Challenger Motor Freight heads west

ALDERGROVE, B.C. -- Challenger Motor Freight is getting ready to open a new 10-acre terminal in Aldergrove, B.C., which will more than double its previous space.

Light at the end of Ontario’s truck tunnel?

TORONTO -- The Canadian freight market continues to be knocked around by recessionary pressures -- hold on, hold on, we have some good news this time -- but it also may be showing the first indications of stability, according to the Ontario Trucking Association

Go long on spare parts

NEW YORK -- The U.S. aftermarket for medium- and heavy-duty truck parts and components will increase by 3.8 percent annually to $17.1 billion by 2013

A bon news, bad news story

TORONTO -- If anybody working for Canada's largest trucking company wants some quality family time over the next little while, they're welcome to it.

Mit Fuso bullish on Canadian sales

TORONTO -- Daimler Trucks' medium-duty division Mitsubishi Fuso is on a roll across Canada.

Truck tonnage gains premature: ATA

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A boost in U.S. truck tonnage from the first two months of the year were erased in March as the American Trucking Associations' For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 4.5 percent in March -- the first month-to-month decrease of 2009.

Paccar bottom line plummets in 1Q

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Commercial truck maker Paccar says its first-quarter profit plummeted 91 percent.

ArvinMeritor opens new Ontario Mascot parts plant

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- When a door closes in Canada, another opens for ArvinMeritor.

BC International truck dealer unites franchises

VANCOUVER-- Co-Van International Trucks is changing its name to Harbour International Trucks and will unite three companies Co-Van, Cascadia, and Westlang into one cohesive group.

Chrysler to shut down all plants as part of restructuring

TORONTO -- Southern Ontario truckers hauling car and truck parts to Chrysler will have to look for freight elsewhere -- at least for the next couple of months.

Modest uptick in equipment interest: survey

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- More fleets plan on buying new equipment than they did earlier in the year, market research firm CK Commercial Vehicle Research reports.

Trailer maker makes layoffs permanent

LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Wabash National announced that the 790 plant workers it previously laid off will not be coming back to work anytime soon.

Nova Scotia infrastructure gets federal boost

HALIFAX -- The federal government has pledged a little more than $200 million in infrastructure projects in Nova Scotia, a good chunk of which will help improve the highway system.

Customers get a say in Navistar engineering

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- Navistar is looking to customize the consumer experience and has formed a special engineering division to analyze customer suggestions.

April truck sales dip again

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Preliminary data released by FTR Associates shows Class 8 total net orders for all major North American OEMs are down 9 percent in April 2009 from the month before, totaling 7,935 units.