Spot market freight steady in August: TransCore

TORONTO, Ont. -- Spot market freight shipments both within Canada and cross-border remained steady in August with an increase of 1% from July, according to the latest results from TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index. However,...

Purolator receives first Remote Diagnostics-equipped Volvo trucks

TORONTO, Ont. -- Purolator has received the first Remote Diagnostics-equipped Volvo trucks as part of its recent order for 80 Volvo VNL 300 daycabs. Each tractor features a Volvo D13 engine and I-Shift automated manual transmission. Over the...

Aerofficient wins new product award for its Slider side-fairing

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aerofficient has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2012 North American Trailer Aerodynamics New Product Innovation Award for the Aerofficient Slider, a side-fairing product that automatically expands and contracts...

New college program to combine in-truck training, logistics education

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The Ontario Truck Training Academy (OTTA) has partnered with triOS College Business Technology Healthcare to create a new truck training program in the province: the Professional Transport Operator program. The program...

AMTA hunting for top truckers to join Road Knights team

CALGARY, Alta. -- The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) has kicked off its search for the province’s finest professional truck drivers to serve as industry ambassadors. AMTA is assembling its 2013-2014 Road Knights Team, a group...

Freightliner celebrates production of 500,000th vehicle at N.C. plant

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C -- Freightliner Trucks is celebrating the production of its 500,000th vehicle at its Mount Holly, N.C. plant. The keys to the 500,000th truck – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 with a utility body – were turned...

Natural gas conference for transportation industry coming this fall

HOUSTON, Texas -- In an effort to address the both the benefits and challenges of mass adoption of natural gas by fleets in the transportation industry, American Business Conferences will be hosting the Natural Gas Fleet Vehicles North American...

North American spot market surges 8.4% year-over-year in August

PORTLAND, Ore. -- TransCore’s DAT North American Freight Index outpaced August 2011 volume by 8.4%, marking the sixth time in 2012 volume has exceeded prior year levels. Freight volume on the spot market, month-over-month,...

Team Ontario driver, team take top spots at national driving championship

MONCTON, N.B. -- Home Hardware driver Shawn Matheson has been named Grand Champion at the 2012 National Professional Truck Driving Championships. Representing Team Ontario, Matheson joined 33 of Canada’s top truckers from across the...

US truckload driver turnover surges in second quarter: ATA report

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The annualized turnover rate for US-based linehaul truckload fleets of all sizes surged in the second quarter with turnover at large fleets breaking the 100% barrier for the first time in more than four years, according to the...

OTA seeking fresh batch of Road Knights

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is once again searching for nominations for its revered Road Knights Team, a collection of some of the “best and brightest” drivers in the province charged with represent the...

Day & Ross introduces newly formed Supply Chain Solutions division

HARTLAND, NB -- Day & Ross Transportation Group has created a new division, Day & Ross Supply Chain Solutions.

ATA urging Texas to reduce ‘excessive’ speed limit on state highway

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations is urging the Texas Transportation Commission to reverse its decision to allow vehicles to travel 85 miles per hour on a privately-managed stretch of State Highway 130 linking Austin and San...

Carrier optimism waning in third quarter: OTA survey

TORONTO, Ont. -- The level of optimism about the economy is softening, according to the latest quarterly survey of trucking companies conducted by the Ontario Trucking Association. The association’s third-quarter survey showed that while...

FedEx volunteers to roll up sleeves for weeklong community cleanup

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- More than 350 FedEx volunteers will be organizing cleanup drives in 26 communities across Canada this week in conjunction with the eighth annual FedEx Cares Week. More than 4,000 FedEx volunteers worldwide will take part in...