18 Wheels’ Kotendzhi draws on family roots when tackling today’s challenges

Growing up in Mariupol, Michael Kotendzhi started learning about the transportation industry as a child. At family dinners, he would often listen to the stories his dad brought home from…

Trucking executive outlook: Marilyn Daniel, Titanium Transportation

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…

Trucking executive outlook: Ron Tepper, Fastfrate Group

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…

Trucking executive outlook: Derek Koza, Wellington Group of Companies

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…

Trucking executive outlook: Michael Kotendzhi, 18 Wheels Logistics

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…

Trucking executive outlook: Rod Miron, Big Freight Systems

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…

Lazer acquires yard management business

Lazer Logistics has acquired the yard management assets of Preferred Cartage Trucking Services in Greeley, Col. Lazer provides outsourced yard management services across North America, and includes Toronto-based operations. (Photo:…

O’Regan and Trucking HR Canada talk inclusive workplaces, anti-harassment training

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan Jr. brought discussions about safe, diverse and inclusive workplaces to Trucking HR Canada’s office on Friday – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence…

6 tips to conduct a better road test

How can an employer be sure that a candidate for a truck driving job would not be a risk to company assets, customer cargo, other road users, and themselves? Comprehensive…

Pay structures, schedules shift in face of truck driver shortage

Several Canadian fleets are rethinking everything from pay models to work schedules in a bid to recruit and retain truck drivers – even if such changes present challenges of their…

Owner-operators at greatest risk as trucking demand slows, costs surge

A slowing economy and deteriorating freight conditions are already “baked in the cake,” according to Mullen Group senior executive officer Murray Mullen. But it’s small operators who’ll face the greatest…

Stage your truck fleet for sale – even if it isn’t

Whether or not you’re interested in selling your business, business owners should always keep it “staged” and ready for a sale for when the right opportunity comes along. “You wouldn’t…

Feds’ Fall Economic Statement takes aim at Driver Inc. employers

The federal government has vowed in its Fall Economic Statement to take aim at Driver Inc. employers. “In the trucking industry, there is a long history of companies using the…

FedEx Freight pilots new ‘space and pace’ pricing model

FedEx Freight is trying a new approach to pricing LTL shipments based on “space and pace”. The new dimension-based pricing model is being piloted with select customers. FedEx Freight says…

RST Sunbury’s Stacey Miller champions fleet’s diversity and inclusion

RST Sunbury Transport didn’t actively participate in Trucking HR Canada’s Top Fleet Employers program when Stacey Miller was promoted to director of human resources in 2017. But she quickly recognized…