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Have you heard about the insurance market for trucking companies? Some are saying that it is out of control. Others are saying that the insurance issue is a little simpler than that, and that the insurance companies have finally woken up to the reality that some trucking companies don’t deserve to be covered. Wow! So,…

Business is business and all businesses run on the same principle; gross revenue comes in; you deduct all the related expenses and what is left is either profit or it’s a problem you need to tackle ASAP. As I am sure you know, there are plenty of desperate people right now in this industry. These…

If you’re like many of us, you probably made at least one New Year’s resolution in January. According to TheQuint.com http://thequint.com, the most common new year’s resolution is to get in shape, or at least, to make an effort to work out. That’s probably why January is the top month for sales of exercise gear…

Each year the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) asks drivers and carriers about their top concerns. As you can imagine, the comments from drivers differ from the trucking companies’ list, but some issues do affect both groups significantly. Detention and delays at customer facilities were one of the issues that were important to both groups.…

Last month another USA trucking company, with a large Canadian contingent, went bankrupt. Bankruptcies are up all through our industry in 2019. Many trucking companies are finding business slow and are hiring strategically, or not hiring at all. Are we in a recession or at the very least, a slow-down? Trucking historically has always been…

Welcome to 2020, I hope it’s a good year for all of you. In looking back I feel as though 2019 went by very quickly and with little or no notoriety, for me anyway. Business was sluggish, freight levelled off, yadda and yadda. Markets are strong but I don’t follow them too closely. I find…

What makes you safe as a truck driver? It certainly is not dispatch. Heck, many dispatchers want you to run and run and then keep running. Is it the company you work with? Again, many of the smaller companies want you to work and work as they have customer service as their goals and often,…

I did a retention workshop a couple of weeks ago with a 350 truck fleet and after I learned their numbers, I shared with them this editorial that I wrote previously, as I think it’s worth another look by trucking companies with lease programs and drivers tempted to take a chance Would anyone like to…