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Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers

Truck drivers at Fuel Transport have a new reason to roll up their sleeves prior to Jan. 15, in the form of a $10,000 bonus for those who are fully…

As Wallace & Carey turns 100, it tackles some of its greatest challenges to date

Taylor trucks through life’s challenges

P.E.I. potato shipments blocked from U.S.

‘Sunsetting’ 3G networks could require border-crossing fleets to upgrade ELDs

Canada to require vaccines for cross-border truck drivers, CTA warns of ‘perfect storm’

Sikhs feed stranded drivers, collect money for B.C. flood aid

Featured

The rewards of driving a tanker: Driver’s Education

Driving liquid tankers isn’t dangerous, but it does require some advanced skills. With cargo that’s always moving, drivers need to…

The finer points of winter driving: Driver’s Education

The biggest mistake most drivers make when driving in snow is following too closely. If the roads are slippery —…

A first-timer’s guide to winter truck driving: Driver’s Education

Winter driving is part of a professional driver’s life in Canada, and it must be taken seriously. Nothing can prepare…

Knowledge Centres

Sustainability

Canadian businesses play leading role in race for electric trucks

Discussions about electric trucks traditionally focus on California or China for good reason. They represent two of the world’s fastest-growing…

Sustainability

Will battery- and fuel-cell-electric trucks both find a home?

Until someone invents a flux capacitor or discovers dilithium crystals somewhere in our solar system, the transition away from fossil…

Sustainability

6 things to consider before electrifying your fleet

The electrification of heavy commercial vehicles is exciting. Drivers love the lack of noise and vibration, and the immediate torque.

Sustainability

Electric trucks come with unique infrastructure needs

Fleets accustomed to paying for fuel on weekly terms with an oil company are in a for a shock when…

Equipment

Trucking in ‘early adopter’ phase of electrification

Trucking’s road to electrification is in the early adopter stage, but by 2025 it will be mainstream. And hydrogen-fuel-cell trucks…

Electric truck tires will be the same … but different

Tires will always be round and black, but don’t let that fool you. The operating characteristics of battery-electric drivetrains —…

Electric trucks will have fewer parts, but there will be maintenance

Trucking has been clamoring for maintenance-free trucks for decades. We may finally have such a unicorn with battery-electric trucks –…

Your future BEVs will require new PPE

Technicians working on electric vehicles will have to get used to wearing some new personal protective equipment (PPE). This might…

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Border, Health/Safety

Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers

Truck drivers at Fuel Transport have a new reason to roll up their sleeves prior to Jan. 15, in the form of a $10,000 bonus for those who are fully…

Border, Economy, Trucking Life

American Trends report indicates women drivers at all-time high

Women comprised a greater percentage of the U.S. trucking industry’s professional driver force last year than ever before, at 7.8%. That was one of the findings from the American Trucking…

Border, Economy

Conditions for shippers not likely to improve soon: FTR

Conditions for U.S. shippers were unchanged in September, in negative territory at -6.5 according to the latest Shippers Conditions Index from industry forecaster FTR. August’s reading was -6.8, with market…

Border, Health/Safety, Regulations

PMTC calls for vaccine mandate delay, cites low truck driver vaccination rate

The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) wants a vaccine mandate for border-crossing truck drivers to be delayed, citing an internal survey that found just 67.3% of such drivers…

Economy, Maintenance, Mergers & Acquisitions

Globocam buys Garage Gilles Roy

Quebec truck dealer Globocam has announced it will acquire Garage Gilles Roy, a maintenance provider for Freightliner, Western Star and Manac trucks and trailers. The company says the purchase will…

Economy, Mergers & Acquisitions

Competition Bureau steps in on GFL’s acquisition of Terrapure

Competition Bureau Canada (CBC) has stepped in to potentially derail trash hauler GFL Environmental’s acquisition of rival Terrapure Environmental. The Bureau claims that prior to the $927-million acquisition, which closed…

Opinion

Truck drivers are re-evaluating their lives, too

Rolf Lockwood

Thanks to truck drivers involved in B.C. flood relief

Dave Earle

Understand legal, insurance risks of electric vehicle chargers

Jaclyne Reive

Equipment

Fuel economy and environmental care go hand in hand

David Henry

U.S. vaccine mandate could have “disastrous” effect on capacity: TCA

The U.S. vaccine mandate, if it goes through as proposed, would be a “game changer” with a “disastrous” effect on…

Business Management

Frustrations mount as fleets struggle to procure new iron

It was supposed to be a good year for Ennismore, Ont.-based arborist Treescape Canada. Owner Mike Crough made a major…

Business Management

Standalone Daimler Truck business gives corporate update as it prepares for public listing

As a standalone Daimler Truck business readies to go public Dec. 10, the company gave analysts an update on the…

Equipment

Why do lighting violations continue to be so prevalent?

Today’s lighting systems have never been better and the tools available to fleets and drivers to ensure they’re functioning properly…

Transportation

Companies claim extortion as drivers protest unpaid wages

Officials of a trucking company that saw former drivers protest unpaid wages outside its premises in the Peel Region in…

Transportation

Remembrance Day convoy raises more than $10K

Several dozen vehicles including commercial trucks held a Remembrance Day rally Nov. 11 to raise funds for four veterans’ groups…

Business Management

Titanium achieves record revenue, but inflation weighs on profit

Titanium Transportation achieved record revenue in the third quarter, but inflationary pressures and integration costs associated with its acquisition of…

Human Resources

From cockpit to truck cab

“My path explains why I am here now,” says Jean-Charles Fleury, a truck driver for Transport Chalut 2000 in Bedford,…

Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers

Featured

The rewards of driving a tanker: Driver’s Education

The finer points of winter driving: Driver’s Education

A first-timer’s guide to winter truck driving: Driver’s Education

Knowledge Centres

Power Up: Your Guide to Electrification

Canadian businesses play leading role in race for electric trucks

Will battery- and fuel-cell-electric trucks both find a home?

6 things to consider before electrifying your fleet

Electric trucks come with unique infrastructure needs

Power Up: Your Guide to Electrification

Trucking in ‘early adopter’ phase of electrification

Electric truck tires will be the same … but different

Electric trucks will have fewer parts, but there will be maintenance

Your future BEVs will require new PPE

Latest News

Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers

American Trends report indicates women drivers at all-time high

Conditions for shippers not likely to improve soon: FTR

PMTC calls for vaccine mandate delay, cites low truck driver vaccination rate

Globocam buys Garage Gilles Roy

Competition Bureau steps in on GFL’s acquisition of Terrapure

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U.S. vaccine mandate could have “disastrous” effect on capacity: TCA

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Standalone Daimler Truck business gives corporate update as it prepares for public listing

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Companies claim extortion as drivers protest unpaid wages

Remembrance Day convoy raises more than $10K

Titanium achieves record revenue, but inflation weighs on profit

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