Canadian Kenworth salesman wins ‘walk-around’ competition

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Jim Bednar, truck salesman for Custom Truck Sales in Winnipeg, Man., captured the Canadian title in Kenworth's T800 Walk-Around Sales Competition.

Northern ice roads looking more solid

WINNIPEG -- More seasonal winter temperatures in northern parts of the Prairies is welcome news to isolated communities that have watched supplies deplete over the last few weeks.

One of Those Days…

Reasons for rollovers

Canadian Castrol distributor names new HD manager

TORONTO -- Wakefield Canada has appointed Mark Pagnanelli to the position of heavy-duty marketing manager.

International AWARE of telematics solution

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- International Truck and Engine's telematics solution for buses, and commercial vehicles has won the company Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Industry Innovation and Advancement of the Year Award in the medium-heavy truck original equipment market.

How to Make a Graceful Exit

I want our exit interviews to be more productive. Any ideas?

And now one from the irony department …

BRANDON, Man. -- A truck crash gave a load of cows a frightful look into a crystal ball this weekend, as the cattleliner they were being hauled in hit another tractor-trailer moving hamburger.

Celadon wins back-to-back safety awards

INDIANAPOLIS -- For a second consecutive year, Celadon Trucking Services has been announced as the first-place winner of the Truckload Carriers Association's National Fleet Safety Award among carriers that haul more than 100 million miles annually.

Light Duty Gets Tough

Automatic transmissions for light-duty trucks

Schneider acquiring American Overseas Air Freight

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider Logistics has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire American Overseas Air Freight, an international freight forwarder and a licensed U.S. Customs Broker.

Working the System

While the CCMTA tries to create a graduated licensing plan that all provinces might accept, Ontario and B.C. prepare to go it alone

Body Builders

Extra strength means extra long service for the van bodies built by Allison Drake'sPEI-based company

Computers: Road Warriors

Mobile computers for the office on the road

OOIDA files court challenge against US HOS rule

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Last year, it was public interest and safety groups that took U.S. regulators to court over new hours-of-service rules. Now, North America's largest independent trucker group says it will challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest HOS regulation before a judge.

Private fleet completes nation-wide CSMS certification

WESTASKIWIN, Alta. -- Home Hardware Stores Limited announced qualification of its Wetaskiwin trucking fleet with CSA International's Carrier Safety Management System Standard (CSMS).