Home Hardware brings home the hardware

Practice pays off for Home Hardware crew at Ontario Truck Driving Championships

Beaver Truck Centre adding new Brandon location

BRANDON, Man. — Beaver Truck Centre has announced the opening of a new location in Brandon. The new Volvo dealership will be managed by Patrick Southall and Norm Verboom, the company…

Update! Humber Truck Career Day Coming Sooner Than We Thought!

TORONTO -- For those interested in a change of employer, a visit to an upcoming career day may be just the ticket for you.

Trailcon Leasing Riding Along with NASCAR Canada Racer

BRAMPTON, ON -- NASCAR Canadian Tire Series second-ranked driver Gary Klutt is chasing the 2015 championship and one trailer leasing outfit is along for the ride starting Saturday.

USA Truck Names New CEO, Simone Leaves Due to Cancer

VAN BUREN, AR -- A large U.S.-based fleet that also does business in parts of Canada has named a new leader after its current CEO stepped down to battle lung cancer.

Big Brother Watching Trucks Along Three Routes

SACATON, AZ -- If you ever travel through Arizona and get the feeling someone is watching you, it turns out it's more than just a feeling and it's not the usual way of keeping an eye out.

Ontario Transitioning to New Trip Inspection Reports

TORONTO -- Ontario's Ministry of Transportation is making changes to its rules for commercial motor vehicle inspection reports so they will match National Safety Code standards, according to the Ontario Trucking Association.

Mack Trucks expands partnered services offering

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Mack Trucks has enhanced its uptime solutions by expanding its partnered services offering, the company announced today. The expansion enables faster, more accurate diagnostics and improved communication…

Trucking’s getting a breather with weakening freight demand: FTR

However, regulatory drag will resume in 2017, potentially causing an unprecedented shortage of drivers

Purolator names winners of its Carrier of the Year Award

TORONTO, Ont. – Purolator announced the recipients of its 2014 Carrier of the Year Award today. Laidlaw won the Short Haul Carrier of the Year, while AYR Motor Express was…

U.S. For-Hire Freight Shipments Stage Comeback

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A measure of for-hire freight movements south of the border increased in May following an April decline, according to the U.S. Transportation Department.

U.S. Spot Market Rates See Small Improvements

BEAVERTON, OR -- Spot truckload rates rose in the U.S. last week for van and refrigerated loads but dipped for flatbeds compared to a week earlier on the DAT network of load boards.

Truckers Truck On, Despite Recession Scares

Is Canada in an economic recession? That all depends on how you define the term. And even if the answer is yes, will it slow down the trucking industry? According to most economists, a recession is when there are at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the country's gross domestic product, which is a measure of the total output of goods and services. Canada's GDP fell at an annual rate of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2015, according to government numbers, following 0.6% growth in the final quarter of 2014. A report released at the end of June showed a 0.1% drop for the month of April, meaning our economy shrank for the fourth straight month. Not a full second quarter, but not a good trend.

Poll Shows Hazmat Rules Would Challenge Einstein

CHICAGO -- Is complying with the multitude of regulations for the transport of hazardous materials - also known as dangerous goods (DG) - truly a challenge? Is it one so great that even Albert Einstein would have had problems figuring out some of the rules?

With Elections Near, Tories Talk Jobs ‘n’ Roads in B.C.

VANCOUVER and RICHMOND, BC -- With a Federal election just over three months away (Oct.19th) Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has been busy this week announcing projects affecting trucking and other industries as part of an overall effort to boost trade with parts of Asia.