Mack introduces GuardDog Connect telematics program

ALLENTOWN, Penn. -- Mack Trucks has announced the launch of GuardDog Connect, a new telematics program the company says will reduce downtime and streamline the repair process.

Natural gas, suspensions and powertrain receive attention from Mack

ALLENTOWN, Penn. -- The construction truck market remains mired in a slump, but Mack Trucks hasn’t been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for it to recover. The company outlined several new product developments at a recent press event,...

Kenworth road show introduces new T880 vocational product

CALGARY, Alta. - Kenworth’s T880/T680 Road Show stopped at Greatwest Kenworth in Calgary recently, providing local drivers and fleet owners with their first glimpse at the company’s latest offerings.

The Truxpo Gambit

He’d been looking forward to it for months, and now it was finally here - Truxpo Can. It was a biannual tradeshow for the trucking industry in which every manufacturer and service provider in and around the edges of the business came...

2013 November

In the November issue of Today’s Trucking, we’ve got HR Evangelist Dan Baker’s commandments for hiring and retaining drivers, a coast-to-coast regulation update, Canada’s Champion Driver Rob Marshall, plus, Peter…

Clarke Inc. sells freight transportation business to TransForce

HALIFAX, N.S. -- Clarke Inc. has agreed to sell its freight transportation business to TransForce for $88 million.

Proposed bill would undo changes to US HoS restart provision

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is applauding a proposed bill that would put the brakes on the new hours-of-service restart provision that was implemented in July.

AMTA seeks input on proposed minimum training standard

CALGARY, Alta.–Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA), the industry group that represents bus and truck companies in Alberta, invited Alberta's commercial transport drivers, employers of commercial drivers license holders, and those...

Happy 30th work anniversary Kathy Penner!

TORONTO, Ont. -- Transportation Media today celebrates an important milestone with the 30th work anniversary of associate publisher Kathy Penner.

News First Midweek – 2013-10-31

Canadian freight rates stay flat: Nulogx

TORONTO, Ont. -- The cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers rose 1.2% in August, mostly because of higher fuel surcharges.

Canadian mover wins top Allied award

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian mover, Quality Move Management, has won an International Customer Choice award from Allied International.

Product Watch – 2013-10-30

International LoneStar now available with ISX15

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar has announced its International LoneStar is now available with the Cummins ISX15 engine, completing the truck maker’s transition to an SCR heavy-duty product line.

Canadian fleets among SmartWay winners

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several Canadian carriers were among the winners of the 2013 SmartWay Excellence Awards.