California port strike heads to mediation

LOS ANGELES – There is finally a break in the clerical workers strike crippling the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with both sides agreeing this afternoon to federal mediation.

North America preliminary truck orders for November fall from October’s highs

COLUMBUS, IN --  North America heavy duty GVW Classes 5-7 preliminary net orders for November returned to prevailing trend levels, while Class 8 orders fell from October’s “best since January” volume, according to...

Walmart’s supercube gets warmer reception after permit conditions revised

TORONTO, Ont. -- Walmart Canada’s controversial ‘supercube’ configuration, consisting of a cabover tractor with dromedary box pulling a 60.5-ft. drop-deck semi-trailer will operate under revised permit conditions that reflect...

Business calls for government intervention in California port strike

LOS ANGELES – As the clerical workers strike crippling the twin ports of Long Angeles and Long Beach enters its eighth day Tuesday with the union continuing to resist calls to take the dispute into mediation, there is growing business...

Hino Canada donates truck to Mohawk College

WOODSTOCK, Ont. -- Hino Motors Canada has donated a 2012 Hino 195 truck to Mohawk College’s Stoney Creek campus for educational purposes. In attendance at last Thursday's donation ceremony was Woodstock Mayor Pat Sobeski; Shuichi Kaneko,...

Talks resume on Sunday but strike still crippling ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Contract talks between striking clerical workers and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach resumed on Sunday but the labor action continues to cripple these two ports critical to the North American supply chain.

Wakefield Canada wins two workplace-oriented awards

TORONTO, Ont. -- Wakefield Canada has won two recent awards for its corporate culture and human resources practices.

TTC elects executive committee for 2013, has Grapes for dinner

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Toronto Transportation Club held its 99th annual general meeting yesterday at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, followed by its annual dinner which featured live entertainment from Canadian hockey icon, Don Cherry. More...

Penske retrofitting 5,000 trucks with LED headlights

READING, Pa. -- Penske Truck Leasing is retrofitting 5,000 of its 2012 and 2013 semi-tractors currently within its commercial truck rental fleet with new LED headlights from Truck-Lite. Penske officials say the company is the first and only...

Fontaine reopening Ohio truck modification centre

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Fontaine Modification is reopening its truck modification centre in Springfield, Ohio. The facility provides post-production modifications on Navistar on-highway and vocational trucks for dealers and fleets across North...

LEADERS: Bison’s Don Streuber on safety, shippers and success

Q: Bison once again, for the fifth time, was named the grand prize winner of the TCA’s National Safety Awards. It’s a considerable accomplishment considering the US fleets you are up against. What accounts for Bison’s...

Prime Inc.’s Robert Low on why driver health must be a priority

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The only safe driver is a healthy driver. That’s the mantra of Prime Inc. president and founder Rob Low, who spoke at the most recent Driving for Profit seminar.

Freightliner to showcase new natural gas-powered Cascadia on N.A. tour

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Freightliner Trucks is now offering a customer demonstrator program for its all-new Cascadia 113 natural gas day cab. Five demonstrator tractors will be available to allow customers in Canada and the US to have direct access...

Surface transportation volume drops for first time in nearly three years

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Trade using surface transportation between Canada, the US and Mexico, was 0.1% lower in September than in September 2011, totaling $77.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US...

Cost of ground transportation steady in September: CGFI

TORONTO, Ont. -- The cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by 0.03 % in September when compared with August results, according to the latest report from the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI).