OTA names 07-08 Road Knights team

TORONTO -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has named 10 professional truck drivers to the 2007-2008 OTA Road Knights Team, a select group of drivers who share their knowledge of how all road users can be partners in safety with transport trucks.

Arrow puts owner-op on the road again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Pre-owned truck seller Arrow Truck Sales has selected Donald Turkelson of Battle Creek, Mich., as the winner of the company's Back On The Road 2008 Contest.

Goodyear nominates four Highway Hero finalists

AKRON, Ohio -- Three truck drivers who battled flames to save people in burning vehicles and one who came to the rescue of a cop after a drug deal gone bad are this year's finalists for Goodyear's 24th annual North America Highway Hero Award.

Harper Group unites dealerships with new name

TORONTO -- The Harper Group is merging its truck dealerships to operate under the new name Harper Truck Centres.

Truck critics group says FMCSA a ‘failure’ on safety

WASHINGTON -- The number of truck-related fatalities on U.S. highways hasn't budged in recent years, a group of long-time trucking critics stated at a press conference.

Best In Class: Canada’s LTL carriers show how to keep customers happy

TORONTO -- The modus operandi for less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers is forever evolving. Arguably, the sector is the quickest of all transportation segments to react to changing market needs.

J.C. Germain trucker named 2007 highwaySTAR of the Year

MONTREAL -- Thirty-year veteran owner-operator from Trois-Riviéres, Que., Jean-Francois Foy, was named the 2007 HighwaySTAR of the Year at a ceremony held at ExpoCam in Montréal this past weekend. Foy works with Trois-Riviéres-based Transport J.C. Germain.

How to be a champion dispatcher

TORONTO -- Imagine this: In some companies, dispatchers meet regularly with customers, face to face, to bring up problems the drivers are having on the road.

Alberta carriers honor drivers, dispatcher & their own

BANFF, Alta. -- The safest person in Alberta trucking for 2007 is Frank Garret of Mullen Trucking, according to the province's largest trucking association.

CTA looks west for leadership; new officers named

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bruno Muller, CEO of tanker carrier Caron Transportation Systems of Sherwood Park, Alta, has been named chairman of the

MacKinnon man named top fleet maintenance supervisor

TORONTO -- Richard Sharpe, 47, was taken completely by surprise yesterday when he was named Canada's Maintenance Manager of the Year during the wind-up luncheon of the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar (CFMS).

Texas O/O takes home the trophy of all trophies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Truett Novosad held off six other finalists and took home the 2007 Truck-Lite Trophy from the National Association of Show Trucks (NAST).

1-800-You’re Busted: Mountie and fleet rewarded for highway vigilance

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- A Manitoba Mountie who frequently gets his man has been recognized by the RCMP and the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) for helping make our highway network a safer place to truck.

Highway STAR always there when needed

TORONTO -- This year's highwaySTAR of the Year award was open to company drivers for the first time, but when the judging was done, owner-operator Dale Hadland earned the nod.

Is This Much Fun Legal? Reports from the summer’s biggest truckshows

TORONTO --Two summer weekends, two great gatherings. Two feasts for the many thousands of show-hungry people who make a living in the trucking industry or who just plain love trucks. And maybe beer.