STA urges Saskatchewan to permit use of tax-reduced dyed diesel for reefers

The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) is calling on the provincial government to permit the use of tax-reduced dyed diesel in truck trailer refrigeration units immediately. Currently, trucking companies in the…

Aurora running autonomous trucks at night, launches livestream of driverless trucks

Autonomous truck maker Aurora announced several milestones, including surpassing 20,000 driverless miles (32,000 km), expanding its fleet to three trucks, and commencing driverless operation at night. It also opened a…

CVSA spreads human trafficking awareness

Law enforcement personnel in five Canadian provinces, 50 U.S. states, and Mexico participated in this year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative (HTAI), an annual five-day human…

Qualified diesel techs in short supply: ATRI report

Almost two-thirds of shops in the U.S. are understaffed with an average of 19.3% of diesel technician positions unfilled. An American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report that synthesized findings from…

Fleetworthy integrates with Motive to expand Bestpass Toll Genius access

Fleetworthy announced an integration with Motive, expanding access to its Toll Genius product for fleet customers using both Bestpass by Fleetworthy and Motive ELDs. Toll Genius…

PowerEdge adds NOx sensors to lineup

Replacement part producer PowerEdge, a brand of Denso Products and Services Americas, has added sensors that monitor nitrogen oxide (NOx) levels to its line of aftermarket products…

Truck carrying cocaine stopped at Coutts crossing

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers intercepted a commercial truck carrying 67 kg of cocaine at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing July 28. The Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) in…

OTA wants tougher truck enforcement to counter U.S. tariffs

The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is urging the province to ramp up truck enforcement under Operation Deterrence, in response to an increase of U.S. tariffs against…

Project 61 acquires Offshift to deliver free health platform for truckers

Project 61 has acquired Offshift, a digital health platform designed specifically for truck drivers, to support its mission of improving driver wellness across the industry. The non-profit says the move…

PTTAC teams up with NATMI to roll out certified driver trainer course in Edmonton

The Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada (PTTAC) is partnering with the North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) and Aviva Canada to offer a certified driver trainer course in October…

CTA asks ‘what’s next?’ for feds after U.S. moves to end GHG Phase 3 regs

With the U.S. EPA announcing this week that it is moving to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding – and by extension, GHG Phase 3 emissions rules…

PlusAI shares new KPIs to track autonomous truck readiness

PlusAI has introduced a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure its progress toward the commercial launch of its factory-built autonomous truck platform, SuperDrive, set…

Electric truck chargers must be deployed strategically: Pembina Institute

There don’t have to be heavy truck electric charging stations everywhere to advance the adoption of zero-emission trucks, but those that do exist must be strategically located. That’s the finding…

Seven trucking decarbonization projects receive NRCan funding

The federal government is investing more than $21 million in clean technology projects that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks (MHDV) across Canada. On July…

Elemental Trucks gets $1.5M NRCan funding to develop 63.5-tonne hydrogen truck

Elemental Trucks has received $1.5 million from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to support the development of what it calls North America’s first commercial 63.5-tonne zero-emission hydrogen…