MTA elects new executive committee, board of directors for 2013-2014 term

WINNIPEG. Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association elected its Board of Directors and Executive at its Annual General Meeting today.

We need to see the big picture and act now on driver shortage, Blagden tells MTA

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The province’s trucking industry is heading towards a “crisis in the very near future” as a result of the shortage of new people entering the industry, according to Norman Blagden, president of the Manitoba...

Spending on infrastructure must be a priority, MTA told

MANITOBA, Ont. – Gas Tax Fund money, which amounts to an about $2 billion per year source of funding for municipalities, should be used for core infrastructure work such as roads, bridges and sewers and not squandered on sexier projects,...

Fletcher, Ashton call for simpler more harmonized trucking regulations

WINNIPEG, Man. – Canada’s transport regulations are under review and the person in charge of overseeing that review, minister of state for transport Steven Fletcher, would like to see fewer of them in the future.

Mack to feature information-storing QR codes on all new trucks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Mack has announced that all its new trucks will feature a unique QR code to speed service response times and improve customer uptime. QR codes, or quick response codes, are matrix bar codes that supply rapid retrieval of...

Motor carriers miffed over delay in ACI eManifest program implementation

OTTAWA, Ont. – Canadian motor carriers who have made the investment and put forward the effort to be early-adopters of Canada Border Service Agency’s ACI eManifest program are not pleased by the agency’s announced delay in...

Mergers and Acquisitions in transportation: How big are the opportunities?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Mergers and Acquisitions activity is expected to intensify in the transportation sector over the next several years. 

Navistar board appoints Troy Clarke as president, CEO

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar has appointed Troy A. Clarke as its president and CEO, effective April 15. Clarke, currently the company's president and chief operating officer, will also join the board of directors. At the same time, Lewis B....

US trucking titans unleash their wrath over pending HoS regulations

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A looming driver shortage, which could prove the “worst we’ve seen” is already manifesting in a significant drop of applicants for driving jobs and enrolments for driving schools, according to executives...

Tom Kretsinger, Jr., of American Central Transport, Inc., to lead TCA as 2013-2014 chairman

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has elected Tom Kretsinger, Jr., president of American Central Transport, Inc., Liberty, Missouri, as its 2013-2014 chairman.

Brian Kurtz Trucking and Bison Transport take grand prizes in TCA’s National Fleet Safety awards

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Canadian carriers pulled off a clean sweep of the top National Safety Awards presented at The Truckload Carriers Association conference.

CBSA extends eManifest informed compliance period for highway carriers

OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is extending the eManifest informed compliance period for highway carriers.

Gambling on the future a safe bet, US industry titans tell TCA

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Despite the uncertain political and economic environment, trucking executives should be excited about their industry’s short term future, according to the heads of three of the largest carriers in North America.

PeopleNet launches first-of-its-kind trailer-tracking solution

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- PeopleNet has introduced a first-of-its-kind trailer-tracking solution, with an onboard computing provider that requires no additional trailer hardware. PeopleNet made the announcement at the Truckload Carriers...

Utility Trailer releases new aerodynamic side skirt design

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. -- Utility Trailer has introduced a new aerodynamic side skirt design: its Utility Side Skirt 120A-4. The design is US EPA SmartWay-verified to achieve greater than 5% fuel savings and can be used in combination with...