Volvo showcasing strengths on Canadian leg of Proven Tour

TORONTO, Ont. -- Volvo Trucks has launched its Proven Tour, an interactive customer and dealer road tour designed to showcase the company’s leadership in fuel efficiency, driver productivity, safety and vehicle uptime, according to...

Goodyear searching for heroic drivers for 30th Highway Hero Award

AKRON, Ohio -- Goodyear is now accepting nominations for its 2012 North America Highway Hero Award – the 30th anniversary of the award. The award honours truck drivers who put themselves in harm’s way to help other people. The...

DHL employees get in charitable spirit on Global Volunteer Day

TORONTO, Ont. -- DHL marked its fourth annual Global Volunteer Day today as part of a company-wide initiative to give back to local communities and to spark a passion for volunteerism among employees. Initiatives DHL employees across Canada are...

World’s Largest Truck Convoy coming to Manitoba, Ontario tomorrow

WINNIPEG, Man. -- A pair of World’s Largest Truck Convoy events will be taking place tomorrow in Alberta and Ontario, as troops of trucks will be hitting the highway in support of the Special Olympics.

Shipper’s conditions begin ‘expected steady decline’ in July: FTR

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- Conditions for shippers fell in July, according to FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI), to a reading of -4.5. The SCI sums up all market influences that affect shippers; a reading above zero suggests a...

Spot market freight steady in August: TransCore

TORONTO, Ont. -- Spot market freight shipments both within Canada and cross-border remained steady in August with an increase of 1% from July, according to the latest results from TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index. However,...

Purolator receives first Remote Diagnostics-equipped Volvo trucks

TORONTO, Ont. -- Purolator has received the first Remote Diagnostics-equipped Volvo trucks as part of its recent order for 80 Volvo VNL 300 daycabs. Each tractor features a Volvo D13 engine and I-Shift automated manual transmission. Over the...

Aerofficient wins new product award for its Slider side-fairing

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aerofficient has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2012 North American Trailer Aerodynamics New Product Innovation Award for the Aerofficient Slider, a side-fairing product that automatically expands and contracts...

New college program to combine in-truck training, logistics education

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The Ontario Truck Training Academy (OTTA) has partnered with triOS College Business Technology Healthcare to create a new truck training program in the province: the Professional Transport Operator program. The program...

Freightliner celebrates production of 500,000th vehicle at N.C. plant

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C -- Freightliner Trucks is celebrating the production of its 500,000th vehicle at its Mount Holly, N.C. plant. The keys to the 500,000th truck – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 with a utility body – were turned...

North American spot market surges 8.4% year-over-year in August

PORTLAND, Ore. -- TransCore’s DAT North American Freight Index outpaced August 2011 volume by 8.4%, marking the sixth time in 2012 volume has exceeded prior year levels. Freight volume on the spot market, month-over-month,...

Team Ontario driver, team take top spots at national driving championship

MONCTON, N.B. -- Home Hardware driver Shawn Matheson has been named Grand Champion at the 2012 National Professional Truck Driving Championships. Representing Team Ontario, Matheson joined 33 of Canada’s top truckers from across the...

OTA seeking fresh batch of Road Knights

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is once again searching for nominations for its revered Road Knights Team, a collection of some of the “best and brightest” drivers in the province charged with represent the...

Day & Ross introduces newly formed Supply Chain Solutions division

HARTLAND, NB -- Day & Ross Transportation Group has created a new division, Day & Ross Supply Chain Solutions.

ATA urging Texas to reduce ‘excessive’ speed limit on state highway

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations is urging the Texas Transportation Commission to reverse its decision to allow vehicles to travel 85 miles per hour on a privately-managed stretch of State Highway 130 linking Austin and San...