John G Smith
John G. Smith is Newcom Media's vice-president - editorial, and the editorial director of its trucking publications -- including Today's Trucking, trucknews.com, and Transport Routier. The award-winning journalist has covered the trucking industry since 1995.
Fuel-saving engine accessories tough to justify: NACFE
NASHVILLE, TN - Variable engine-driven accessories offer "relatively modest" fuel economy gains and can be complex, making it difficult for fleets to justify the related investments, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and Carbon War Room have found.
IN PRINT — Trump Card: How “America First” policies could change the trucks you buy
Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week can be a decidedly patriotic affair. Sessions during the related Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue event open with color guards and music videos featuring the Star Spangled Banner. But it was a promise of "America first" that was weighing on the minds of many participants.
IN PRINT — Top Trends: Issues that are reshaping Canada’s biggest carriers
Meyers Transport is gone. After 90 years in -business, and decades on Today's Trucking's Top 100 list of Canada's largest for-hire carriers, the -eastern Ontario fleet shut its doors in mid-January. High capacity and aggressive rate cutting in the Less-than-Truckload (LTL) sector were blamed along with a general downturn in the region's industrial activity. "It is sad to think there won't be any trucks and trailers going up and down the road with 'Meyers' on it anymore," observed chairwoman Natalie Meyers, part of the fourth generation in the family business. The family's Mortrans truckload and dedicated -specialty service continues, as does Mosaic Logistics, but 190 people lost their jobs.
No anti-dumping penalties for Chinese tires in U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States International Trade Commission has determined a U.S. industry is not "materially injured or threatened with material injury" by imported Chinese truck tires that the U.S. Department of Commerce says are subsidized and sold below market value. As a result, the U.S. Department of Commerce will not issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on the imported products.
Big prizes for big truck races
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN - The racers of big trucks will have a chance to earn big prizes this year, with $50,000 in prize money available during every race in the inaugural Bandit Big Rig Series. The season's first race is scheduled for March 25 at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, North Carolina.