Driving for Profit event to feature OTA outlook, legal matters

CALEDONIA, Ont. -- The last instalment of the Driving for Profit seminar series for 2010 is coming to Mississauga Nov. 9.

KRTS helps break food bank’s donation record

CALEDONIA, Ont. -- A record amount of food has been contributed to the Caledonia Food Bank as part of KRTS Transportation Specialists' annual Honk for Hunger initiative.

Cummins Canada adds eastern territory manager

MONTREAL, Que. -- Cummins Canada has announced Jeremy Daoust is joining the company as territory manager and technical support manager for Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

Strong September for Class 8 net orders: ACT Research

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Net orders of Class 8 trucks were up 37% year-over-year in September, marking the second highest monthly total of the past two years, according to the latest data from ACT Research.

Manitoba trucking companies to compete to raise money for United Way

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Bison Transport, Beaver Trucks, Dr. Hook Towing and Maxim Truck & Trailer are taking part in a friendly competition to raise money for the United Way.

Truck News wins back-to-back Best Video awards

TORONTO, Ont. -- An episode of trucknews.com's weekly WebTV show, Transportation Matters, has won the Best Video award at the second annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto last night.

STA hands out awards at annual banquet

SASKATOON, Sask. -- The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) held its Annual General Meeting Oct. 16 and took the opportunity to honour some of its own.

Great Dane re-opens trailer plant

JONESBORO, Ark. -- Great Dane has recalled about 70 workers and re-opened its Jonesboro, Ark. trailer plant as demand for new van trailers continues to rebound.

COMPETITION WATCH: BTC Logistics bought by Fraser Direct

GEORGETOWN, Ont. -- BTC Logistics has been purchased by Fraser Direct. Both firms analyze companies' supply chain operations for design and implementation of cost and service improvements.

Timing of trucking industry rebirth remains elusive: Graves

PHOENIX, Az. -- Phoenix proved an apt setting for the American Trucking Associations' annual conference.  The town's name signifies a rebirth from the ruins of the past, in much the same way that the large gathering of trucking executives...

COMPETITION WATCH: MacKinnon Transport wins Volvo fleet safety award

PHOENIX, Az. -- MacKinnon Transport has been named winner of the second annual Volvo Trucks Safety Award, the second Canuck fleet to win the award in as many years.

Bison driver notches 2M safe miles with company

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Bison Transport driver Ralph Boles has been recognized for completing two million consecutive safe driving miles with the same company.

Mega-loads: Wind turbine superloads are spectacular

Wind turbines, perched on faraway hilltops, with their skinny little blades and pencil-thin towers, are bigger than they look. But 700,000 pounds apiece bigger?

CSA 2010, economy top list of US trucking concerns

PHOENIX, Az. -- CSA 2010 and the slow economic recovery are the top concerns of US fleet executives, according to an annual survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

Cummins has shipped 37,000 EPA2010 engines

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins has announced it has now shipped nearly 37,000 EPA2010-certified engines with selective catalytic reduction (SCR).