The public’s perception of truck drivers is overwhelmingly positive. In a research report by Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF), 87% of survey respondents held favourable impressions of the trucking industry, up from 67% in 2019 when the survey was last taken. Over 50% of respondents said truckers are “safer drivers than the general public”. When […]
The pandemic highlighted the importance of Essential workers in delivering goods, manufacturing necessity products and maintaining public services and infrastructure. Covid also revealed, with glaring clarity, that we’re facing a severe skilled labour shortage. It’s happening in every service sector including healthcare and now a lack of qualified pilots just as travel is returning to […]
Freedom Convoy Perspective, One Year Later The Freedom Convoy was chosen by multiple Canadian news agencies as 2022’s ‘New Story/Newsmaker of the Year.’ This distinction is justly deserved. Our neighbor to the south has a deep history of memorable events that captured the world’s stage and held its attention. By comparison, Canada has a relatively […]
With all costs to operate a trucking company going up, it’s a good thing that Air is still relatively free. When it comes to commercial transportation, it’s the air inside the tires that supports the load being carried. Tire inflation is one of the most important and often overlooked maintenance items. It’s estimated that 95% […]
If transportation companies didn’t have enough operating challenges with supply chain disruptions, driver shortages and tight equipment availability, now it’s rising prices at the pumps. Gasoline prices have risen consistently since the middle of 2020 when the economy began the initial recovery after pandemic lockdowns. The cost of diesel has nearly doubled since last year […]