Ontario Throne Speech commits to highways, cites $11B in congestion costs

Ontario’s provincial government is saying it is “time to build” as clogged roads and gridlocked highways cost the provincial economy more than $11 billion per year. The observation in the…

5 steps to avoid slips, trips and falls in a fleet yard

More than 42,000 Canadian workers are annually injured in falls, and 67% of those are linked to slips and trips on the same level.  As troubling as those statistics from…

Titanium reports record first half, days after graduating to the TSX

Titanium Transportation Group saw its net income explode more than 700% year over year in the second quarter, while achieving record first half results. Its consolidated revenue jumped 35.1% to…

Canada Cartage gets new private equity owners

Canada Cartage will soon have new ownership, with United Arab Emirates-based private equity firm Mubadala Capital reaching an agreement to purchase the business. Canada Cartage has 33 facilities across Canada,…

5 tips to make fleet yards safer

Trucking-related injuries and deaths are not limited to the open road. Many happen much closer to home – notably in the fleet yards where drivers and moving equipment cross…

7 things millennials want from trucking employers

Millennials were born between the early ‘80s and late ‘90s, and with more than 10 million of them in Canada they represent a vital labor pool for the trucking industry.