BREAKING NEWS: Highland operators say ‘yes’ to revised contract

TORONTO -- Amid threats that their carrier company would be shuttered, unionized Highland Transport owner-operators have voted to accept a new contract that pays them less, among other concessions, todaystrucking.com has just learned.

Ford takes speed limiting to passenger market

DEARBORN, Mich. -- For everyone who wondered why speed limiters weren't being talked about for passenger vehicles, Ford has provided an answer.

Male Pattern Boldness: There are patterns to cargo theft

WARREN, N.J. -- If a guy's going to swipe stuff from your truck or trailer, chances are it's going to be on a weekend. And it's probably going to happen at a truckstop or rest area.

Vanport owner-ops stirring the port again

VANCOUVER -- Independent can haulers at the Port of Vancouver staged a noisy protest yesterday, indicating that more labor unrest in the Lower Mainland is a possibility.

NRCan subsidizes training school’s fuel-saving pilot program

CASTLEGAR, B.C. -- Natural Resources Canada wants to find out if a truck driving simulator can reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Teamsters want brakes put on speed limiter law

OTTAWA -- Two months into the new rule requiring speed limiters on trucks in Ontario and Quebec, The Teamsters has entered the fray by declaring its opposition.

Gov’t test confirms enviro benefits of single-wide rubber

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- It isn't just boasting anymore. Single wide-based truck tires are as much as 10 percent more fuel efficient that a set of duals, confirms the U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Vanport peace shaky; truckers could strike

VANCOUVER -- It seems that a summer can't pass without at least a few container truckers going on strike at the port of Vancouver.

Michigan U study touts benefits of LCVs

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Increases in truck weight and length would have a direct beneficial effect on the challenges facing businesses, while boosting the overall U.S. economy and improving the environment, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute for the National Private Truck Council.

BC truckers most crash prone; still safer than car drivers

VANCOUVER -- Truckers in B.C. were almost two times as likely to be involved in a fatal collision than drivers from Ontario or Quebec, according to a 166-study commissioned by the BC Trucking Safety Council -- a industry co-op between the BC Trucking Association and WorkSafeBC.

Robert gets half-a-mill for fuel consumption testing

SAINT-NICOLAS, Que. -- Groupe Robert will receive up to $500,000 for a new fuel reduction project under Transport Canada's Freight Technology Demonstration Fund.

Garden State on verge of vehicle ice-clearing law

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey is on the brink of becoming the first North American state to fine drivers who do not clear snow or ice from their vehicles before hitting the road.

Drive Test talks to resume; but trainers struggling

TORONTO -- DriveTest officials and the Steelworkers union representing 600 striking Ontario employees have agreed to return to the bargaining table this week

Zeppelin ready to rock Calgary

CALGARY - - Think some of your competitors are full of hot air? Just wait until the people from SkyHook get into the freight-hauling game.

Altering behavior the key to limiting distracted drivers

WASHINGTON -- Texting while driving has become socially acceptable, and laws as well as education are needed to change the culture, a prominent trucking exec told House of Representatives.