Transportation
Road Choice expands product offering with six new product categories
GREENSBORO, NC — Road Choice Truck Parts rolled out six more new replacement product categories to its expanding offering.The newest additions to the portfolio include diesel particulate filters (DPF), heavy-duty commercial batteries,…
Maine Targets New Brunswick Truckers with New Law
AUGUSTA, ME -- Citing the state of Maine is losing a "significant amount of money" from Canadian truckers who take but don't pay tolls for using the Maine turnpike, lawmakers have overridden a veto of legislation by Gov. Paul LePage, allowing it to get tougher with scofflaws.
That Construction Worker You See May be a Cop
ATLANTA, GA -- If Canada follows the American trend of seemingly non-stop election campaigns and politicians' preoccupation of having more law and order, even through crime rates are dropping like the mercury in the Winter, truckers using their cellphones while driving could find themselves being pulled over in and around road construction zones.
Average Canadian Diesel Cost Lowest Since February
LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Average Canadian prices for fuel are continuing with their recent downward trend with diesel hitting its lowest level in months while in the U.S. it's at its lowest since October 2009. New figures released by the petroleum information services provider The Kent Group shows a drop of $0.009 from last week to a national average of $1.092 per liter, also marking the fifth straight weekly decline. Compared to the same time a year ago the average cost of trucking's main fuel is down $0.204 per liter. Meantime, in the U.S. there has been a more dramatic drop in fuel prices, with diesel hitting its lowest level in nearly six years, according to the country's Energy Department.
Ground Freight Transportation Costs Post Slight Increase
TORONTO -- The total cost of ground transportation for Canadian freight shippers increased 0.3% in May compared to the month before, according to new figures released by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI). "Total freight costs increased marginally this month. Although there were slight increases in less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload cross border costs, these were mostly offset by decreases in the LTL and truckload domestic costs," said Doug Payne, President & COO, Nulogx. Compared to May 2014 the index is up 4.86%.
