Canada Cartage Offers New Private Fleet Management Tools

TORONTO -- A provider of outsourced fleet services, Canada Cartage, is releasing a series of three private truck fleet benchmarking tools to provide senior management teams with research tools to help them assess fleet return on investment.

Webb Wheel Products OEM Business Gets New President

TELL CITY, IN -- Mike Postma has been named president following the promotion of Chad Plank to pursue what the company said is "targeted strategic growth opportunities for Marmon Highway Technologies." Plank was appointed to the role in May 2013.

How to cut idling costs, humanely

TORRANCE, CA- Limiting idle time is a sure-fire way to cut fuel costs for over-the-road fleets, but how do you do it without compromising driver comfort and safety?

Titanium Transportation Raises $11.5 Million in Funding

WOODBRIDGE, ON -- Titanium Transportation Group Inc. announced on Tuesday it has completed its previously announced plan to raise $11.5 million.

Transportation Summit Can Help You with Trucking Challenges

MISSISSAUGA -- How should you react to the many challenges shaping the freight transportation industry? That is just one of the many topics that will be discussed during the Surface Transportation Summit on Oct. 14 as shippers, carriers, and industry suppliers gather for a full day's worth of presentations, workshops, keynote addresses, networking and panel discussions.

Sharpe Now Eastgate Truck Centre Dealer Principal

HAMILTON, ON — Mike Sharpe has joined Eastgate Truck Centre as an ownership partner, assuming the role of dealer principal.  Sharpe’s industry background spans 20 years…

Former Sylectus Head Joins Trucking Software Start-Up

TORONTO -- The co-founder and former president of a transportation management software (TMS) company for expedited trucking companies who retired last year is back, taking the helm of a new TMS company for fleets.

Feds to give $420K to open truck doors to women

TORONTO- The federal government said they’ll give $421,720 to help attract more women into Canada’s trucking industry. The announcement was made by Minister of Labour and…

9 business tips to continent-wide recognition

ALEXANDRIA, VA- The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and driver training company CarriersEdge reveal the success secrets behind Canada’s best fleets to drive for. The TCA and CarriersEdge have named the…

All quiet on the engine front

TORONTO - Here's part one of a two-part look at the emissions regimes we have now and what sort of dust-ups we can expect in the not-distant future.

10 Great Driver Magnets

What you can learn about recruiting and keeping drivers, from some of Canada's top fleets.

YRC cuts $16M from year-over-year loss

OVERLAND PARK, KS – Trucking giant YRC Worldwide posted a fourth quarter net income of $6.2 million, much improved from $400,000 the same time a year earlier. It was the…

Trucking’s most driven women to meet in Toronto

TORONTO - Have you got the empty driver seat blues? Thinking of hiring more women? Then listen up: women in Canada's trucking industry have gotten together and launched the first-ever Women with Drive Leadership Summit.

Don’t mess with Uncle Sam: U.S. truckers guilty of fraud

BROOKLYN, NY- Two U.S. drivers have pleaded guilty in a fraudulent Commercial Driver's License test-taking scheme in late January and early February of 2015.

Canadian firms among best fleets to drive for

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Five Canadian trucking companies are among North America’s 20 best fleets to drive for. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and driver training company CarriersEdge jointly compile the…