Truck News Blog

• From the road we’ve traveled to the road ahead: The fight against Driver Inc.

  There is a timeless axiom that states “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of 100 battles.” For more than a decade, as […]

• It’s time to rip up the insurance safety net

  If it were up to Markel Insurance, I would have lost my job. Apparently, I was the worst driver in the MSM fleet. Every time they sent a rookie safety […]

• Name and shame the wheel-less wonders

  Ontario has been seeing its share of wheel-less wonders on its roads over the recent past. A rash of wheel separation incidents has put the road safety spotlight squarely on […]

• Your shop as a competitive advantage

  I recently attended an industry event that included a presentation from the CEO of a Top 100 Canadian fleet, in which he discussed having to run a more efficient operation […]

• Why delegation is the key to growing a truck repair shop

  Most repair shop owners didn’t set out to run a business — they just wanted to fix trucks. But growth changes that. As workloads increase and teams expand, the hands-on […]

• What a recent Supreme Court ruling means for your insurance coverage

  For most people, reading their insurance policies is the last thing they would do in their spare time. They are long, technical, and often filled with exclusions that make it […]

• Highlights from THRC’s Calgary Workforce Bootcamp

  Last month at THRC’s Trucking and Logistics Workforce Bootcamp in Calgary, Alta., leaders from two THRC Top Fleet Employers — Trimac Transportation and Caron Transportation Systems — joined CEO Angela […]

• Private fleets are strong operations, not vanity projects

  I read with interest, and some anger, a recent opinion piece in trucknews.com, The Private Fleet Creep: How to turn private trucking from threat to opportunity, by industry veteran Mike […]

• Pump Pain: When distant wars hit home at the diesel pump

  Trucking can’t catch a break. Just as industry sentiment was beginning to improve — new truck orders ticking upward, spot market rates showing resilience, and supply and demand finally drifting […]

• OTA shifts strategy, taking truck safety message directly to the public

  The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is celebrating 100 years of industry leadership this year. The organization’s longevity is rooted in its ability to evolve and adapt to ever-changing market realities, […]