The fuel levy myth

There has been a lot of conjecture recently; brought upon by some of the lowest fuel prices we have seen for many years, where transport companies are not passing on the value gained from cheaper fuel prices to their clients by maintaining to keep the...

When we explore business intent and customer expectation, inevitably everything always comes back to people.  The quality of your people and their values; the better the business, the better the customer experience.

Currently, the transport industry does not have the g...

One of our clients pointed me to a fascinating article originally published in the TIMBERTRADE NEWS MAY 2009 illustrating the real cost relationship of providing discounts or forced price cuts on margins and sales volumes. 

Whether it is retail, wholesale or service...

We’re celebrating a little more this Christmas, because December 2015 marks 25 years for Clarkson Freightlines!  We’ve changed a lot since the 90s (and we’re not just talking hair-wise), and we’re proud to celebrate this milestone.  It’s been no small feat: Clarkson F...

Richard Branson famously once said “you must always protect the downside”.  And in a high risk, cut throat industry like transport, managing this financial and safety risk becomes an every-day, hour to hour focus of many operators.

Of late we have noticed an alarming...

Quick Insights - What have we been up to?

• Always working towards Delivering Value and Driving Transport Professionalism

• We have commenced a series of blogs on our website discussing all things transport, insights into professional operators and anything else...

Clarko’s Call

The past few months has seen some testing times for all industries and businesses across WA due to a significant downturn in the economy. 

The transport industry is not immune and is generally at the forefront of the downturn.  There has been a significant...