Update 2016 – Truck driver Supply and Demand Gap CPCS Final Report. Click Here...
CTA Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage Report. Click Here...
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May
New research offers clear insight into the way youth view Canada’s trucking industry, and identifies the features of successful programs which could attract the industry’s next generation of employee
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May
Apparently, according to the New York Times, they are two rare industries handing out raises:
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Apr
The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Careers section published an excellent feature report about trucking and the commercial driving profession. It’s a positive, extensive article on trucking career opportunities
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Apr
Efforts to create a national truck parking management system in the U.S. may soon be getting some extra help from the U.S. Department of Transportation as truck parking is increasingly being viewed as a way to address driver fatigue issues
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Apr
Trucking HR Canada has unveiled a free online tool that will help fleet managers analyze and improve human resources practices.
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Apr
The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) will begin developing a minimum commercial driver training standard, including a special licence designation recognizing drivers who’ve met the new standard
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Apr
A new, valuable resource aimed at addressing trucking’s HR challenges is now available through the official launch of Trucking HR Canada.
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Apr
Having tried the usual package of banquet, pins, gift cards and plaques to reward good drivers and maintain recruitment-retention rates, one fleet owner upped the ante with an annual all-expenses paid “dream vacation” to his top wheelmen
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Mar
How Trimac Transportation plugged up its driver leak by embracing values of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage
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Mar
Nearly two-thirds of the carriers surveyed by Transport Capital Partners indicate they plan to increase capacity in the next 12 months, up from 51 per cent last quarter. Carriers remain conservative, however, in estimating how much capacity they will add, TCP reports in its first quarter Business Expectations survey.
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance, a federation of the provincial trucking associations, representing over 4,500 motor carriers has formed a Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage to try and provide leadership in the daunting task of developing a coherent direction for moving forward on the issue. To learn more about the Canadian Trucking Alliance please visit www.cantruck.ca.
Please contact Marco Beghetto at Marco.Beghetto@cantruck.ca
