Myths still hold back retread use despite cost, safety, environmental benefits

High-quality casings, regular tire maintenance and multiple retreads deliver the lowest total cost for fleets, along with strong safety performance and significant environmental benefits. This is the key to…

Registrations fell across drivetrains in 2025, but fleets pivoted to diversified strategies: report

Fleets increasingly turned to powertrain diversification as a financial and risk management strategy to navigate the volatile freight market and regulatory uncertainties of 2025. Rather than waiting…

Readers speak out on maintenance: Parts and labor availability, costs, wait times cited as main issues

Fleet operators say maintenance can be one of the most unpredictable and costly parts of running a trucking business, especially when costs are driven by rising parts and labor…

Trucking Announcements: Martins founder dead at 54; C-suite appointments at Ballard, Montway Auto Transport

Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, trucknews.com is saddened to report the passing of Martin Depelteau, founder and president of Martins,…

Canada’s Top 100 largest carriers: Trimac climbs into top 5; 12 new fleets added to 2026 list

Trucknews.com’s 2026 list of Top 100 largest carriers shows stability in rankings but not in capacity, as several carriers reported smaller equipment counts while others…

Cargo theft grows more organized as US ranks among hardest hit countries

Cargo theft is becoming more organized and technologically driven, with criminals expanding beyond trucks to target rail shipments and exploit digital freight platforms in the United States. Globally,…

Rules for truck drivers won’t change amid marijuana reclassification in the US

The Trump administration’s move to reclassify marijuana will not change the rules for truck drivers, but industry groups warn it could still create confusion about what’s allowed behind the…

Erb gets a playoff assist with Kitchener Rangers OHL team

Ontario’s Erb Transport performed a last-minute, overnight delivery run to ensure the local hockey team, the Kitchener Rangers, had their equipment in place for a game after a trailer…

Driver training, incentives help shed fuel costs

Driver behavior remains the single biggest lever fleets can pull to improve both fuel efficiency and safety, but changing habits at scale requires a combination of training, data, and…

Smart trailer tech shifts from monitoring to action, cutting downtime, fuel use

Trailers are now rapidly evolving from being passive equipment units into connected, data-rich assets that can help fleets improve uptime, cut emissions and reshape operations management due to technology…

Infrastructure, scale shape fleets’ decarbonization choices

Fleets are being forced to weigh multiple, competing paths to decarbonization without a clear roadmap for which technology will dominate. For years, fleets could rely on a predictable…

Decarbonization path remains complex for longhaul fleets

The path to decarbonizing trucking remains uneven and fragmented,  especially for longhaul fleets, where operational realities continue to limit the viability of zero-emission vehicles. During a panel at…

Trucking Announcements: Accuride welcomes Soika as CCO, new leadership at CMC, TRALA

Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Accuride has welcomed Jason Soika as chief commercial officer, and CMC has appointed Davey Miller…

Cummins targets Canadian heavy-haul fleets with new RT-160 HE axle

Cummins debuted its new Meritor RT-160 HE tandem drive axle on April 16 during the Truck World show in Mississauga, Ont., positioning it as an efficiency-focused upgrade to its…

Alberta’s family-owned Whitecourt Transport marks 80 years

Whitecourt Transport has spent eight decades adapting to shifting markets, from post-war freight hauling to forestry, environmental services, and heavy equipment work. But its leadership says what has stayed…