Contents T
VOLUME 05 ISSUE 01
|
JANUARY, 2016
G
HE TRUCKIN NETWORK
NAVEEN NAV- EDITOR nav@thetruckingnetwork.ca Vikram Bajwa Copy Editor Danny Bajwa Account Executive
20
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Glenn Caldwell, Ray J Haight, Tony Hayton, Siphiwe Baleka, Ellen Voie, Rod Stiller, Dave Raynsford, Harmanjit Jhand, Doug Harris, Melodie Champion and Robert D. Scheper, Daryl Sanderson and Vikram Bajwa
4 Minutes Right On The Side of Your Truck
22
26
ADVERTISING INQUIRIES 647-818-2121 nav@thetruckingnetwork.ca DESIGN art@thetruckingnetwork.ca VISIT US ONLINE AT www.thetruckingnetwork.ca HEAD OFFICE 1300 Shawson Dr, unit 201, Mississauga,ON. L4W 1C3
The End of an ERA
TF: 1-800-508-1214 Ph: 905-564-7576, 647-818-2121 Fax: 1-800-488-1314, 905-564-7071 Publication Mail Aggrement # 42703019
Looking for a way to stay focused on those New Year’s Resolutions? Find an accountability partner
28
PUBLICATION The Trucking Network is a monthly bilingual magazine
thetruckingnetwork
38
ELD Mandate Hits Road Block
24
New Canadians Key to Solving Driver Shortage
37
The North American trucking industry overview in year 2015
Bollywood gossip
31
Drivers income depends upon
miles logged and hours of service
A
merica moves on trucks and the trucking industry moves with drivers. Demand for trucks is going to increase many folds and there seems to be no substitute for trucking. we are facing an unprecedented shortage of 30000 drivers at present and that is going to grow to whopping 2,39000 in 2022. very shortly Electronic Logging Devices are becoming mandatory for all trucks to regulate service hours. Churning rates are already high for this industry and more and more industries will be competing for the same manpower. Drivers income depend upon miles logged and hours of service, mandatory ELD s will prove to be game changers. Drivers will prefer to join carriers with manual logging system to conceal service hours and incomes but eventually this will lead to level playing field when ELD are enforced on all carriers. What will it mean for trucking industry? the service conditions and wages will improve in the coming year or so. The present service conditions of the industry may not be perfect but Trucking industry will become more lucrative to work in and there might be an influx of people from other industries, already people from construction and oilfields move in and out of this industry. New Immigrants may also join this industry. Mandatory ELDs are well intended for welfare and safety of drivers. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration(FMCSA) conducted three million driver inspection in 2012 and found 950000 violations, out of these 450000 were only the hours of service violations. American Trucking Industry sources expect churning in the industry to reduce and this again means better stability for workforce. The Trucking Network team wishes our industry better service conditions, stability, safety, prosperity and the ushering in of a new era of hope, positivity, gainful and meaningful march into 2016. The grass is going to be greener on our side and we will see more people jumping onto trucking wagon. The acute shortage of drivers will mean that the drivers will be the critical strategic resources for carriers in particular and the industry as a whole, this will definitely result in rational pricing in industry. Some carriers have already taken note of futuristic scenario and are working towards improving pay packages and removing hurdles. For the coming year 2016 we have all the reasons to smile and say good bye 2015.Let’s start this new year with a positive mind and out of the box strategies We are always open for your suggestions and thoughts to make our industry a better place to work with‌ Sincere regards
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 7
News
The Ontario Trucking Association’s Business Survey Predicts a Murky Freight Economy
T
he fourth quarter 2015 business survey for the bellwether by Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) segment reveals that the latest freight volume and rate patterns along with prospects for the future – are usually great deal more reserved than what’s been communicated in the last numerous surveys, particularly all through Canadian freight lanes. The unanticipated rising prices for new equipment and weak Canadian economy seem to have caught up with fleets, changing their present and upcoming viewpoint more meaningfully than in the near past, according to OTA. Approximately 70% of transporters in this fourth quarter survey said that they are “generally optimistic” regarding the future for the trucking business in the coming quarter, this number is 16% lower than the same number at this
time last year, but still a big proportion of participants overall. Carrier Volumes The trend of freight volumes within Ontario and between different
Canadian provinces exhibited first signs of cracking during the second quarter 2015 survey and the similar trend is still going-on. Increase in the freight volumes were reported by 29% of carriers during the preceding three months, somewhat higher than the 25% carriers who experienced advances in the earlier survey although the 44% average of carriers stated similar feelings during 2014. Continued on page 39
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
A New unified online DOT Registration System Launched by FMCSA WASHINGTON, D.C: A new simplified online enrolment process for truck and bus companies, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers, and cargo tank manufacturing, inspection and repair facilities for USDOT registration have been launched by The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Truck and transport organizations, cargo forwarders, agents, multi-purpose hardware suppliers and load tank makers working in the U.S. presently have another online enrolment prepare that review and repair offices use as new applications for U.S. Division of Transportation (DOT) enlistment. The FMCSA new Unified Registration System (URS) was launched on Dec. 12. The first phase of URS combines multiple ‘legacy’ reporting forms into a single, online form that according to FMSCA will streamline the complete registration and renewal process, improve efficiency, reduce errors as well as enhance public safety.
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 11
News
Additional Delay on Canadian ELD Rule is Unnecessary States CTA
A
ccording to Country’s biggest trucking association, namely Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), the proclamation of the US rule necessitating the use of electronic logging devices, puts Canada under huge pressure and eliminates any discussion from the Canadian Governments side for not advancing with a parallel directive in Canada. According to Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), for more than 10 years, CTA – the federation of the provincial trucking associations on behalf of over 4,500 trucking companies is urging the Canadian governments to introduce a decree, necessitating all driver trucks to be equipped with an ELD to monitor compliance with the hours of service regulations, replacing the current requirement to present a paper log book. CTA’s CEO, David Bradley says “This is a matter of principle for us” and “Safety and fair competition is compromised by the continued reliance on an archaic
and inefficient paper-based system for monitoring and enforcing what is arguably the single most important of the National Safety Code standards.” The former federal government de-
clared its obligation to go forward with a Canadian mandate. However, the new Trudeau government has provided no indication of imminent change in that direction. So far, Ontario is the only province that has shown its commitment to introduce an ELD mandate at the provincial level. None of the other provinces have indicated a predilection for a voluntary approach and mostly
Proper Maintenance of Truck Can Enhance Fuel Economy by 10 Percent: NACFE
A
new report by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) states that proper precautionary maintenance program evidently increases a carrier’s return on investment (ROI) by spreading uptime and life of equipment, however it can also result in 5-10% increase a heavy truck’s fuel efficiency. Mike Roeth of NACFE on a conference call with Truck Continued on page 41 12 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
stayed on the sidelines. Beyond development of a draft technical standard by the Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Canadian Council of Motor Carrier Administrators and a benefit-cost analysis by Transport Canada – which is expected to make a strong case in favor of a mandate but which has yet to be made public – other work, such as the development of an enforcement policy and the writing of an actual regulation, has for the most part been waylaid while the governments waited to see what the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s long-awaited final rule would look like. Outside improvement of a draft technical standard by the Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Canadian Council of Motor Carrier Administrators and costbenefit ratio investigation by Transport Canada – which is thought to put forth a solid case for a mandate however it is yet to be made open. Continued on page 41
News
Decrease in capital spending and dividends by Mullen Group OKOTOKS, Alta: According to Truck News, Mullen Group has sanctioned a capital budget of $25 million for 2016, which will be mostly utilized to buy trucks and trailers for operations in their trucking/logistics section. In comparison to Mullen Group’s spending in 2015, their 2016 spending is cut by $55 million. Murray Mullen, CEO and chairman of the board stated “2015 has been both challenging and difficult for anyone associated with the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately I believe 2016 will not be any better. Crude oil and gas prices are at levels that have a significant negative impact on oil and gas producers. As industry cash flows decline, capital investment and drilling programs – two very important demand drivers for the oil and gas services sector – are slashed”.
Reminder of Significant Imminent Border Deadlines by CTA, OTA TORONTO, ON: The truckers are advised by Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) to remember some significant dates about forthcoming border and customs compliance deadlines, according to Today’s Trucking. The rise in transponder cost will be effective on Dec. 28, the cost will be up from US$205 to US$401.67. Both CTA and OTA are boosting all affiliates to renew or buy transponders before the deadline, for trucks anticipated to go across the border in 2016. Two groups are also advising fleets that penalties for non-compliant carriers under the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) will be effective beginning Jan. 11, 2016, in relation to the Advance Commercial Information (ACI) eManifest system. In accordance to the trucking groups, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently described that fewer than 1% of carriers going across the border are coming without any eManifest at all whereas 3% of carriers do not meet the at least one hour advance period. www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 13
News
Peterson’s Unveiling Larger LED, Dot Light XL Trailer Demand Overtaking New Truck Sales
A
ccording to latest data from Freight Transportation (FTR), trailers orders out passed new truck sales during this fall. With 39,300 units of ordered, November is the third highest month on record for new trailer orders, an increase of 19% compared to October. A total of 332,000 units of Trailer have been ordered over the last year. Don Ake, FTR vice-president of commercial vehicles said “The trailer market continues to show remarkable resilience entering 2016” and “This is the third highest order month ever and some segments aren’t even doing very well. It is particularly impressive, considering Class 8 demand is faltering and freight growth is slowing somewhat due to the manufacturing slump.
Kriska Unveils New “Safe Haven” Parking Program
K
riska Transportation Group continues to be an industry leader when it comes to smoothing out the kinks in the driver-carrier-customer relationship. According to a recent Truck News report the Prescott, Ont.-based carrier successfully completed a pilot project with Unilever that provides overnight parking for drivers. The idea came to fruition after Unilever approached Kriska to see how they could partner to become a shipper of choice, and make themselves more attractive as a customer in a competitive market. A major challenge facing many of the drivers was a lack of overnight parking in the Newville, PA area, where Unilever`s distribution centre is located. As is often the case drivers would run out of hours delivering a load and have nowhere to stop and sleep for the night. Jonathan Wahba, chief operating officer of Kriska Transportation Group told Trucknews.com “Many big shippers don’t allow drivers to sleep on site. 14 | The Trucking Network | January 2015
GRANDVIEW, Mo: A novel larger and brighter singlediode LED clearance/marker/mid-turn light has been recently revealed for heavy-duty trailers by Peterson Manufacturing. The light manufactured in USA is designed to resolve the problem faced by the truckers equipped with compact LED because of the low visibility caused by deposition of diesel soot, road grime and/or snow pack. “When trailer lights get dirty or snow-packed they appear dimmer,” said Tim Gilbert, Peterson’s director of OEM and heavy-duty fleet sales. “That’s especially true of the small LED marker lights so popular today. The superior optics of our Dot XL offer a brilliant solution: greater visibility plus multi-function versatility.”
Sleep Apnea Rule Close to Finalization
F
ederal Lawmakers in the US are one step closer to a rule dealing with sleep apnea. According to a Dec. 16th Overdrive Magazine report, an effort by the DOT to gauge how many truck drivers have obstructive sleep apnea and what impact the disorder could have on the industry has taken a step forward in the federal rulemaking process. The publication reports that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget received the “pre-rule” from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 15, with a potential publication of the rule to follow within weeks.
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
News
Applications to Apply for Third Yearly Top Fleet Employers are Now Open I
f you think you are one of the top trucking company to work for in Canada then it’s time to discover the truth! According to the OTA, applications to apply for Trucking Human Resources (HR) Canada’s 3rd annual Top Fleet Employers program are now being accepted. This program identifies fleets within Canada’s trucking industry that are the top workplaces. The applications will be accepted via online submissions at www.truckinghr. com until 4 p.m. EST on February 29, 2016. This program accepts application from any fleet career which fulfill the recognized criteria of distinction in human resources. The application are not limited by the amount or size of fleets. The workplaces are rated by the Top Fleet Employers on several factors viz. employee recognition, compensation, wellness, employee engagement, development, recruitment, retention and professional lifestyle. Along with the online application,
the application process include formal documentation, employee surveys and interviews. Selection measures imitate HR issues, developments and working environments observed in the Canadian trucking industry, and authenticated by a board of trucking business experts and a Certified HR Specialists. Several members of Canadian Trucking Alliance and Ontario Trucking Association were acknowledged during the second annual listing which included: Bison Transport,
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Challenger Motor Freight, Atlantica Diversified Transportation Systems Inc., Triton Transport, J&R Hall Transport,, Transport Ltd., Kindersley, SLH Transport, Home Hardware Stores Limited,The Brick, Transpro Freight Systems DJ Knoll Drive Logistics, Linamar Transportation Inc, Erb Transport, , JG Drapeau Ltd., Edge Transportation, Kriska Transportation, Liberty Linehaul Inc., Meyers Transport, Ryder Canada – Supply Chain Solutions, Logikor and MacKinnon Transport.
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 15
News
Andy Transport Purchases Matrec Terminal to Increase its Service
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que: Andy Transport, Trucking and Logistics Company acquired Matrec’s terminal enlarging the size of the company. The effort has been made keeping in mind the increasing market demand. The Matrec’s terminal is located at 4 chemin du Tremblay in Boucherville.
The new facility has about 36,000 square feet of office space, 11,000 square feet of garage on around 527,450 square feet. Approximately half of the land will be occupied by Andy Transport, whereas rest of the land will remain with Matrec as a tenant. Andreea Crisan, COO and executive
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
vice-president of Andy Transport said “We are excited to announce the acquisition of the Boucherville terminal as it represents an excellent opportunity to further develop our footprint in Quebec” and “The acquisition is expected to result in greater operational efficiencies and a significant increase in market share.” According to the firm, the acquisition of new terminal by Andy Transport will allow it to take care of the growth in market demand, along with spreading and improving its services. “To enhance the security of the premises occupied by Andy Transport in Boucherville, we are installing an advanced security system which includes a controlled and monitored access as well as 24-hour live camera surveillance,” said Ilie Crisan, president of Andy Transport. Andy Transport containing trucks that travel throughout Canada and the U.S. was created in 2001.
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 17
News
ACT Research Indicate Acceleration in the Demand of Medium-duty Trucks whereas Reduction in the Class 8 Orders third largest year-ending backlog in a decade.” Vieth also pointed out about the up surging medium-duty market. He said “Healthy consumer balance sheets, rising new home construction, improved state and local government budgets, and an absence of overbuying have the
medium-duty segment well positioned for continued modest growth in 2016,” and “Collectively the Classes 5-7 market experienced another healthy month, with orders up 7% y/y. Classes 6-7 vehicles, up 10% y/y, were responsible for the lion’s share of November’s MD market gains.”
COLUMBUS, Ind: According to ACT Research and Truck News, the truck orders from November show a growth in the market demand of truck Classes 5-7, whereas slowing Class 8 demand. In November there were 18,850 new orders for Classes 5-7 whereas there were 16,770 net new orders for Class 8 trucks. The persistent weakness in the business economy together with robust capacity additions in 2015 have shifted the supply-demand balance, driving wide-ranging reduction through marketplaces in November plus assertive Class 8 orders to a quantity last observed in Q3 2012, pointed Kenny Vieth, ACT’s president and senior analyst. Kenny Vieth stated “In November, North American net orders were 16,772 units, which translates to 15,200 units on a seasonally-adjusted basis. This is sharply below the prevailing SA order trend of ~23,000 units per month that was in place from April to October” and “Despite the weakness that has gathered into year’s end, we expect that the industry will build over 320,000 units in 2015. And while backlogs will be smaller at the end of 2015 versus 2014, that backlog is expected to be the www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 19
Driver Health
4 Minutes Right On The Side of Your Truck F
or the past few years now, I have been encouraging drivers everywhere to do four minutes of exercise right on the side of your truck or anywhere that you can “get it in where you can fit it in”. Most people, however, don’t believe that four minutes of exercise can be effective for achieving weight loss. As a result, most people don’t do a four minute workout. When was the last time you did any workout. For a lot of people, especially drivers, the perception of not having the time to work out is one of the biggest obstacles. However, if you could lose one pound per week with just four minutes of exercise, would you do it? That’s exactly what hundreds of drivers are now doing. The key, however, is that you have to give maximum effort in those four minutes. When you exercise at that intensity, you accelerate fat burning. But don’t take my word for it, consider this: g Science Daily, March 2010, stated that High-Intensity Interval Training Is Time Efficient and Effective. g The Journal of Physiology, 2010 stated that “A practical model of low-volume high-intensity interval training induces mitochondrial biogenesis in human skeletal muscle.
20 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
“A study at Laval University in Quebec, Canada found that HIIT cardio helped trainees lose 9 times more fat than those who trained the traditional way.” Mitochondria are the power plant within your cells where energy is produced. The more mitochondria you have, the greater your body’s capacity to produce energy. g
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Driver Health Accordingly, high-intensity exercise “induces mitochondrial biogenesis”, or in other words, starts the process of creating mitochondria. This is one reason why Science Daily, March 2010, stated that High-Intensity Interval Training Is Time Efficient and Effective. When you exercise at maximum intensity you create a maximum demand for energy, which in turn, forces your metabolism to burn fat at a maximum level. By doing this every day, you train your metabolism to be more effective, more efficient. The research that verifies this started to become mainstream in 2013. Men’s Journal published an article in August 2013, stating, “High-intensity interval training is one of the best ways to get in shape. It’s also brutally efficient.... Go hard. Rest briefly. Go hard again. That’s the essence of high-intensity interval training.... Now, after decades of research, exercise physiologists are finally explaining the outsize health-andfitness impact of these ferocious little workouts - vastly greater, for every minute invested, than longer, slower efforts.... ‘You can get a lot of fitness benefit with these very short-burst workouts,’ says Steven T. Devor, Professor of Kinesiology at the Ohio State University. Same for the health benefits: ‘It is becoming quite clear that you get lower body fat, lower risk for disease, lower LDL cholesterol and higher HDL, and lower blood pressure,’ he says.” A year later, Muscle & Fitness magazine published Fast Track to Fitness, claiming, “High-intensity interval training is the future of fat burning.... One study at a time HIIT knocked steady state cardio off its long-held throne, becoming the most relied-upon method for burning unwanted body fat in gyms everywhere.... This type of training is not only being used by athletes to improve conditioning but also by trainers and
their clients as one of the best methods for fat loss and conditioning. With our busy lifestyles, who has time to do 40-60 minutes of aerobic training? The scientific data now show
that less is better when it comes to fat loss - you just have to know how to do it right.” (Justin Grinnell, C.S.C.S, performance coach and owner of State of Fitness in Michigan)” If you are convinced, then it’s time to get started. The easiest way to begin is to stand on the side of your truck with a timer. Do any movement you can do – marching in place, squats, jumping jacks, shadow boxing, etc. Do that www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
movement as fast as you can for
20 seconds then rest 10 seconds. Repeat that eight times for a total of four rounds. If you truly give it your maximum effort, you will find it difficult to finish. That’s a good thing. If you do that once every day, particularly before you start driving, you will “spike” your metabolism and burn fat at an accelerated rate for hours. My clients who do this every day before they start driving lose an average of 19 lbs. in just 12 weeks! Another great way to get started is to use a smartphone app. Skimble Workout Trainer has thousands of free workouts and you can even do my Active Trucker Phase I and Phase II four- week exercise programs that I developed specifically for truck drivers. Try doing the four minute, Pre Drive Blast workout: http://skm. me/sw/57kV You can no longer use time as an excuse. Everyone has four minutes available. Just get it in where you can fit it in!
By Siphiwe Baleka, Founder of Fitness Trucking January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 21
Driver Health
o t y a e w s o a h t ? r s o n ion f o g ed t y n u t i l i s l k o i u s o b c e o a L y fo ’s R unt r a o a t c e s c er Y a w n rtn e a N a d p n Fi
N
ew Years, it’s a great time to take another look at things from a different perspective. Hopefully over the holidays you set aside a little downtime for you and your family and took the time to create some new memories that are going to be ones that will last a lifetime. Isn’t it funny, the older we get the quicker a year seems to fly by? Remember those New Year’s resolutions you set for yourself this time last year? How many of them did you actually stick with? If you’re like many people, something may have come up (like life) that may have possibly changed the direction on where you wanted to be today. Many of us finish the year with indulgences and celebration, and then start the New Year with the best of intentions and sincere resolutions to do things better. Unfortunately these good intentions often end up in frustration and disappointment. Sometimes we find ourselves moving further away from our goals in the New Year rather 22 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
than accomplishing our resolutions. I think one of the main reasons we struggle with our resolutions is our days become so hectic that we can lose focus on what really matters most. For a number of years, I have been involved in a group we call “Talent Bank”. This is a group of other likeminded individuals who get together
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
once a month to talk about how we can improve in our business and discuss some of the personal goals we want to achieve. In a way it’s really just an accountability group but it seems to work well for all of us. When we originally set up this group, we wanted to be sure that it was more than just business related goals that we discussed to live a
Driver Health more balanced life. Think of it this way. If you had a bicycle wheel with only a few spokes or if the spokes were only on the one side of the wheel, how balanced would the wheel actually be? Part of the process we use to live a more balanced life includes setting goals in the following seven areas of our lives: g Family g Health g Spiritual g Social g Educational g Business g Financial As an example, one of my health goals a few years ago was to get in better shape. To help me stay focused on this goal, I committed to working out 3-4 times per week and found myself an accountability partner that had a similar goal. The first few weeks were tough (and painful) but we kept going and we kept each motivated on why we wanted to achieve this goal. Knowing I had to pick my buddy Ray up at 6:30AM on the days we committed to work out, really helped me stay focused when some of the mornings my body was telling me to just hit the snooze button for few extra minutes of shut eye. As a result, I have maintained my work out schedule… most of the time. For the times that I did slip, I found it was much easier getting back to it because I knew I needed to report back to my group on how I was doing. Without the initial accountability that got me going, I’m not sure I would have stuck with it this long. This year, I’m adding to my health goal by taking a closer look at the food that I’m eating on a daily basis. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not constantly eating junk food, but I do know I can definitely improve on the food choices I do make each day which in turn should give me even more energy. I’m also working with a nutritionist (www.healthytrucker. com) that is helping me make smarter choices and helping me stay focused on what really matters most. So what about you? What’s your cur-
rent situation? Are you having a hard time staying focused on what really matters most? Do you need to form a talent bank type group to help you remain focused on your goals? Maybe not, but if you do have certain goals that you really want to achieve, why not find someone that will agree to hold you accountable? The more accountability you have I guarantee you, the closer you will get to achieve your New Year’s resolutions for this year!
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Glenn Caldwell Vice President Sales NAL Insurance Healthy Trucker
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 23
Driver Safety
By Ray J Haight
M
Co founder - StakUp Haight Consulting, Healthy Trucker
y consulting business has taken me to many companies over the past number of years and aside from the normal concerns about volume, rates and profitability, a common reoccurring issue surrounds HR (Human Resources) and the management of people. There have been a million books written on this subject by people who are much brighter than I but I thought I would add my two cents worth. No matter how big or small the company or what sector of the economy the business operates within, there 24 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
are basic business principles that apply to leadership roles and the trucking industry is no different. If you want your company to behave in a certain manner then doesn’t it make sense that you should conduct yourself in a manner that is conducive to achieving the required result? Many companies go through what I am sharing with you during strategy development, Mission, Vision and Values deployment. The idea being that once you have defined what your trying to achieve as a company, now you break down what you need to get there and how do you get everyone pointing in the right direction. That being said, understanding the principles I am sharing here with you will help any company’s performance and will free up scores of time that might otherwise be lost to the minutia of office politics. Every person who goes to work at every company deserves the right to be successful and enjoy their daily toil. People inherently want to be good and want to www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
be successful in the job they have taken on and they want to be recognized for their effort. If you are a manager and don’t believe these two statements then you are in the wrong role. If you believe that your employees, drivers and Owner Operators give you a strategic advantage in your marketplace you already know what you’re about to read and I am sure I could learn many things from you. If you consider these same people to be a necessary evil, then you need to study this set of rules carefully. True sustainable success will only come when everyone in your company contributes to and enjoys in the results of a job well done and do not simply rely on the leadership of a single individual. Rule # 1: I used to tell all the managers who worked for me that their job as a department head was to make their own jobs obsolete and only then would they be truly successful. Confused, so were they for a while, but what I was getting at was that I thought it neces-
Driver Saftey sary for each of them to develop their individual staff and team to the point where they were truly self-sufficient and capable of performing the job at hand and meeting the goals and challenges posed to them on a daily basis. Rule #2: Decide what success would look like for a given person in any given role in your department. Write it out in a role description; it’s hard to measure if a person is doing what you want when they have never been told or, better yet, shown on paper. This document should list their responsibilities, define the task required and their working relationship with their peers, and explain their decision making scope. Hire for that role, have the candidate read the description and provide input where they feel necessary and then have both parties sign it. You just created accountability! Rule # 3: Develop SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) for all of the reoccurring procedures that happen throughout the day. This takes some work but it simplifies your life as a manager and relieves pressures on the people who work for you. The SOP should include the circumstance and justification for the SOP; provide steps to be taken in the process and any other necessary Information. Management drafts the procedure, employees add their input and the result becomes the rule for how things should be done in any given situation. Rule #4: Process, Process, And Process. Managers who used to report to me would tire of me saying this but when things would go wrong, 95% of the time it would be because our process let us down, not our people. It is human nature to go looking for bad guys when the chicken feathers hit the fan, but what a grandiose waste of time this usually is. If you believe the ground rules for this article and that people inherently want to do well, then the investigation into the problem should start with the process or SOP that you have in place for the situation because usually it is here where you will find the
root of the issue. If, after investigation, it is determined that the problem was caused by someone not following the process, then you have a performance issue with an individual that needs to be addressed. Rule #5: Ensure that your people have all the tools they need to succeed including your support. Have you ever asked your people this simple statement “What can I do to help you be
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
more successful today?” It’s your job as a manager to provide new technology, new training, or whatever it takes. Showing your people that you are pulling for their success is more important than you can imagine. Rule #6: check in to the new technologies now available, the SaaS (Software as a Solution) programs of today are game changers for HR folks. Continued on page 41
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 25
Driver Safety
T
he last twenty years have brought about many changes throughout the trucking industry. As the age of information and technology advances and as we head into a new year there are some very recent changes in the wind that will affect almost everyone who sits behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle and currently completes a daily log. On December 18th, 2015 the FMCSA released the final rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices for Commercial Motor Carriers operating in or entering into the United States. There are limited exceptions. Carriers and drivers who are using paper logs must transition to Electronic Logging Devices or “ELD’s” no later than December 18th 2017. Canadian and Mexico based carriers operating in the U.S. are subject to the rule. It is estimated by the FMCSA that 26 lives can be saved annually and 1844 crashes can be prevented on American hi-ways every year by implementing the use of ELD’s. Carriers and drivers have always been resilient and have adapted and changed to newly introduced rules and regulations in the past and this will be no different. For many drivers throwing away the old paper logbook will be a relief. The new rule is meant to improve safety by reducing driver fatigue, reducing the overall paper burden carriers and drivers are faced with as well as keeping drivers and carriers compliant with current HOS regulations. The FMCSA has also included a definition of harassment. “Harassment” as defined by the FMCSA is; “any act by a carrier towards one of its drivers that the motor carrier knew 26 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
or should have known would cause a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle when ill or fatigued or in non-compliance with HOS regulations.” Harassment must involve information available to a carrier through an ELD. Carriers who have voluntarily equipped their commercial trucks with ELD’s ahead of the compliance date will be subject to the rules preventing harassment. On January 29th 2016, the FMCSA will start accepting complaints from drivers under the new “coercion rule.” This rule prohibits carriers, shippers and receivers and transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers into violating certain FMCSR rules including HOS regulations and comes into effect on that date. The new rule includes procedures for drivers to report incidents of coercion. The penalties upon successful prosecution for violations are stiff. The FMCSA states the reduction of violations caused by coercion will prove conducive to improved driver health and well-being. One of the key aspects to managing HOS compliance has always been careful load planning by brokers, carriers, drivers, shippers and receivers. The rules and regulations may change and this fact will always be true no matter which method is used to record driving and on-duty times and regardless of which side of the border you happen to drive
on. Effective trip planning for drivers includes knowledge of the distances being travelled, the hours needed to take the load to the destination and unload, the hours needed for the back-haul or next load and completing all tasks within the limits of HOS regulations. Many drivers these days carry smart phones, tablets or laptops or use GPS units and most everyone has unlimited access to information through the internet. Google Maps
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Driver Saftey
provides accurate mileages, a printable itinerary and approximate driving times with real-time updates on road closures and lane reductions due to accidents and construction as well as problem traffic areas and is an invaluable tool for any driver. Most every jurisdiction provides road closure and road-event hotlines as well as traffic cameras that enable drivers to access and view up-to-date, real-time, traffic and weather information firsthand when planning trips. MTO Compass Cameras in Ontario is one example. B.C. HiwayCams is another. While unexpected delays such as breakdowns, accidents and road closures due to weather cannot always be foreseen they can be accounted for in the planning stages of a trip. Allow for extra time when planning your next move especially at this time of year. Information is readily available that can aid a driver in the planning and successful execution of moving a load from point A to point B. Coordination of documents and communication between the carrier, driver, shippers and receivers is essential and can be the difference between an effortless movement of freight and a logistics nightmare where all concerned parties are unsatisfied due to performance issues. A list of compliant ELD devices will be released by the FMCSA on February
16th, 2016. The list can be viewed online at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ hours-service/elds/equipment-registration on that date. Manufacturers
of ELD’s must register their devices on the FMCSA web site and certify their ELD complies with all of the functional specifications for ELD’s. The ELD final rule can be viewed online through the United States Printing Office @ www.gpo.gov. All commercial motor vehicle carriers and drivers should be encouraged to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations concerning the use of www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
ELD’s as well as the technical and functional specifications of any device they might be considering for operational implementation. The FMCSA has no plans to issue certificates of compliance for ELD’s. A unique registration identifier will be embedded in the device and will be verified through eRODS or electronic Records of Duty Status only. Carriers should plan ahead. Ensure the device you are considering is compliant and transition. Train drivers in its use. Assess continuing compliance and training needs and upgrade and improve when necessary. Drivers, always be a safe operator. Inspect your truck daily. Don’t drive distracted. Buckle up. Recognize the signs of fatigue early, remain refreshed and alert behind the wheel and have a Happy New Year.
By Daryl Sanderson I am a veteran commercial driver and an advocate of OHS, engineered safety systems, and lifelong learning opportunities with over twenty years of accident free commercial driving experience on both sides of the border.
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 27
Informative
New Canadians Key to Solving Driver Shortage
T
TTN Writer
he arrival of thousands of Syrian refugees has dominated headlines throughout Canada in the latter half of 2015. The influx of people seeking a better life in the West has captured the hearts and minds of many. The new arrivals will have many opportunities in Canada to provide a better life for their families, and Canadian society will likewise be presented with an opportunity to solve demographic woes facing our country. The driver shortage impacting the trucking industry is a prime example of how an aging population and rapidly changing demographics can have a negative impact on an industry that is the lifeblood of the modern economy. With that in mind carriers should welcome the arrival of refugees as at the very least a partial solution to the greatest challenge facing the industry. Trucking HR Canada recently unveiled a series of resources aimed at helping fleets who are looking to employ newcomers to Canada. The guide, which can be found at www.truckinghr.com, offers information on how to develop a welcoming and diverse workplace. It also gives tips on how to create easy to read documents for drivers who will likely struggle with English as a second language. The guide assists potential drivers as well by providing a link to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, complete with contact information for every Immigrant Serving Organization (ISO) in the country, helping Canada’s newest workers integrate into their communities. 28 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
In a December 16th news release, Trucking HR Canada CEO, Angela Splinter says “Considering the sheer number of new Canadians who are arriving, we think it is important to give trucking employers access to recently updated materials that support on-boarding and integration. Our industry needs to take every possible step to ensure that newcomers are guided through reputable training and employment options, and to ensure they are retained within the industry once they choose to follow a career path in trucking,” Splinter said. “We know that newcomers from a variety of backgrounds will play a vital role in addressing the intensifying shortage of drivers and other personnel.” Experts place the number of drivers needed in North America somewhere in the 25 000 range by the year 2020. The impact on the economy will be staggering if solutions aren’t found to address this crisis. Improved retention and marketing a career in trucking to the younger generations will be important, but an opportunity is at hand with the influx of refugees. Carriers that use the tools available to acquire and onboard new drivers will have a distinct advantage in the years ahead. Companies that fail to capitalize on this opportunity will likely be left to fight over a rapidly shrinking pool of experienced drivers. The key will be ensuring that proper screening and training protocols are implemented so that safety and quality service standards are still met. With that said, let’s welcome the newcomers into our industry with open arms and show them how lucrative and fulfilling a career in trucking can be.
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Insurance
Another Year Has Come and Gone
J
anuary is often a time to reflect on what has happened in our lives over the previous year and plan for new endeavours in the one to come. We often forget how much can change in a year until we take some time to reflect and analyze the one which has just passed. Personally, in 2015 I was very blessed to have welcomed two new grandchildren into our growing family while our business experienced some exciting changes with new staff joining our National Truck League team. Whether changes are planned or unexpected we often first consider the financial, tax, and investment implications of our circumstances and decisions. Unfortunately, we often forget it is also very important to review our insurance policies to ensure they are still protecting our lifestyle and assets and serving our changing needs. As a rule of thumb insurance policies should be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure proper protection and financial health. Professional changes to consider: g Are there any changes to your travel for work (out of province or out of country)? g Have you purchased new equipment
or hired new staff? g Are there any changes to the type of business you are doing? g Have you acquired new property? Personal Changes to consider: g Are there new children or grandchildren in the family? g Have grown children moved out or returned home? g Has there been a marital status change? g Have there been any significant income changes for yourself or your spouse? g Is your mortgage paid off? g Have you made any large purchases (new home, car or property)? g Are your children going to college? g Are you taking care of any ill family members? g Do you need to change any beneficiary designations? Economic g Are there economic implications which could affect your policy or standard of living? Note: It is important to consider exchange rates for those travelling out of the country. Life changes quickly and keeping your insurance broker up to date can alleviate www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
many potential heartaches and frustrations. Your broker can help ensure you understand your current insurance plan and assist in identifying potential gaps in coverage based on your current situation and future plans. As Owner/Operators, Drivers and Carriers today have more responsibilities and demands on their time, it is more important than ever to have proper, dependable insurance coverage. When purchasing any insurance it is important to work with a reputable broker. For over 25 years National Truck League has been providing industry leading coverage and peace of mind to truckers across Canada. We are always pleased to review available coverage options with our clients based on their changing needs to help them ensure they have adequate protection for themselves, their family and their business.
By Rod Stiller President of National Truck League Insurance Solutions January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 29
Bollywood gossip
kfmyzIan iÈlpf ÈYtI lMby smyˆ qoˆ iÈlpf ÈYtI iPlmfˆ qoˆ dUr hY. Aus ny bflIvuwz ivwc koeI iPlm nhIˆ kIqI. hux Aus ny bflIvuwz ivwc vfpsI leI pUrf mn bxf ilaf hY. jldI hI Auh vwzy prdy `qy vfpsI krygI. iÈlpf aYkitMg nUM kfPI ims kr rhI hY aqy hux Auh kmyzI iPlm krnf cfhuMdI hY. AuˆJ iÈlpf dy kol kuJ iPlmfˆ dI sikRpt hY, ijs ivwcoˆ Auh koeI iewk cuxygI. Ausny keI mihlf pRDfn iPlmfˆ kIqIafˆ hn, pRym khfxIafˆ dy nfl aYkÈn iPlmfˆ vI kIqIafˆ hn. pRMqU hux Auh iewk kfmyzI iPlm krnf cfhuMdI hY. iPlhfl Auh lokfˆ nUM iPt rihx dy gurU mMqr isKf rhI hY. hfl hI ivwc Aus ny iPtnYs `qy afpxI iewk ikqfb lfˆc kIqI hY. iPtnYs df Aus df PMzf qfˆ iPt irhf, pr kI Aus dI kfmyzI vI drÈkfˆ nUM rfs afeygI ieh dyKxf kfPI idlcsp hovygf. www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 31
news
dlbIr kOr dy rol leI aYÈviraf ny kIqf kfieafplt
pfiksqfnI jyl ivwc bMd rhy srbjIq isMG aqy Aus dI BYx dlbIr kOr dy jIvn bfry bx rhI iPlm dI ÈUitMg ÈurU vI ho geI hY. aYÈviraf ies ivwc dlbIr kOr df rol kr rhI hY. bIqy idnIˆ nUM ÈUitMg dOrfn Aus dI luk sfhmxy af geI qy hYrfnI jnk ZMg nfl Aus ny afpxf kfieaf plt kr
ilaf. Auh vwzI Aumr dI mihlf idwsdI hY qy Aus dy kwpiVafˆ ivwc koeI glYmr nhIˆ hY. zfierYktr EmMg kumfr ny ipClI iPlm `mYrI kfm` ivwc ipRaMkf copVf df rUp qy hfv-Bfv pUrI qrHfˆ bdl idwqy sn. jd aYÈviraf ies rol ivwc kfst hoeI qfˆ iksy nUM aMdfËf
nhIˆ sI ik Auh isMpl zRYs qy ibnfˆ mykap dy idsygI. hux qwk aijhf koeI rol Aus ny nhIˆ kIqf. iPlm ivwc Aus dy Brf srbjIq df rol rxdIp huwzf kr rhy hn. muMbeI ipwCoˆ jnvrI qoˆ pMjfb dy aMimRqsr, mlyrkotlf, pitaflf ivwc ÈUitMg hovygI. PrvrI ivwc idwlI ÈizAUl ÈurU hovygf.
iswKfˆ dI pCfx amrIkf ivwc vwzf muwdf bx cuwkf hY. Pirjno: amrIkf dy Pirjno ivwc iewk iswK bËurg amrIk isMG bwl Auwqy hoey hmly ny iewk vfr iPr qoˆ dyÈ ivwc rihx vfly iswKfˆ dI surwiKaf Auwqy svflIaf inÈfn lwgf idwqf hY. amrIk isMG bwl Auwqy hmlf Pirjno ivwc mMglvfr nUM Aus smyˆ hoieaf sI jdoˆ Auh kMm Auwqy pYdl jf rhy sn. ies dOrfn do kfr svfr nOjvfnfˆ ny amrIk isMG bwl dI kuwtmfr kIqI aqy nslI itwpxIafˆ kIqIafˆ. Pirjno puils amrIk isMG bwl Auwqy hoey hmly dI jfˆc nslI hmly nfl joV ky kr rhI hY. amrIkf dy pRmuwK aÉbfr vfiÈMgtn post anusfr amrIk isMG bwl Auwqy hmlf krn vfly nOjvfn vfr- vfr afK rhy sn `qusIˆ amrIkf qoˆ bfhr cly jfvy, ieh dyÈ quhfzf nhIˆ hY`. kYlyPornIaf dy sYn brnizno ivwc musilm joVy vwloˆ kIqI geI PfieirMg ivwc 14 lokfˆ dI mOq hoeI sI. ies hmly qoˆ bfad iswKfˆ Auwqy nslI hmly dI ieh dUjI Gtnf hY. ies qoˆ pihlfˆ sqMbr mhIny ivwc ieMdrjIq isMG mwkV Auwqy vI iewk nOjvfn ny nslI hmlf kIqf sI. hmlf krn vflf nOjvfn vI ieMdrjIq isMG mwkV nUM Esfmf ibn lfdyn afK irhf sI. iswKfˆ Auwqy amrIkf ivwc vwD rhy nslI hmilafˆ kfrn AuQy rihx vfly iswK BfeIcfry ivwc icMqf df mfhOl pYdf ho igaf hY. kYlyPornIaf iswK kOÈl dy mYˆbr iekbfl isMG gryvfl anusfr iswKfˆ dI pCfx amrIkf ivwc vwzf muwdf bx cuwkf hY. iewk hor sMsQf iswK kolIeyÈn anusfr sfl 2001 qoˆ hux qwk iswK Auwqy nslI hmly dIafˆ 300 Gtnfvfˆ ho cuwkIafˆ hn. www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 33
news
kYnyzf `c sIrIafeI riÌAUjIafˆ nUM pMj sO Gr dyxgy pMjfbI vYnkuvr: sIrIaf qoˆ kYnyzf phuMc rhy lokfˆ leI pMjfbI idl KolH ky mdd kr rhy hn. kYnyzf `c isafsI qOr `qy sB qoˆ vwD srgrm aqy sÌl pRvfsI pMjfbI ies kMm ivc vI sB qoˆ awgy hn. iewQy pMjfbIafˆ ny sIrIafeI riÌAUjIafˆ leI pMj sO Gr dyx dI pyÈ kIqI hY. AuQy ibRitÈ kolMbIaf qoˆ mYˆbr pfrlImYˆt rxdIp syrfeI ny muihMm leI PMz iekwTf krn nUM bIsIiswKszftkfm nfˆ nfl vI vYbsfeIt iqafr kIqI hY. ies qoˆ ibnf Qfˆ-Qfˆ lMgr lgfey jf rhy hn. gurduafirafˆ `c riÌAUjIafˆ leI ibsqry aqy rfÈn jmfˆ ho irhf hY. kYnyzf srkfr agly kuJ mhIinafˆ `c 25 hËfr riPAUËIafˆ nUM Èrn dyvygI. pRvfsI tonI isMG afpxy PrUtIkfnf stors `coˆ muÌq gRfsrIË
dyxgy. iehI nhIˆ trwk zrfievr, mkYnIks, lYb tYknIÈIans, kfl sYˆtr kflrs ijhIafˆ srivisË vI idwqIafˆ jfxgIafˆ. srry dy Kflsf skUl ny iewk hËfr sIrIafeI bwicafˆ nUM muÌq iswiKaf dyx dI pyÈkÈ vI kIqI hY. skUl dy ipRMsIpl kml pRIq bwgf ny dwisaf ik ies dy leI AunHfˆ ny arbI BfÈf jfxdy aiDafpkfˆ df vI pRbMD kIqf hY. ies qoˆ ibnHfˆ iswK stUzYˆt aYsosIeyÈn ny riÌAUjI pirvfrfˆ dy leI mYˆtriÈp pRogrfm vI bxfieaf hY.
burj ÉlIPf aYt id tfp sB qoˆ vwD idlkÈ sQfn mMinaf igaf dubeI: dunIaf dy sB qoˆ Aucy afAUtzor ivËUal zYk burj KlIPf aYt id tfp nUM sfl 2015 df dunIaf df sB qoˆ cMgf idlkÈ sQfn cuixaf igaf hY. ies qoˆ tYlIskop nfl sYlfnI pUrI dubeI df nËfrf dyK skdy hn. atRYkÈnitks vwloˆ krvfey iewk afnlfeIn pol ivwc aYt id tfp ny izËnI vrlz dy mYijk ikMgzm aqy ibRtyn dy lMzn afeI nUM pCfV ky ieh pRfpqI hfsl kIqI hY. atRYkÈnitks sfrI dunIaf dy idlkÈ sQfnfˆ leI afnlfeIn itkt hfsl krfAuˆdf hY. Aus muqfbk do hPqy qwk cwlI ies pRikiraf ivwc hËfrfˆ lokfˆ ny afpxy psMd dy sQfn nUM cuxn leI ihwsf ilaf. atRYkÈnitks dy ibafn muqfbk 2015 dy vrlzvfeIz atrYkÈn aYvfrzË dy jyqU nUM cuxn leI sfrI dunIaf qoˆ lokfˆ ny ihwsf ilaf. burj KlIPf sYlfnIafˆ nUM 829[8 mItr dI AucfeI aYt id tfp qoˆ Èihr qy ies qoˆ bfhr df nËfrf dyKx df durlB mOkf pyÈ krdf hY. iemfrq dI ilPt 65 iklomItr pRqI GMty dI rPqfr nfl cwldI qy 124vIˆ mMiËl `qy siQq aYt id tfp qwk isrP do imMt ivwc puwj jfˆdI hY.
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
January July 2016 2014 | The Trucking Network | 35 41
Informative
Vikram Bajwa PhD in Horticulture from NCSU, USA. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Plant Agriculture department at University of Guelph has vast experience in writing and has published several peer reviewed research articles.
The North American trucking industry
overview in year 2015
T
he North American Trucking industry is advancing by leaps and bounds. Two of the major advances that have recently been catching everyone’s eyes are the improvement in trucking safety and efficiency and second one is related to the novel idea for the creation of safe haven parking program still keeping in mind the safety of the drivers. Recently, the house and senate have come together on a long-term highway funding bill which will enhance the safety of the efficiency of the trucking industry. This bill was welcomed and praised by Bill Graves, the president and CEO of American trucking industry (ATA). He pointed out that “While we all, of course, wish there was more money to be had, this bill takes important steps to re-focus the program on important national projects and takes critical steps to improve trucking safety and efficiency.”
This bill is a significant advancement in terms of reforming the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA safety monitoring system. The bill allows the use of hair testing for federally mandated drug tests, permits easier entry for the veterans returning from service into the trucking industry along with setting aside committed reserves for the essential highway freight projects. Dave Osiecki, ATA Executive Vice President and Chief of National Advocacy described the bill as an important triumph for data and precision in regulatory mistakes as it will order an assessment and advancement of CSA and remove the defective scores that system build up from public view. The other pieces of the highway funding bill that should be enacted in future are a complete study of the effects of increasing lowest insurance limits and restricting of a program that permits www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
transformation of un-tolled Interstate highways to toll roads. Although a good improvement, however this bill is not complete as it misses out on some prospects that can provide additional improvements in safety and efficiency in trucking, especially in the case of letting younger drivers to participate in Interstate trade. On the topic of younger drivers, the bill has a provision that allows young veterans below the age of 21 years to drive commercially through state lines through creation of a pilot program for selected veterans. However similar opportunity is not available to qualified, young, non-military CDL holders. It seems irrational to allow these younger truckers to run in intrastate business in each of the 48 adjoining states, however not allowing then to cross borders between the states. Continued on page 39 January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 37
Informative
ELD Mandate Hits Road Block
T
TTN Writer
he Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is pushing back against the newly published ELD Mandate. Mere days after the Federal Motor Carriers Association unveiled the regulations the OOIDA launched a lawsuit in an attempt to stop it. “This rule has the potential to have the single largest, most negative impact on the industry than anything else done by FMCSA, “ said Jim Johnston, OOIDA President and CEO. “We intend to fight it with everything we have available.” The final ruling was announced in late November after numerous delays. It mandates the use of e-logs for all trucks that are model year 2000 and newer. Fleets, owner operators and drivers working in the US will have two years to adopt ELD’s that comply with the rule’s requirements. Fleets already using ELD’s are expected to have until late 2019 to become compliant with published specifications. The mandate requires drivers use ELD’s to track their record of duty status and compliance with HOS regulations. The OOIDA has held the position that the new rules constitute driver harassment and do little to improve safety. “This regulation is absolutely the most outrageous intru38 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
sion into the rights of professional truckers imaginable and will do nothing at all to improve highway safety. In fact, we firmly believe it do exactly the opposite by placing even more pressure and stress on drivers than they already deal with,” Johnston said. In August of 2011 the OOIDA successfully petitioned a similar ELD mandate citing driver harassment. This time around the petition does not outline the arguments that will be used
to challenge the final rule. Arguments will be provided in subsequent filings and during oral arguments in front of the court.
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
Continuations
The North American trucking industry overview in year 2015 Continued from page 37 The final bill has also not addressed the possible patchwork of state rules by letting California and other states to enforce their own guidelines of work and rest. Due to lack of illumination on the federal government’s part in leading interstate commerce, this bill is murky and allows therefore opens the door for a potpourri of state regulations that can impair the safety and efficiency of the trucking industry. Therefore it is important for the Congress will quickly return to this issue and setup clear guidelines for the states. Although not perfect this bill is a significant first step to address several aspects concerning issue of safety and efficiency of the trucking industry. Now it’s time for the House and Senate to pass it and President Obama to approve it into becoming a law. The second important issue is regarding the lack of the availability of overnight parking spots which puts truckers in a tough situation. Sometimes the drivers can find a nice parking spot but have to give-up their allowable driving hours or risk a late delivery or park illegally closer to delivery site and endanger their personal safety and/or a parking ticket. To address these issues of overnight parking problems for their drivers Kriska Transportation Group has launched a successful pilot project which allows its drivers to park overnight at a major
customer’s facility. The idea sprung up through a collaborative program between Kriska and its largest cross-border carrier, Unilever. They addressed the question of how Kriska can become a shipper of choice for Unilever and make ensure capacity availability in constricted market Tammy Cryderman, Kriska’s director of operations highlighted the challenges related to the lack of truck parking near Unilever’s distribution Centre in Newville, PA. The closest truck stops is situated 20 miles away and frequently by 6 pm it’s full. So the drivers of Kriska were left with option of either stopping short of their allotted hours by parking somewhere far away or risk a late delivery or personal or get a ticket. To address the parking problem faced by Kriska’s drivers, their official suggested Unilever to create a limited number of overnight parking spots at the distribution Centre permitting the drivers to make on time deliveries and would provide them composure from the fact that they have a safe parking spot at the delivery site. Unilever agreed to Kriska’s suggestion of tackling the problem by starting a pilot project to permit drivers to sleep on-site in a safe environment. Unilever acquired the required authorizations and set aside two parking spaces at their facility managed by Excel. Kriska dispatch regulate who acquires the parking spots, which are assigned based on requirement. Kriska gives
Exel the tractor numbers of the trucks that will be taking the spaces and Exel send the drivers to the allocated parking spaces. The drivers must obey certain rules including the requirement to wear safety vests at all times, keeping a flashlight during night, abiding on-site safety rules, disengaging the tractor from the trailer before parking for the night and not transferring the tractor once parked, other than backing it into the loading dock during the allocated time. Looking at the success of the pilot project, Unilever permanently accepted the program and increased the number of overnight truck parking spots to 6. It has initiated the safe haven parking project to other locations. The Newville Unilever location has become favorite destination for the Kriska Drivers and as a result Unilever has achieved its objective of becoming a shipper of choice. With the success of creating a successful program of creating save haven parking spot for its drivers, Kriska’s collaborative project with Unilever can be serve as a model for other shippers to follow. In near future more and more carriers and shippers can form a collaborative programs to find a safe and effective solution for the parking problem faced by their drivers. Such programs can be a win-win situation for all parties viz. Carriers, Shippers and above all the drivers!
The Ontario Trucking Association’s Business Survey Continued from page 11 Although, 15% of the respondents who expressed decrease in the volumes is still comparatively low, however it is the highest level in 3 years of carriers who described reduction and this is first time it’s reached into double-digit since the fourth quarter of 2013. Almost 56% of respondents reported no change in the volumes of the freight. Ontario freight capacities seem to be
remain fairly well when compared to the other provinces of the country or experiencing slower deflating that intra-provincial freight demand. Only 16% of the western provinces carriers reported improved volumes probably due to continuous economic decline in these provinces, this is 20% lower than the previous quarter and a huge 43% drop from mid-2014. Even though 60% indicate no change in carrier volumes, twenty-four percent experienced www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
contracted volumes – the largest percentage since the middle of the 2009 recession. With most of the Canadian economy in a decline, the volume of freight traveling northbound U.S. also fell with just thirteen percent of carriers showing progress relatively to 13% in the previous quarter. In the meantime, more than 50% carriers showed there was a reduction a big increase from 14% the second quarter of 2015- a highest rate since 2008. January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 39
Continuations
Human Resources
Continued from page 25 They speed things up to a degree that the mundane chores of chasing paperwork and fact checking are almost a thing of the past. Time is money and new products on the market, such as can be found at www.Truckright.ca pass my smell test with flying colours. Times they are a changing and this product is leading edge. When I looked back on the years I was in business and the many successes and accolades that I was fortunate to have enjoyed, I most cherish the memories of the people I had the pleasure of working with and managing, specifically those whom I knew had talent that they themselves didn’t even recognize. To challenge those folks and watch them raise through the ranks still gives me Goosebumps, as it should all true mangers. Can you see how this applies to your company? Safe trucking Ray J. Haight Rhaight10@gmail.com www.TCAInGauge.com
Proper Maintenance of Truck Can Enhance Fuel... Continued from page 12 News and other trade media stated that “The reason you do maintenance is to keep trucks up and running,” and “Our major finding is there’s a secondary benefit with respect to fuel economy.” According to Truck News, NACFE performed a study where they inspected ten different components and systems. They tested: fuel filter systems; aerodynamic devices; lubricants/engine oil; intake/exhaust system and DPFs; engine cooling; air compressors; wheel alignment; tires electrical systems; and air-conditioning. The results of NACFE’s report discovered that robust maintenance schedule can take care of 30-50% the fuel consumption related to the components and systems tested.
The right fit ‘Does mean a lot’
Doug Harris I have been in Operations, Safety and Compliance, recruiting, Dispatch, Scheduling and a driver for over 25 yrs.
I
welcome this year as I want to start it fresh. In recruitment of drivers and Owner Operators it has been a bit of a grind in 2105. The competition was by far at the top of any year past. As we start on our quest to bring in the best professional; people we can to our companies, we must remind ourselves that we need to make sure we hire the best drivers and people we can for our product. In doing so we have to be diligent on the CVOR's and abstracts that we look at. We have to make sure that we , and the owner operators we hire are on the top of our game. This being said, we need to be aware of the kind of drivers we are looking for and we must not settle for less. As recruiters we do have an obligation to our employer to put butts in the seats of our trucks and to make sure all the requirements for work are filled. So we need to look twice and maybe three times at paperwork, and history to make sure we have the right fit. I believe that in our industry the right fit does mean a lot. Our industry needs drivers and Owner Operators. This is a FACT !!!! It is our job to make sure we hire the best for our companies. Let the year begin. Good luck to all in this great business of ours.
Additional Delay on Canadian ELD Rule... Continued from page 12 Other work, for example, the advancement of a strategy and the composition of an actual regulation, has generally been waylaid and government paused to comprehend what the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s passionately anticipated final rule would resemble. The response to that came with the arrival of the FMCSA’s final rule, which is formally published now. The rule will come into effect by the end of 2017, indicates the end of paper log books for around three million US commercial drivers – and Canadian www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
drivers travel to and fro to the US. “Since 1938, complex, on-duty/offduty logs for truck and bus drivers were made with pencil and paper, virtually impossible to verify. This automated technology not only brings logging records into the modern age, it also allows roadside safety inspectors to unmask violations of federal law that put lives at risk,” in accordance to US Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx. Bradley said “With the publication of the US rule the Canadian governments can no longer claim they need to see what the Americans do before getting down to business here. January 2016 | The Trucking Network | 41
We are moved to 1300 Shawson Dr, unit 201, Mississauga, ON. L4W 1C3
COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE A ARNOLD BROS. TRANSPORT LTD....... PG 13 1-888-565-1798 AUTOBAHN........................................ PG 23 1 855 741 0204 ATLANTIS RADIATOR....................... PG 43 1-800-716-3081
B BISON TRANSPORT ......................... PG 2 1.800.462.4766 BURROWES INSURANCE BROKERS. PG 11 1-888-690-0010 BENSON TRUCK & TRAILER SPECIALISTS ................... PG 45
C CELADON CANADA....................... PG 4 & 15 1-800-332-0518 CHALLENGER.................................... PG 6 1.800.334.5142 CASCADES TRANSPORT INC......... PG 12 819-363-5804 C.A.T INC........................................... PG 18 (888) 829-8666 EXT. 224 CLARKE ROAD TRANSPORT........... PG 34 1-866-360-7233
42 | The Trucking Network | January 2016
D DRIVE STAR................................... PG 9 & 44 289.442.1137 DAY & ROSS FREIGHT..................... PG 43 1.855.872.7602 DRIVE LOGISTICS............................ PG 46 866.909.0903
F FREIGHTLINER................................. PG 30
G GORSKI BULK TRANSPORT............ PG 25 800.265.4838 X 255 GLASVAN GREAT DANE................... PG 35 1-888-GLASVAN
H HEALTHY TRUCKERS...................... PG 40 1-855-422-8333
N NATIONAL TRUCK LEAGUE..............PG19 1.800.265.6509
www.thetruckingnetwork.ca
P PREMIER BULK SYSTEMS............................. PG 16 905-888-2903
Q QUIKX TRANSPORTATION.............................. PG 8 1-866-234-6167
S SLH TRANSPORT INC...................... PG 10 1-855-564-8029
T THE ROSEDALE GROUP....................PG3 1.855.721.3962 TTR TRANSPORT............................. PG 17 1800.672.6904 TRANSX............................................. PG 32 TRUCK RIGHT...................................... 36 TALLMAN GROUP................................ 47