Industry looking up, truckers tell surveyors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Truckers expressed a more hopeful outlook on the future of the economy in a recent survey by Transport Capital Partners, a trucking fleet consulting firm in the U.S.

SCR working A-OK on Mack refuse trucks

LAS VEGAS -- Skeptics wondering where all the new SCR hardware is going to fit on vocational and specialty trucks with precious real estate to spare have little to fear, says Mack Trucks.

Coveted business award given to PeopleNet founder

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Ernst & Young has recognized PeopleNet CEO and founder Ron Konezny as Entrepreneur Of The Year in the technology category for the Upper Midwest region.

New truck technology to grow with economy: Study

NEW YORK -- Fleets that survive the current freight recession say they expect to implement new and advanced technologies, greatly expanding in the market, according to a recent study.

Canada’s largest truck show sets the date

TORONTO -- Truck World 2010 will be held at the International Centre in Toronto from April 15 to 17. Truck World is the largest trade event in Canada for all those involved in the economically vital transportation industry.

This just in: Automaker to build cars

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Car-parts haulers will be happy to hear that whoever it is that makes Dodge Chargers, Challengers, Chrysler 300s and assorted minivans will be back to making cars again as early as next week.

Get a load of this

MILTON, Ont. -- There's a new board in town. And it's offering free rides, starting this Friday, which it will continue running for the next 30 days.

Mack consolidates production

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks has decided to move forward with its previously announced plan to consolidate production of its entire product line at its assembly facility in Macungie, Pa.

Trucking hit hard by April job losses

OTTAWA -- If job losses were an Olympic sport, trucking would be a bronze medal winner for April's competition.

Alberta economy needs an energy boost

CALGARY -- Alberta's economy was hit by a rare combination of negative factors, but recovery is on the horizon, according to a new report from Canada West Foundation.

Truck plant future foggy as contract talks down to the wire

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar's offer to keep its Chatham, Ont. heavy truck plant open -- albeit barely -- is totally unacceptable, complains the head of the CAW.

Truck tonnage on modest upswing; orders bounce too

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.2 percent in May, the first increase since February.

Trucking productivity soars over 25 years: Report

OTTAWA¬ -- The above headline is good news for shippers, but in the following context, not so good for some truckers' bottom line.

Canadian Navistar truck plant closed indefinitely

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Navistar International's sole Canadian truck plant in Chatham, Ont. is shut down indefinitely as the company and the CAW failed to make a deal two days after the current contract expired.

Mit Fuso expands Canadian business by 50%

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Taking advantage of the market void left in Canada by the exit of Sterling Trucks, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has signed eight new Canadian dealers to its network so far this year, and expects to add at least three more.