Stephens Pneumatics trailers integrating ConMet telematics

Stephens Pneumatics tank trailers, transporters and vehicle beds will now be available with telematics tools from ConMet Digital. Offerings will include the PreSet Plus SmartHub that monitors wheel ends, SmartTrack…

Ballard Power Systems names Biznek as COO

Ballard Power Systems has appointed Mark Biznek as chief operating officer, effective immediately. Biznek’s 30-year career includes experience in operations, manufacturing, business development and manufacturing engineering. For the past 10…

Ritchie Bros. takes controlling interest in VeriTread

Ritchie Bros. has acquired controlling interest in VeriTread – a business that specializes in technology platforms for heavy-haul transportation. Its products include a marketplace to list and quote shipments, an…

Individual provinces differ in approaches to ELD penalties

Canada’s federally regulated carriers now face a mandate to equip trucks with certified electronic logging devices (ELDs), but individual provinces are taking different approaches when it comes to penalties and…

ਸੀ.ਟੀ.ਏ., ਟੀਮਸਟਰਸ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਨੇ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ ਇੰਕ. ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ ਕੀਤੀ

ਕੈਨੇਡੀਅਨ ਟਰੱਕਿੰਗ ਅਲਾਇੰਸ (ਸੀ.ਟੀ.ਏ.) ਅਤੇ ਟੀਮਸਟਰਸ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਨੇ ਡਰਾਈਵਰ ਇੰਕ. ਫ਼ਲੀਟਸ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਆਪਣੇ ਮੁਲਾਜ਼ਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਠੇਕੇਦਾਰਾਂ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੁਵਰਗੀਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਟੀਮਸਟਰਸ…

Canada-U.S. border saw $35B in October truck shipments

Trucks moved US$35.1 billion in freight between Canada and the U.S. in October 2022, accounting for more than half of the $65.4 billion in transborder freight that crossed the 49th…

Garmin dashcam provides views on demand

Garmin Dash Cam Live is an always-connected LTE dash cam that can offer an on-demand view of everything in sight of the camera. It also alerts…

Drivewyze, Bestpass improve toll visibility

Drivewyze and Bestpass are aligning their offerings to streamline support for fleets that adopt weigh station bypass and toll management services. And…

Lightning tool to help plan EV fleets

Lightning eMotors is ready to help fleets configure electric vehicles with the help of a new virtual fleet planner. Fleet managers enter fleet characteristics and receive…

Wood to succeed Fier as Cummins’ chief technical officer

Cummins announced that Jim Fier, vice-president and chief technical officer, is retiring at the end of March. Jonathan Wood, vice-president of new power engineering, will succeed Fier as chief technical…

Trucker movie Rodeo wins award at Whistler Film Festival

Rodeo, a movie about a truck driver and his nine-year-old daughter, has won the EDA Award for Best Female Directed Feature Film at the Whistler Film Festival. Montreal director Joelle…

Holland named Fleet Advantage CEO as Flynn retires

Fleet Advantage announced that its chief executive officer John Flynn has retired effective Dec. 31, 2022. Brian Holland, president and chief financial officer has been named as the next CEO.

Maxim Truck & Trailer raises $50K at charity pancake breakfast

Maxim Truck & Trailer raised $50,000 at its annual charity pancake breakfast in Winnipeg. The 20th edition of the event held Dec. 8, 2022, raised $30,000 for the Christmas Cheer…

ਸਰਜਨਰ ਟਰੱਕ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਬਣਿਆ ਈ.ਵੀ.-ਸਰਟੀਫ਼ਾਈਡ

ਸਰਜਨਰ ਟਰੱਕ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਵੀ ਹੁਣ ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਵਹੀਕਲ-ਸਰਟੀਫ਼ਾਈਡ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨਵਾਂ ਮੈਕ ਅਤੇ ਵੋਲਵੋ ਡੀਲਰ ਹੈ। ਕਿੰਗਸਟਨ ਅਤੇ ਓਟਾਵਾ, ਓਂਟਾਰੀਓ ’ਚ…

Trucking executive outlook: Scott Tilley, Tandet Group

As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how…