Cummins Eastern Canada promotes Banitsiotis

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cummins Eastern Canada has expanded the role of industrial sales manager Michael Banitsiotis to include the automotive and military sales groups.

Should government do more to encourage uptake of natural gas in trucking?

TORONTO, Ont. -- Government has an important role to play in establishing natural gas as a viable transportation fuel, including resisting the urge to slap a road tax on the clean-burning fuel.

Government official says little about feds’ plans for natural gas taxation

TORONTO, Ont. -- Frank Des Rosiers, an assistant deputy minister with Natural Resources Canada, spoke at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Canada conference today, to provide a federal government perspective on the use of...

GE, Chelsea Natural Gas partner to make CNG more widely available in Canada

TORONTO, Ont. -- GE Oil and Gas has announced Chelsea Natural Gas has purchased 20 of its CNG In a Box fuelling systems, to make compressed natural gas more widely available to Canadian fleets.

FleetSmart’s third Mark Dalton novel is now On Ice

Mark Dalton rides again in “On Ice”, the third and final full-length novel which is now available free from Natural Resources Canada's FleetSmart program  Mark Dalton is the trucker-private detective character created by author...

What should you expect in 2014? Find out at the Surface Transportation Summit

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Economic experts are calling 2010 – 2020 the Low Growth Decade. Chronically high unemployment in the United States, slowing growth in a number of other countries, an aging infrastructure and a lack of business...

Rosenau Transport donates tractor-trailer to AMTA

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Rosenau Transport has donated a tractor-trailer to the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA), which will recognize the association’s biggest boosters and assist with training initiatives.

Clarke Inc. ups stake in Vitran

HALIFAX, N.S. -- There continues to be lots of interest surrounding Vitran, since it shed its US operations earlier this month.

Retail Supply Chains: What are the trends that will drive them?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The retail sector is going through profound changes in Canada. There have been a number of recently announced high profile mergers and acquisitions (Loblaw purchases Shoppers Drug Mart; Sobey's buys Canada Safeway, Hudson's...

Canadian spot market down slightly in August

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canadian spot market freight availability took a small step back in August, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics.

Armour strengthens Newfoundland presence with RJS acquisition

MONCTON, N.B. -- Armour Transportation Systems announced today it has completed the purchase of RJS Terminal, which will increase its coverage in Newfoundland.

Industry analysts see value in TransForce’s proposed takeover of Vitran

TORONTO, Ont. -- Industry analysts seem to agree that TransForce’s offer to buy Vitran’s Canadian operations for US$4.50 per share would be a good deal for Canada’s largest LTL carrier.

Volvo adds two Canadian leasing locations

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Volvo Trucks has added two new Canadian leasing locations.

TransForce makes bid for Vitran’s Canadian operations

MONTREAL, Que. -- TransForce has made a bid for Vitran, proposing a takeover at $4.50 per share.

The Guarantee Company launches transportation insurance division

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Guarantee Company of North America has launched its new transportation insurance division, Guarantee Transportation Solution (GTS).