Kenworth wraps project with Toyota-supplied hydrogen fuel cells

Kenworth and Toyota have concluded a joint project running Class 8 fuel-cell-electric trucks at the Port of Los Angeles and area. The project compared fuel cell truck performance to a…

Expressway Trucks becomes EV-certified

Expressway Trucks has become Ontario’s first Volvo Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle dealer. It is now officially ready to sell and support Volvo VNR Electric trucks out of its Waterloo, Ont.,…

Driver vacancies soar to 28,210: Trucking HR Canada

Canada was short a record 28,210 truck drivers in the second quarter of this year, up from 25,560 in Q1, Statistics Canada data revealed. This pushes up the vacancy rate…

Bridgestone invests $60M in Texas plant expansion

Bridgestone Americas announced an investment of US$60 million to expand its 200,000 square-foot Bridgestone Bandag manufacturing plant in Abilene, Texas, by 50,000 square feet. The expansion includes an immediate increase…

Trucking conditions in for long period of “moderate weakness”: FTR

U.S. shipper conditions improved in July, but so too did trucking conditions, with both boosted by sharply falling diesel prices. Industry forecaster FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index…

XTL opens its first distribution center in Alberta

XTL Transport opened a new 197,000 sq.-ft. distribution and logistics center in Calgary Sept. 22, the company’s first in Alberta. The new Calgary location provides a strategic location that can…

Canadian spot market up 13% in August: Loadlink

Canadian spot market volumes rose slightly in August, increasing 13% from July, now only down 4% year over year, Loadlink Technologies reported. August’s truck-to-load ratio was 3.48, just over 16%…

Mack’s Command Steer puts driver back in control

Hauling heavy aggregate loads over rough roads – or no roads at all – can leave a driver feeling like they’ve spent their day in a cage fight with the…

Road Today-Truck News Jobs Expo coming Nov. 19

The Road Today-Truck News Jobs Expo, aimed at meeting the hiring needs of the trucking and logistics industries, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 in Mississauga, Ont. The Newcom…

Role models, inclusivity attract women to industry

Women thrive in an environment where they are valued for the ideas they share and feel safe to speak their minds. Quotas are great, but equity is about action, starting…

Shippers see improving conditions thanks to lower diesel costs

Shippers felt some relief in July with conditions as measured by the FTR Shippers Conditions Index entering positive territory at 4.5 for the first time since September 2020. In June,…

Trucks moved 58.5% of North America’s cross-border freight in July

Trucks moved US$33.5 billion in freight across the Canada-U.S. border in July, adding to the $44 billion that crossed between the U.S. and Mexico. That was collectively 12.9% higher than…

Mack sees continued strength in truck market, despite economic headwinds

Whatever the general economy has in store, truck manufacturers aren’t likely to feel the full brunt of any slowdown. While truck manufacturing activity traditionally has mirrored the broader economy, the…

Truckstop makes executive appointments

Truckstop – a freight marketplace – has announced three appointments within its executive ranks. Julia Laurin becomes chief product officer and Catherine Saul will be senior vice-president of strategy and…

Kaide X Transportation sold to Power Link Expedite

Power Link Expedite – a same-day courier and expedited company based in Milton, Ont. – has acquired Burlington-based Kaide X Transportation Services, which offers truckload, LTL and warehousing services. Through…