In its…
Health & Safety Now’s the time to fix trucking’s top issues July 17, 2020 Been there done that. Then, been there several more times because apparently, I never learn. I’m struck with the idea that what we are currently living through will eventually be…
Transportation Family holds graduation convoy for son June 16, 2020 MONTAGUE, P.E.I. – How do you celebrate a high school graduation when everything is closed because of Covid-19? Well, a family of truckers in P. E. I. has pulled…
Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: Trucking has likely bottomed, but recovery will be slow May 14, 2020 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trucking conditions likely bottomed in mid-April, but a speedy recovery isn’t anticipated. That was the takeaway from a Mid-Year Economic Outlook webinar held today by industry forecaster…
