Benchmarking data can predict the threats to come

Few business leaders would pass up the chance to gaze into a crystal ball that identifies costly problems before they occur. They are the details which could mean the difference between a profit and loss; a competitive edge in the days of...

In Europe, children dream of driving the classic-styled conventional

Many years ago as a small boy, I used to push my toy trucks around the floor, dreaming of the day I would become a trucker myself. Model trucks were my only toys, I wasn't interested in anything else and there was one truck in particular that...

Training for a marriage

Truck driver training schools are a lot like a marriage. Sometimes you get a great one, sometimes not.

Snow removal: Easy as 1-2-3

BADEN, Ont. - What to do with snow and ice that's accumulated on trailer tops has been a quandary since, well, since folks began hauling freight in van trailers.

An eye for an eye: Part 1

Mark was driving westward through Saskatchewan when his cell phone rang. He checked the number on his phone, saw that it was Bud calling and put the call onto his hands-free device.

Entering the smart phone era

I've never been one to rush into anything. Traditionally, I won't make any major buying decision without researching the ying-yang out of it.

TSQ: Do you think Canada should reduce its maximum daily driving limit?

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - The US-based Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a new string of changes to its Hours-of-Service rules, including the possibility of dropping the maximum daily driving time from 11 hours to 10. Both...

Truck News January 2011

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Economic outlook

TORONTO, Ont. - The driver shortage, which is expected to get much worse in the years ahead, could prove a vital aid in helping trucking companies improve their profitability and find a way to pay the...

The (new) Social Nework: Trucking’s unexpected flirtation with social media

TORONTO, Ont. - "Trucking driving: a great job for people who hate people." While you probably won't see this slogan included on the cover of a trucking company's recruitment brochure any time soon, t...

Is CSA just days away?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - If all goes according to plan, and in government that's never guaranteed, the US Federal Carrier Safety Administration's new carrier safety measurement system CSA will be in place a...

Changes are coming and they won’t be in your favour

By putting off writing this column as long as I possibly could, I was hoping the US FMCSA would have by now published its proposed changes to the US hours-of-service rules. However, the Dec. 6 edition...

Remember, shippers are not the enemy

Is it me or are tempers becoming as frayed lately as profit margins? I've been to a number of events and hosted several others over the past couple of months and that's the distinct impression I'm get...

Did you know? (January 01, 2011)

When the industry speaks of human resource issues, the talk is almost always centered around the need for drivers. Yet, trucking is experiencing difficulties recruiting and retaining many other key no...

TransCore, Manitoba Transport Institute identify transport trends (January 01, 2011)

WINNIPEG, Man. - Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area, are the sources of and destinations for most spot market freight, according to groundbreaking new research by the University of Manitoba Transpo...