CFMS is a Canadian institution

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar has just wrapped up.

Insurance matters

TORONTO, Ont. - Truck insurance is as highly specialized and finely nuanced as the industry it serves. But once the slip gets tucked into the ownership pouch, it usually doesn't get much attention until renewal time comes around - or something...

Dealing with DPFs and DEF

MARKHAM, Ont. - Their acronyms may sound alike, but the care and attention required of DPFs and DEF are very much different. Diesel particulate filters (DPFs), of course, have been on all new trucks since 2007. Their job is to trap and then...

Pressure points

MARKHAM, Ont. - The good news is, there's an easy way to improve your fleet fuel mileage. The bad news is, very few are doing it.

CFMS speakers contemplate benefits of disc brakes as stopping distance regs loom

MARKHAM, Ont. - New stopping distance requirements being introduced in the US in August may be the catalyst for the widespread shift towards air disc brakes, according to speakers at this year's Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar.

Calculating conditions

TAMPA, Fla. - Maintenance programs often seem to involve compromises. A focus on corrective maintenance may fix out-of-service components, but it also leads to the added costs of roadside repairs, excessive downtime and fines. And Preventive...

Canadian firms rethinking logistics business models, new report shows

TORONTO, Ont. - Despite the economic downturn, investment in distribution facilities in Canada has increased dramatically over the past five years with total annual investment growing from $674 million in 2005 to $1.39 billion, an increase of...

Cargo theft: A $5 billion problem?

TORONTO, Ont. - Cargo crime is getting a lot of attention lately, thanks in part to a new study commissioned by the Canadian Trucking Alliance that indicates cargo crime is a $5 billion a year problem in Canada.

It’s a Guys thing

RED DEER, Alta. - To succeed in business, sometimes you don't need to build a better mousetrap. Sometimes you just have to find a niche and serve it faithfully and professionally.

Till Theft Do Us Part: Part 1

Mark had made the trip east back across the country and was parked overnight in a large truck yard in Barrie, Ontario waiting for the warehouse to open in the morning so he could get his load heading north. It was just after 11 p.m. and Mark...

What do you think of the proposed biodiesel mandate?

MILTON, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association are at odds over an impending biodiesel mandate that would require all on-road diesel fuel sold in Canada to contain an average of 2% biofuel content....

When bad decisions are made on an enormous scale

You’re going to read about a couple of bad decisions in this month’s Truck News. Or if you are a regular visitor to our Web site, you’ve likely read about them already. We all make bad decisions once in a while. Some of us,...

Road Today Truck Show attracts thousands over weekend

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Looking to "inform, educate and entertain," Road Today magazine held its third annual Road Today Truck Show held at the Powerade Centre in Brampton on May 28-29.

Rand McNally truck GPS systems now available in Canada

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Rand McNally's truck GPS systems - including its popular IntelliRoute TND truck GPS - are now available in Canada, thanks to a distribution deal with Synnex Canada.

Becoming a Successful Owner/Operator: Record-Keeping

TORONTO, Ont. -- "You can't manage what you don't measure," Ray Haight, CEO of ATBS Canada says in the second installment of Becoming a Successful Owner/Operator.