Mack Trucks gives business update, provides details on new DME-fuelled trucks

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Despite the soft market, there are plenty of positives surrounding Mack Trucks this year. That was the message executives of Mack Trucks gave to trucking journalists…

Mullen Group positioning for oil and gas recovery

OKOTOKS, Alta. — The time has come to start preparing for a recovery in the oil and gas segment and to position Mullen Group for growth. That was a message…

Mullen Group grows profits despite “pretty deep recession” in Alberta

OKOTOKS, Alta. — Mullen Group posted second quarter earnings that exceeded analyst expectations, even on shrinking trucking revenues. Total revenue came in at $247 million, down 13.3% from last year’s…

Unified Registration System rollout delayed three months

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is delaying the rollout of a simplified online registration system until January 14, 2017, adding three months to an original September 30 deadline.

Lester named Volvo’s senior vice president – sales

GREENSBORO, NC - Jeff Lester has been named Volvo Trucks North America's first senior vice president - sales, effective August 1.

Dana Holding Corporation being renamed Dana Incorporated

MAUMEE, OH - What's in a name? Something that reflects the way a company conducts business. So says Dana Holding Corporation, which plans to change its name to Dana Incorporated on August 1.

European truck makers fined billions for price fixing

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- The European Union is fining five truck makers nearly 3 billion euros (Cdn $4.3 billion) for acting as a cartel to fix prices of medium and heavy-duty trucks and time the introduction of technologies to comply with emissions rules. It's the highest fines ever imposed by the EU for a single cartel - twice the previous highest amount, imposed in 2012, according to Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's competition commissioner, in a statement. MAN (now owned by Volkswagen), Daimler, DAF (owned by Paccar), Iveco and Volvo/Renault -- which together account for around nine out of every 10 medium and heavy trucks sold in Europe -- had been working together for 14 years, from 1997 until the European Commission's investigation in 2011 put a stop to it.

Trailer orders declined in June

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Trailer net orders fell 10% in June, to 11,900 units, according to the latest figures from FTR. Orders were 56% off last June’s pace, marking the weakest…

Volvo names new senior v.p. of sales

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Trucks North America has named Jeff Lester its new senior vice-president of sales. Lester will take over the new role Aug. 1 and will lead the…

Shell to bring PC-11 oils to market early

New category a proposal no more, Shell says, as it launches CK-4 engine oils

US truck tonnage declined in June

ARLINGTON, Va. — US for-hire truck tonnage dropped 1.5% in June, but was 2.1% stronger year-over-year, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The decrease followed…

Home Hardware once again shines at Ontario championships

Shawn Matheson named Grand Champion after taking hotly contested tandem-tandem category

PMTC to host half-day conference in Nova Scotia

MILTON, Ont. —  The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) revealed the date of its next regional seminar today. The next seminar being jointly hosted by the PMTC and Trucking…

Natural gas truck sales improve

COLUMBUS, Ind. – US and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck sales improved in May after a slow start to 2016, according to a recent report from ACT Research. The report…

Transporters bring the thunder to Honda Indy

TORONTO, ON - On the NASCAR circuit, support trucks are known as "haulers". Maybe because the term just rolls off the tongue with a southern accent. ("We haul, y'all.") But among INDYCAR teams, the tractor-trailers that move cars and equipment from one track to the next are known as transporters, and they're in Toronto for this weekend's Honda Indy.