City OKs new truck route plan; more streets off-limit

HAMILTON, Ont. -- It'll be a little harder for trucks to get around the Steel City after council approved a new truck route plan that bans large commercial vehicles from some roads.

CN continues drive to improve supply chain efficiency

VANCOUVER -- CN has entered a supply chain collaboration agreement with TSI Terminal Systems, in the rail companies increased efforts at working with others to improve the supply chain.

Giroux exits Pete, re-enters ArvinMeritor

TROY, Mich. -- David Giroux, formerly director of Marketing Communications with Peterbilt, has returned to ArvinMeritor, where he worked from 1999 until 2006.

Eaton puts new face behind hybrid initiatives

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hybrid systems for trucks are starting to become more common and Eaton Corporation has a new director in moving those initiatives forward.

Detroit Diesel outlay is music to Motown’s ears

DETROIT -- Daimler is investing about $194 million to expand its Detroit Diesel plant in Michigan.

Ferry service makes changes to reservation system

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. -- Following a review of its controversial commercial reservation system, Marine Atlantic has made several changes to the system in an effort to better serve the trucking industry.

Update: ITS crew creates site to help injured man get home from Asia

BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- The staff at Belleville, Ont.-based International Truckload Services (ITS) have built a website called www.bringryanhome.ca to help one of their fellow workers get her son home from a Thailand hospital where he lays in a coma as a result of a horrible motorcycle accident.

Downtown Toronto off limits for dangerous goods

TORONTO -- As part of the increased security measures during the G-20 summit, certain parts of downtown Toronto will be off limits for dangerous goods haulers.

B.C. toll plan no problem for truckers

SURREY, B.C. -- While some political unrest surrounds a plan by the B.C. government to increase toll fees on the new Port Mann bridge, the province's trucking association doesn't see a problem.

PeopleNet site goes back to school

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A website from PeopleNet was launched recently and will provide new educational resources aimed at helping carriers manage their operations more efficiently.

PacLease celebrates 30-year anny

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Paccar Leasing is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Prairie floods shut down Trans-Canada Highway

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. -- This spring, certain parts of Manitoba braced for their annual floods, but were spared by Mother Nature. The rest of western Canada wasn't so lucky

Road work for Canada’s inland port begins

WINNIPEG -- Construction is underway to improve road conditions around CentrePort Canada, the 20,000-acre inland port in Winnipeg.

BCTA shuffles exec committee

VICTORIA -- Murray Scadeng of Triton Transport in Langley, B.C. will lead the province's trucking association as the chairman for the 2010-2011 term.

Chrome is where the heart is

WALLENSTEIN, Ont. -- The folks at Wallenstein Feed and Supply didn't have a hard time keeping truckers around at their private fleet, but it didn't stop the company from developing a custom driver retention program.