Health & Safety Bendix’s electronic parking brakes look to eliminate rollaways September 6, 2018 ELYRIA, Ohio — The age-old red and yellow push/pull knobs used to activate and deactivate truck and trailer parking brakes may soon be a thing of the past, replaced with…
Transportation Healthy Trucker now accepting new teams for Healthy Fleet Challenge August 9, 2018 LONDON, Ont. — Healthy Trucker has announced they are now accepting new teams for the third leg of the Healthy Fleet Challenge, starting September 1. This is the final leg…
Equipment Research points to hydrogen electric trucks as best option for the future July 25, 2018 CALGARY, Alta. – A research group from the University of Calgary believes the future of freight in Alberta will be heavily reliant on the use of hydrogen fuel cell electric…
Transportation Crash spike leads to call for vigilance July 12, 2018 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Ontario’s Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) is calling on drivers and employers to be “more vigilant” in the wake of an increase in fatal collisions involving…
Transportation OTA reveals details of its Council Summit event April 26, 2018 TORONTO, Ont. — The Ontario Trucking Association has revealed details for its third annual Council Summit, scheduled for June 22. Among the concurrent sessions will be OTA’s Compliance and Freight…
Business Management GINCOR and Schmitz partner to bring new trailer to Canada April 16, 2018 Mattawa, Ont. – GINCOR Truck and Trailer Werx is partnering with Schmitz Cargobull to bring the company’s temperature control technology to the Canadian market. GINCOR President and CEO Luc Stang…
Transportation Next Healthy Fleet Challenge starts May 1 April 9, 2018 LONDON, Ont. — The next Healthy Fleet Challenge is scheduled to start on May 1. The challenge will run until June 30, and will take place in the Healthy Team…
Transportation Winners of the 2018 Healthy Fleet Challenge revealed March 9, 2018 LONDON, Ont. — During January and February, participants from across the trucking industry took place in a challenge by Healthy Trucker to help them reach their health and wellness goals —…
Business Management Navistar posts Q1 loss, predicts “breakout year” March 8, 2018 LISLE, Ill. – Navistar reported a net loss of US$73 million in the first quarter, but raised its full year 2018 guidance and grew its revenue 15% to $1.9 billion…
Business Management ATRI lists Top 10 issues facing trucking February 27, 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Everyone has issues they have to deal with, and the trucking industry has its fair share, with the much chagrined driver shortage coming in at the top…
Transportation New TDG wording replaces summons with tickets February 26, 2018 OTTAWA, Ont. – Transport Canada introduced a series of “short form wordings” to be used when enforcing Dangerous Goods offences, which allows tickets to be issued rather than a court…
Transportation Canadian driver named finalist for Goodyear Highway Hero award February 20, 2018 AKRON, Ohio – A Canadian has been named one of three finalists in the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Highway Hero Award. The award is celebrating its 35th anniversary on…
Mobile and IT Celadon Group releases enhanced tracking platform February 15, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS, IND – Celadon Group is calling on users of its load-tracking platform CelaTrac to test its latest update. The online real time shipment-tracking platform began open beta-testing this week…
Business Management Jobs dip in month-to-month in January February 14, 2018 OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian trucking industry saw a dip in jobs in January according to statistics Canada. The agency released job numbers for the first month of the year…
Transportation Transportation, warehousing jobs decline February 9, 2018 OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s transportation and warehousing sector lost 5,900 jobs in January – down 0.6% overall — but still counted 40,700 more jobs than January 2017, Statistics Canada reports.
