Revenue drops in 2009 for former income trusts

OKOTOKS, Alta. -- Revenue for a trio of Canadian carriers dropped in 2009 from 2008, but executives at Mullen, TransForce and Contrans are keeping a positive outlook for 2010.

Rate drops keep fallin’ on our head

TORONTO - - Shippers are paying almost 10 percent less across the board than they were this time last year. But you didn't need us to tell you that.

YRC’s Canadian fleet has a long future: Pres

WINNIPEG -- The writing was on the wall for YRC Worldwide more than once, or so it seemed, and so its competitors hoped.

Freight carriers’ group urges rate hike close to 5%

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- Despite the trucking industry's cost cutting measures during this recession, fixed and variable costs continue to rise and carriers should be looking for raises of at least 4.9 percent this spring.

Walmart pledges major cuts to supply chain GHG by 2015

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart is counting on its suppliers to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its supply chain over the next five years.

Holding Port: Only Price Rupert reports freight hikes in ’09

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. -- Among Canada's four largest ocean ports, only the Port of Prince Rupert is reporting an increase in freight volumes in 2009 over 2008 numbers.

Navistar, Iveco end Aussi truck marketing deal

SYDNEY, Australia -- Iveco Trucks and Navistar Australia have agreed to call it quits on their supply, technical assistance and license agreement on International brand trucks.

Halifax positioning to be top eastern gateway

HALIFAX -- The Halifax Gateway Council released its new five-year strategic plan focused on realizing the plan to make Halifax the preferred eastern trade gateway for North America.

Economy grows, but won’t run fully this year: Bank

OTTAWA -- While Vancouver may be spending the coming years trying to pay for Olympic cost overruns, the Bank of Canada announced that the economy grew by 5 percent growth in the 2009 fourth quarter, "spurred by vigorous domestic spending and further recovery in exports."

TransForce expands its waste section

MONTREAL - - Canada's largest truck fleet has just dug itself more deeply into the landfill business.

Feb truck orders much better than previous month

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs were at 7,628 units, 19.7 percent higher than January when orders were the lowest since 2002.

IdleAire to recharge?

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- IdleAire, the truckstop no-idle electrification provider that pulled the plug on its operations last month, might not be ready to call it quits after all.

Increased ferry rates could sink truckers

VICTORIA -- Rate increases from B.C. Ferries that are scheduled to kick in on April 1 have local truckers concerned about being able to keep up.

Flaherty’s feds forget fleets; Some cash goes to bridge work

OTTAWA -- If you were thinking that yesterday's federal budget might have held any special goodies for truckers; like say, a cut in diesel-fuel excise tax, think again.

Used truck sales rise as 2010 trucks enter market

McLEAN, Va. -- Used truck sales increased for the third month in a row in January as the stock for pre-2010 trucks cleared out, according to a report by the ATD/NADA Official Commercial Truck Guide.