Move to “asset free”, dedicated fleet transport can benefit company core competency

MISSISSAUGA, Ont.--Transportation Media and Dan Goodwill & Associates hosted the 2013 Surface Transportation Summit today in Mississauga, Ontario, featuring leading carrier, shipper and economist presentations. 

Can intermodal transportation expand beyond its niche? Find out at the Surface Transportation Summit

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Years ago, intermodal movements were only cost and service effective on freight movements of 1500 miles and up. But intermodal transportation has gone through a renaissance over the last decade and this number is now well...

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions introduces new R268 Ecopia tire for high scrub environments

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – Today Bridgestone Commercial Solutions rolls out a new edition to its Ecopia product line.

Can intermodal transportation expand beyond its niche? Find out at the Surface Transportation Summit

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Years ago, intermodal movements were only cost and service effective on freight movements of 1500 miles and up. But intermodal transportation has gone through a renaissance over the last decade and this number is now well...

FleetSmart’s third Mark Dalton novel is now On Ice

Mark Dalton rides again in “On Ice”, the third and final full-length novel which is now available free from Natural Resources Canada's FleetSmart program  Mark Dalton is the trucker-private detective character created by author...

Goodyear brings Total Package Solution to Great American Trucking Show

AKRON, Ohio– Fleets and owner-operators will get a first-hand look at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Total Package Solution of products, services, and profitability tools at this month’s Great American Trucking Show...

Cummins Eastern Canada LP opens new Wabush, NL branch

 Wabush, NL-- Cummins Eastern Canada LP announced that service sales, parts and repairs for generators and Cummins engines are now available to its automotive, mining and industrial customers in the Fermont and Wabush areas of...

Biodiesel on pace for record year in the US

WASHINGTON,  DC -- Boosted by federal policy aimed at diversifying the transportation fuels market, the U.S. biodiesel industry reached a new production record for the first half of the year and is on pace for its best year ever, according...

Reinvigorated Firestone brand targets small fleets and O/Os with fuel saving technology

AKRON, Ohio -- Firestone and North America’s owner/operators and small fleets have much in common: they’ve both been essential to getting trucking to where it is today, and they both deserve a lot more respect and attention than...

Business owners oppose Metrolinx funding plan

TORONTO, Ont. -- The trucking industry is not alone in its criticism of Metrolinx’s Big Move plan to fund transit in the Toronto and Hamilton regions.

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions launches premium Ecopia drive tire

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bridgestone Commercial Solutions has introduced the Bridgestone M760 Ecopia tire, a drive radial that is EPA SmartWay verified and CARB compliant. T

Feds’ New Building Canada plan targets roads, bridges and municipal projects

 VANCOUVER, B.C.--The federal government has committed more funding towards infrastructure under the $53 billion New Building Canada Plan.

Canada, US announce “first-ever” binational border infrastructure investment plan

OTTAWA, ON—Canada and the US announced today they will partner on a joint Canada-United States Border Infrastructure Investment Plan. 

LEADERS: Bison’s Rob Penner on experimenting with LNG

Bison is one of the early adopters in the industry of natural gas power for its trucks. It recently entered into a five-year agreement with Shell Canada to run 15 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors in Alberta. In an exclusive interview with...

Goodyear enhances tires for improved fuel efficiency

AKRON, Ohio-- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has enhanced three tire lines with the aim of helping commercial trucks travel further on a tank of fuel.