NationaLease held its Canadian Leadership Summit on November 12-14 at the Four Seasons in Vancouver. The meeting began with a reception on Monday night to welcome the members and suppliers in attendance. Tom Coffey, General Manager of Alliance Leasing, Ltd., a NationaLease Member, and this year’s meeting chair kicked off […]
Jane Clark
It seems as though we’ve been talking about major infrastructure investment forever. Do we finally have a chance to move forward? Everybody knows how bad our roads, highways, and bridges are and that includes all drivers, personal and commercial. If you’ve ever driven your car over a pothole and blew […]
New technology is often a source of excitement and that is certainly holding true for battery electric vehicles. Just last week, my IdeaXchange blog covered the future of electric trucks and the pros and cons that will impact how great the volume of these new vehicles will be. This week, […]
Last week, FleetOwner posted an article, State of private fleets in 2018: Part I, which details how the future looks quite positive for private fleets. The article notes that the number, volume and value of shipments continue to rise with no end to growth expected in the near future. This […]
Although the benefits of blockchain technology are many, perhaps one of the main ones is the building of trust. In today’s era, where bots seem to rule the web and every day a new data breach seems to rear its ugly head, the ability to trust that what you see […]
As truck accidents continue to rise, are advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) an effective way to improve truck safety? Last week, a FleetOwner.com article addressed an issue that concerns all of us in the trucking industry…safety. The article notes that […]
Each year, we look at the results of the annual Roadcheck event to see whether our industry, our drivers, and our maintenance teams are making improvements. This year, we have. Last week, I wrote an IdeaXchange blog about this year’s International Roadcheck which took place this past June 5-7. Of […]
Carriers and shippers know that congestion imposes big costs in both time and money. Now the numbers prove how costly it is. Sometimes you need to see something in dollars and cents to truly understand the full impact of the issue. Anyone who is involved in shipping freight by truck […]
My July trip was a virtual history lesson. In fact, to quote from the visitpa.com website “History is what makes visiting Pennsylvania a unique experience. This nation was born in Philadelphia, saved at Gettysburg and ushered in the Industrial Revolution in cities of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Scranton, Allentown, Erie, and York […]