Canadian spot market volumes dip in September, but remain stronger y-o-y

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canadian spot market freight volumes were up 9% year-over-year in September, but down 5% compared to last September.

GW Driver Training becomes Collge Trans-Canada College with renewed emphasis on contributing to solution to truck driver shortage crisis

MONCTON, N.B. – GW Driver Training has changed its name to Collège

News First Midweek – 2013-10-24

Driver shortage discussed at APTA meeting

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. -- The ongoing driver shortage was addressed in a session at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) conference here today.

Trucks for Change seeks more freight movers

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Trucks for Change Network addressed the integral relationship between charities and fleets at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) conference.

Dollars from diesel taxes and truckers’ fees should go to roads, not transit

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association has a simple message for the Transit Investment Strategy Panel: The diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should be dedicated to fixing and...

SmartTruck defends fuel savings, releases new third-party test results

ORLANDO, Fla. -- SmartTruck has rolled out more data that shows its undercarriage trailer aerodynamics system does, in fact, save fuel.

Canadian Freightliner dealers among winners of Alliance Truck Parts contest

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Several Canadian Freightliner dealers are among the winners of an Alliance Truck Parts contest that will send them to the season-ending Nascar Nationwide race in Homestead, Fla.

Truckers Want Reboot of MTO Tow Truck Safety Committee

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association is urging the provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to reestablish a special committee dedicated to finding ways to encourage faster clean-up of highway collisions and get traffic in...

The Lockwood Report – 2013-10-23

US truck tonnage rises again. Is economy stronger than we believe?

ARLINGTON, Va. -- US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in September, matching August’s gain.

US fleets increasing pay packages to attract drivers

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three-quarters of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), say they have or will be increasing driver pay packages in the face of a driver shortage.

ATA’s Graves outlines the major issues that will change trucking in years ahead

ORLANDO, Fla – With Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a Changin” booming into the Marriott World Centre conference hall, American Trucking Associations president Bill Graves took to the stage this morning and addressed how...

Navistar launches open-architecture remote diagnostics program

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Navistar has announced an open architecture remote diagnostics program that works with a fleets’ existing telematics provider and covers all makes of vehicles.

Detroit Connect expanded to cover mixed fleets

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Detroit Diesel Corp. announced that it is making its Detroit Connect telematics program available to mixed fleets, beginning early next year.