New equipment, revenue-generating terminals part of TForce Freight’s plan
TFI International’s first step in integrating the UPS Freight fleet it purchased in January will be to upgrade the equipment to reduce maintenance and repair costs, and improve driver satisfaction....
View ArticleELD suppliers face steep certification costs ahead of mandate
Certifying an electronic logging device comes at a cost, and no one knows that better than the ELD suppliers themselves. But as Canada’s federally regulated fleets move ever closer to a June 12...
View ArticleShipper-carrier contracts could expose fleets to massive losses
When it comes to contract language, the devil is in the details. And trucking companies might want to pay closer attention to the details that can leave them exposed to crippling risks. The focus...
View ArticleQuiet on the M&A front, Mullen Group may eye U.S. market
Mullen Group may take a closer look at expanding in the U.S., as a stagnant Canadian economy and pricey valuations have tempered the company’s appetite to make a major deal here. Murray Mullen,...
View ArticleCargo insurance policies deserve a closer look
A Toronto-based transportation lawyer is calling on brokers and carriers alike to take a closer look at cargo insurance policies as the all-important documents continue to evolve. “Things have changed....
View Article3 keys to digitize your truck fleet
The science of digitizing a truck fleet involves more than going with paperless documents alone. The underlying telematics data and available artificial intelligence make it possible to truly transform...
View ArticleHow to avoid nuclear verdicts
The best way to avoid a nuclear verdict – a term used generally to describe court judgements in excess of $10 million – is to stay out of the deposition chair in the first place. That was the message...
View ArticlePeel cargo theft volumes down, but losses hit records
Ontario led the way in North America’s commercial cargo theft last year, with the Peel Region west of Toronto reporting some of the biggest losses of all. “Most theft reports in the province came from...
View ArticleTFI International posts strong Q1, prepares to close UPS Freight deal
TFI International’s blockbuster acquisition of UPS Freight couldn’t have been timed better. The division achieved record Q1 earnings, with UPS’s Supply Chain and Freight Group more than doubling...
View ArticleNew tool to help fleets fight back against nuclear verdicts
A new data-based tool is being launched to help fleets fight back against sophisticated plaintiff attorneys and the nuclear verdicts they aggressively pursue. Steve Bryan, who founded Vigillo then sold...
View ArticleFleets challenged to take advantage of ‘perfect storm’: ACT
Industry analyst ACT Research says while the economy, freight, and trucking indicators are all at or near record highs, there are challenges percolating beneath the surface. “Our heavy-duty forecast...
View ArticlePrep your payment method, and other advice on dealing with a cyberattack
Canadian cybersecurity firm eSentire has identified a trend that should alarm trucking companies. The transportation sector has been identified by cyber-criminals as an easy target. “They are an...
View ArticleMore inspections, fines coming to Driver Inc. fleets
Canada’s Labour Program is beginning to crack down on fleets that misclassify truck drivers as incorporated businesses rather than employees – delivering another blow to the business model referred to...
View Article14 things we learned about private truck fleets
Canada’s private fleets have offered further insights into their activities, with the release of the fifth annual benchmarking survey conducted by the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) and...
View ArticlePandemic response dominates this year’s Top 10 legal issues for private fleets
As businesses take steps to return to normal following broad economic shutdowns put into place to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, they will be facing many new challenges related to employees. Heather...
View Article4 ways fleets can use data to improve performance
Data without context is just numbers, and many transportation companies are “drowning in data, but starving for insights.” Those were a couple revelations from Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante...
View ArticleHow artificial intelligence and machine learning are benefiting fleets
“Artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” are popular buzzwords, but when used effectively can deliver tangible benefits to fleets. Trimble examined the subject during its virtual in.sight user...
View ArticleTiming is everything when shippers rank carriers
If you’re a truck fleet doing business in Canada, you better keep a particularly close eye on schedules and delivery times. On-time performance outweighed all other benchmarks in Inside Logistics’...
View ArticleUsing 4 Disciplines of Execution to implement lasting corporate initiatives
Many corporate initiatives sound good in theory, but fail in implementation. Take, for example, that great idea you heard about at a business conference but forgot to follow through on because the...
View ArticleManaging data overload
Amanda Schuier knew something had to change. She was sitting in her office, on the phone, poring through dozens of dashboards to make sense of the tsunami of data she found herself drowning in. “I was...
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