N.A. Class 8 net orders up for seventh consecutive month

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Class 8 commercial vehicles net orders for the North American markets totalled 28,900 units (not SA) in March, more than 4,800 units higher than February, according to a report from ACT Research Company.

Truckers with prior crashes, convictions 50% more likely to crash again: study

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Truck drivers with prior crashes, violations and convictions are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash those with clean driving records, according to a recently released report from the American...

CITT Toronto Area Council expands eastwards with satellite council

TORONTO, Ont. -- The CITT Toronto Area Council (TAC) has formed another new satellite council east of Toronto.

Trucking Safety Council of B.C. elects 2011 board

LANGLEY, B.C. -- The Trucking Safety Council of B.C. has elected its new board of directors. The 2011 board was elected during the group's Annual General Meeting and Management Safety Conference.

Sgt. Rob Ruiters steps down as leader of Pipeline/Convoy program

REGINA, Sask. -- Sgt. Rob Ruiters, the highly respected and affable RCMP officer who led Operation Pipeline/Convoy, has stepped down from his longtime position as coordinator of the national program.

Decline in truck-related crashes quashes need for HoS changes: ATA

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations has once again called on the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to abandon their proposed changes to the Hours-of-Service rules following the...

Trucking safety reaches record levels in 2009

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The rate of truck-involved fatalities on US highways fell to 1.17 per 100 million miles in 2009 - making that year the trucking industry's safest since the federal government began keeping track in 1975, according to reports.

COMPETITION WATCH: Hub Group acquires Exel Transportation Services

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Freight transportation management giant Hub Group has purchased Exel Transportation Services (ETS) for $83 million, before post closing adjustments. Exel is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hub Group, operating...

OTA applauds MTO review to allow longer tractors

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says it is pleased the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is set to begin reviewing whether to permit motor carriers to use longer tractors in combination with single semi-trailers.

MTO, Hamilton Police team up to create safer roads

HAMILTON, Ont. -- The Ontario Ministry of Transportation truck enforcement unit has joined forces with Hamilton Police to work towards creating safer roads with the launch of Operation Slo-Mo.

COMPETITION WATCH: Bison to acquire Britton Transport

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Bison Transport is set to acquire Grand Forks, N.D.-based Britton Transport. Britton is an asset-based and non-asset-based transport provider providing van, flat bed, step deck and bulk hopper truckload services primarily in...

Saint John Harbour Bridge tolls removed

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The Saint John Harbour Bridge officially became toll-free Apr. 1, and it was no April Fools Joke.

Trucks For Change Network welcomes OTA as member

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has become the first trade association to become a charter member of the newly formed Trucks For Change Network, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the...

#MATS: Goodyear crowns 2010 Highway Hero winner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As if something straight from a Hollywood movie, the story behind this year's Goodyear North America Highway Hero award included the winner pulling an unconscious driver from his car seconds before it was struck by an...

N.A. surface trade surges nearly 20% in January

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Trade using surface transportation between Canada, the US and Mexico was 19.5% higher in January 2011 than in January 2010, reaching $67.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US...