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FMCSA issues emergency declaration ahead of Alberto
GULF SHORES, Fla. – While most of the United States is observing Memorial Day, Gulf Coast states are bracing for an early start to hurricane season. Although Alberto has been rated a subtropical storm, falling short of the hurricane designation,…
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Big opportunities await carriers: FTR
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trucking conditions in the U.S. spiked in October, with a reading of 9.48, up from 3.5 in September. FTR’s Trucking Condition Index (TCI) rose on a strong economy, along with pressure from hurricane recovery efforts and the…
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U.S. trucking conditions improving: FTR
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trucking conditions in the U.S. improved in September, according to the FTR Trucking Conditions Index, which measures several metrics affecting the trucking industry. The index climbed to a reading of 3.5, up more than two points from…
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Run on Less trucks hit average of 10.1 mpg during 17-day demonstration
ATLANTA, Ga. – Drivers in the Run on Less demonstration exceeded all expectations and hit an average of 10.1 mpg during the 17-day project. The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) made the announcement on September 24 at the…
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Hurricanes estimated to cost U.S. GDP .5%
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will likely end up costing the U.S. GDP close to 0.5% in the third quarters, estimates FTR’s Noel Perry. Although it’s too early to collect any data from this second major hurricane in…
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Daimler donates $1 million for Hurricane Harvey relief
STUTTGART, Germany – In a joint effort Daimler AG’s US based subsidiaries Mercedes-Benz USA, Mercedes-Benz US International, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services and Daimler Trucks North America have donated $1 million total to the distressed population coping Hurricane Harvey. The donation will…
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Hurricane Harvey to disrupt nearly 10% of U.S. trucking
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Hurricane Harvey has and will impact the trucking industry in the U.S. in a big way, FTR reported today. FTR has quantified preliminary numbers, gauging the impact in the overall trucking market. Hurricane Harvey’s broad swath across…
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Talking to Canada’s leading (trucking) ladies
TORONTO, Ont. – Trucking HR Canada’s second annual Women with Drive Leadership Summit that took place on March 3, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport Hotel saw record numbers in attendance, Hurricane Hazel McCallion as its opening speaker, and…
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Hazel McCallion to be a speaker at upcoming Women with Drive summit
OTTAWA, Ont. – Trucking HR Canada revealed today that former Mississauga mayor, Hazel McCallion, will be the breakfast speaker during the second annual Women with Drive summit. The summit is slotted for March 3, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza –…
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Mercedes-Benz debuts 4×4 Sprinter, crosswind assist
Seemingly emboldened by the arrival of new European-inspired cargo vans, the Mercedes Sprinter has been loaded up with new features and options
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Mark gets well soon
He’d felt the first tickle in his throat back in Saskatoon. He’d thought nothing of it then, just coughed a couple of times, sucked on a Halls and stopped for a tea at the first Timmies he saw. But the tickle had grown into a…
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Routing Into The Future
TORONTO, Ont. – Who’d have thought that ants could contribute anything to reducing the cost of commercial trucking? Researchers studying swarm intelligence believe they are able to do just that.
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Calming Stormy Waters
SYDNEY, N. S. – “Horrendous summer,’ ‘inexcusable,’ ‘unacceptable.’ The language carriers are using to describe Marine Atlantic’s service between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland would warm Captain Hook’s…
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Truckers earn long-overdue respect
It seems that truckers may finally get the respect they deserve. Unfortunately, there are those that feel a catastrophic event must occur before it happens. The Toronto Star carried an article on Oct….
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‘Not sure anyone knows if we’ve bottomed out’: ATA chairman
NEW ORLEANS, La. – For a former politician, Bill Graves, chairman and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, was uncharacteristically undiplomatic in his state of the industry address here recentl…
