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Meet 5 B.C. outfits that get safety right

LANGLEY, B.C.-- Two years ago, Leonard Kane Jr., paid a consultant to assess the health and safety practices of Len's Transportation Group, the trucking company that his father Leonard Sr., launched in 1964. And this week, Len's was honored as one of the five safest trucking outfits in the province. An organization called Safety Driven-Trucking Safety Council of BC (SafetyDriven–TSCBC) cited Phoenix Truck&Crane, Sutco Transportation Specialists, Bandstra Transportation Systems Ltd., MasonLift Ltd., and finally, Len's, for their commitment to keeping their workers and workplaces safe from injury, illness, and disease. ...Read the rest of this story

GCR Tires & Service launches Route Planner Tool

GCR Tires & Service (GCR), a business of Bridgestone Americas Inc., recently launched a new Route Planner tool available on the GCR website. Powered by an enhanced Store Location Finder application, the Route Planner provides access to course intelligence to locate GCR stores along haul routes and select store locations based on their specific service needs, the company noted.

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YRC: Think technology first, trucking second

Motor carriers need to both embrace and lead with technology, explains chief customer officer at YRC Worldwide.

PHILADELPHIA. Justin Hall believes that it's time to rethink how trucking companies visualize themselves and the services they provide in order to survive and thrive in the increasingly digitized world of supply chain operations.

“We need to embrace and lead with technology,” Hall, chief customer officer for LTL conglomerate YRC Worldwide, explained during a presentation here at the ALK Technology Summit.

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