by CCS Logistics | Sep 12, 2012 | News
There are too many truck crashes. The CVIU are saying that trucks are getting faster. The crash stats show that trucks travelling too fast was the leading cause of truck crashes last year. Research and my own personal experience shows that driving closer to the limit,...
by CCS Logistics | Aug 12, 2012 | News
“Are you crazy – you’re putting iPhones in your trucks???” This was my reaction a few years ago when an operator told me he was sending his drivers out equipped with the first generation iPhones. This was before iPhones were even common place on the street, and when...
by CCS Logistics | Jul 2, 2012 | News
Appearances are important. How you drive, your speed, your cornering, courtesy to other road users, in short your professionalism, speaks volumes about the company you work for. The way your vehicle is presented is another consideration – it doesn’t have to be the...
by CCS Logistics | May 30, 2012 | News
How many times have I written about the pressure put onto truck drivers to meet the Picton – Wellington ferry when the loading has delayed its departure? Then here I am, leaving Nelson wondering if l have left myself enough time to get to the Picton ferry. My first...
by CCS Logistics | Apr 30, 2012 | News
It has just been announced that publishing of ORS ratings to the public has been pushed out until next year. Within a week of this, we heard that ACC are to publish a Fleet safety rating for each fleet based on your claims history. This is not the same as the ORS, it...
by CCS Logistics | Mar 22, 2012 | News
It is less time consuming (and cheaper) to keep an existing customer than to get a new one. With the driver shortage well upon us, the same thinking can be translated to Drivers. Now is not the time to be losing drivers, because the effort required to attract a...
