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 the program’s gala as a place where the business could celebrate strategies among an…
Gene Orlick’s trucking career began in his youth, when the hours after school were spent helping his dad, Max, and uncle Tom at Orlick Transport. One of the jobs on Saturdays involved walking around the fleet yard with a bucket, picking up nails that…
The road to full trailer electrification will be a long one, but certain technologies that will improve overall efficiency are closer than we might think. Trailers equipped with electric axles and hub motors will be able to contribute to an engine’s tractive effort, reducing…
When John DeGueldre began his career as a trailer mechanic in 1994, fleets would typically write off equipment whenever collision-related repairs were expected to last longer than 160 hours. “Now it’s ‘Just fix it,’” says the trailer mechanic at Ocean Trailer in Winnipeg. The…
Trailers are suddenly getting a newfound appreciation in the trucking industry, thanks to long lead times at factories, the increased adoption of drop-and-hook freight, and higher – much higher – acquisition costs. Speaking at industry forecaster FTR’s annual Transportation Conference, Stoughton Trailers vice-president of…