Petro-Canada adds Duron, Traxon formulas

Petro-Canada Lubricants has added the low-viscosity Duron Advanced 5W30 and Traxon Synthetic 75W-85 to its product lines.

Truckers feeling insecure when it comes to cargo theft: poll

TORONTO, Ont. – Fleets and drivers are expected to watch over the cargo in their care, but about two-thirds (69%) of those surveyed by Today’s Trucking do not feel their loads are completely secure against cargo theft.

Petro-Canada Lubicants expands Duron, Traxon lines

Petro-Canada Lubricants has added the low-viscosity Duron Advanced 5W30 and Traxon Synthetic 75W-85 to its product lines.

Bell, AT&T expand roaming partnership

Bell has expanded a roaming partnership with AT&T, offering Canadian customers access to AT&T’s LTE-M network across the U.S.

Ever-expanding Isaac Instruments opens new HQ

Isaac president Jacques DeLarochelliere addresses a crowd of more than 200 visitors during his facility’s grand opening (Photo: Isaac Instruments) SAINT-BRUNO-de-MONTARVILLE, Que. – Isaac Instruments is clearly in the midst…

Transflo adds Samsung Galaxy tablet

Transflo now offers the Samsung Galaxy Tab A eight-inch 32GB LTE tablet compatible with the Transflo Mobile+ app and all Transflo products and services, including an electronic logging…

Purkeys Aware keeps drivers connected

Purkeys’ new Aware Audio Interrupter is designed to help keep eyes on the road and hands upon the wheel. The device automatically reads text-based messages and features a…

PSI creates 1.5 million tire pressure systems

Emissions-related changes are adding to the interest in automatic tire inflation systems. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Business is booming for Pressure Systems International (PSI) – a privately held Texas company…

Opinion: Fleets need to change for truck driver search

There isn’t a shortage of truck drivers. There’s a growing shortage of people willing to do the jobs as they exist.

Purkeys Aware keeps drivers connected

Purkeys’ new Aware Audio Interrupter is designed to help keep eyes on the road and hands upon the wheel. The device automatically reads text-based messages and features a solid-state amplifier to strengthen its voice quality and amplitude – helping to ensure messages can be clearly heard, even over highway noise.

Transflo offering Samsung Galaxy Tab A

Transflo now offers the Samsung Galaxy Tab A eight-inch 32GB LTE tablet compatible with the Transflo Mobile+ app and all Transflo products and services, including an electronic logging device (ELD) for mobile platforms. 

Thousands of drivers tagged for speeding during blitz

BETHESDA, Md. – Canadian and U.S. enforcement teams handed out 17,556 speed-related citations during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week, in a blitz that targeted the drivers of commercial…

Kate Rahn to lead Peterbilt in Canada

Kate Rahn, Peterbilt Motors DENTON, Texas — Peterbilt Motors has named Kate Rahn, a former BlackBerry executive, as its regional sales and marketing manager in Canada. Rahn has for the…

Brake Safety Week is underway

GREENBELT, Md. – Roadside inspectors will place a special emphasis on stopping systems this week, as the annual Brake Safety Week shines a spotlight on the mechanical systems that continue…

Volvo commits to ‘changing the times’

DUBLIN, Va. -- If current build rates hold up, Volvo expects to see 311,000 new Class 8 trucks roll onto North American highways this year -- down from earlier estimates, but a natural consequence of the economy slowing down somewhat.