Bendix finalizes R.H. Sheppard sale to affiliate of Balmoral Funds

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a North American subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse, announced the company finalized the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, commercial vehicle steering systems manufacturer R.H. Sheppard to an…

Scan Global Logistics to acquire ITN Logistics Group

Logistics provider Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has signed an agreement to acquire freight forwarder ITN Logistics Group in Canada. The acquisition of ITN will strengthen SGL’s Canadian operations by bringing…

FedEx to separate FedEx Freight, create new company

FedEx announced that its board of directors has concluded a comprehensive assessment of the role of FedEx Freight as part of its portfolio and has decided to pursue a full…

Two Canadians named finalists for TCA’s Highway Angels of the Year award

Two Canadian drivers – Daljit Sohi driving for Triple Eight Transport, Abbotsford, B.C., and Joseph Carroll driving for Elgin Motor Freight, London, Ont. – are among the five finalists for…

Mentorship, responsible practices could prevent trucks from hitting B.C. overpasses

Commercial vehicles have hit overpasses, bridges and infrastructure on 29 occasions in British Columbia this year. There was at least one incident a month, with March witnessing a whopping five…

Limit exposure to vicarious liability, carriers warned

Canadian carriers hauling freight in the United States should be aware that if their vehicle is involved in a crash, and during litigation a jury finds the trucking company 1%…

DAT Freight & Analytics acquires Trucker Tools’ operations

Truckload freight marketplace and freight data analytics service provider DAT Freight & Analytics has acquired the operations of Trucker Tools, a carrier-forward capacity sourcing and load-tracking solution. The acquisition will…

Lion Electric defaults on debt, plans to seek creditor protection

Lion Electric, a Quebec-based manufacturer of electric trucks and buses, says it expects to seek protection from creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The company says it has defaulted…

Greed driving truck training schools toward disaster

It’s pretty flat in Ontario’s trucking heartland, but it appears that some truck driving schools in the area are quickly sliding down a slippery slope to the murky bottom of…

APTA names Weavers Driver of the Year, McDonald Dispatcher of the Year

The Atlantic Province Trucking Association (APTA) named Ross Weavers of Morley Annear as Driver of the Year and Jami McDonald of Eassons Transport its Dispatcher of the Year. The association…

B.C. trucker faces impaired driving charges after hitting parked vehicles in Port Coquitlam

Police in British Columbia are recommending criminal charges of impaired driving against a truck driver after a tractor-trailer he was operating hit four parked vehicles in Port Coquitlam. The Dec.

Driving school enrolments, fees plummet as international student pipeline runs dry

The race to the bottom in new truck driver training is well and truly underway in Ontario’s trucking heartland. Truck driving schools are witnessing a steep drop in enrolments and…

Ontario completes 90% of preliminary design work for Hwy. 413

The Ontario government has reached a major milestone for Hwy. 413 by completing 90% of the preliminary design work, which gives greater certainty on the preferred alignment of the highway.

SwRI joint industry project targets heavy-duty hydrogen refueling infrastructure growth

The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced a joint industry project (JIP) to help spur the growth and innovation of fueling technologies and infrastructure for hydrogen-powered heavy-duty vehicles. SwRI’s H2HD Refuel…

PTTAC to use three-pronged strategy to achieve Red Seal objective

The Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada (PTTAC) will utilize a three-pronged approach – education, communication and support – as works toward making truck driving a designated Red Seal trade.