Bradley Takes Case for Entry-Level Driver Training to Ministry of Colleges

TORONTO - Following a meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on the shortage of qualified truck drivers, Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) President David Bradley took the issue to Brad Duguid, Minister of Training Colleges and Universities (MTCU).

Want to Be a Highly Successful Carrier? Pay Your Employees More

AUSTIN, TX. - According to a 2013 Texas Trucking Industry Study, highly successful companies (HSS) offer more benefits to recruit and retain drivers when compared to all other trucking companies.

6 Tips for Overcoming Long-Haul Negativity

Little issues that can be dealt with when a person has a regular five- day-a-week job become magnified for the professional drivers who make their living grabbing gears far from home. But as professional drivers, we can overcome anything, writes David Henry.

5 Reasons to Attend Canada’s Natural Gas Conference

TORONTO - If you're still wondering if you should invest in natural gas for your fleet or have no idea how to begin, then the 1st Annual Natural Gas and Vehicle Infrastructure (NGV) Conference is the place you want to be this October.

Turn Right Here Left

Considering getting a GPS for your truck? Here are some tips and statistics to help steer you in the right direction.

How Not to Scare Your Drivers with New Technology

We asked a couple of technology-appreciating drivers for advice on how management should introduce new tech into the cab. Here's what they said.

Trucking Alliance Tells Carriers to Take Responsibility for Driver Shortage

OTTAWA - CTA says industry leaders need to show current and future drivers their commitment to solving labor issues.

Best Fleets to Drive For Goes All Canadian

OTTAWA, ON. - Trucking HR Canada will be taking the reins of the Canadian version of Best Fleets to Drive For, the immensely popular contest and survey currently run by the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge.

After Mackie, the CIRB tackles its next ruling

The 23rd of January marked the first anniversary of the so-called Mackie decision, a Canada Industrial Relations Board ruling that allows a Teamsters local to collectively bargain

Driver Pay: Happy Campers

Pay attention. There's going to be a test. Back in December, several large American carriers announced some of the biggest per-mile pay hikes drivers and owner-operators

LEGAL LIABILITY: YOU BE THE JUDGE

Who's responsible for a fatality at a loading dock? The Worker? The Supervisor? The Truck Driver?

DRIVER RECRUITING: FOREIGN POLICY

More and more, a response to the driver shortage is to recruit immigrants.

Lasting Impressions

Driver Retention Strategies for the Long Haul

Cost Per Mile for Dummies

No disrespect intended; just a basic primer for determining O-O's operating costs.

A Wing and a Prayer

Believe it or not, some progressive truck fleets are already planning what to do when the bird flu strikes. Here's why you should, too.