22JulWhen a trucking company has drivers who are happy and satisfied, that usually means it also has, depending on how you look at it, a high driver retention rate. Now any smart fleet will tell you this helps them save money, because recruiting and training new drivers isn’t cheap. In
9JulFollowing the U.S. requiring most commercial trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices (ELDs) by the end of this year, Canada’s trucking regulator is following a similar path. Beginning June 12, 2021, Transport Canada will require the devices when trucking north of the border, replacing paper logs. The Canadian
10JunIt’s official. That old flip phone you have that runs, slowly but successfully, on your wireless provider’s 3G network is about to see its last days. 3G itself is ending. You’ve resisted the TV ads to buy that shiny new 4G LTE smartphone… but now they’ve got you! Better act
21MarAsk a motor carrier what it wants from government and the answer would be: reliability. Government can’t control the weather, the carrier would say, but it can provide good roads with sufficient capacity and it can give clear rules on when and why my trucks should be stopped. With reliable
12DecGuest: Dave Osiecki, President of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting Few would argue that requiring the use of electronic logging devices wasn’t a game changer for the business of trucking. And as electronics become more prevalent on big-rigs, some believe the next big thing for the industry and safety will be video
