Women with Drive announces speaker line-up, additional tickets

Trucking HR Canada’s annual Women with Drive Leadership Summit will take place next week, on March 7 at the Toronto Westin Airport Hotel. The 10th annual summit “will not disappoint,”…

BCTA event showcases urgency of embracing sustainable solutions

Trucking industry members attending a recent zero-emission transport conference focused on the urgency of embracing sustainable technologies and highlighted opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in the transition to zero-emission…

AMTA appoints Harper as president

The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) board of directors appointed Robert Harper as president of the association. He will assume the role on Feb. 27. Robert Harper (Photo: AMTA)…

Transport ministers to examine safety certificate model for unsafe carriers

Canada’s Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety came together last week in Montreal to discuss key safety issues, including those affecting the commercial trucking sector. Discussions focused…

Hexagon Agility preparing for higher natural gas truck demand

Hexagon Agility says it has been installing compressed natural gas and renewable natural gas fuel systems on Class 8 pilot trucks running Cummins’ new X15N natural gas engine. The orders…

Evans Wholesale purchases Harold North Trucking

Chatham, Ont.-based Evans Wholesale has announced its acquisition of Harold North Trucking. Harold North was founded in 1972 and has been run for the last 25 years by brothers Tim…

Trucking Announcements: Hockey helps stock foodbanks, Trimble hires director

Each week, TruckNews.com lists notable moves, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, TransPro completed its first charitable move for the Trucks for Change network while Wellington Group of Companies…

CTA submits federal budget wish list

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has submitted a wish list to the federal government as it prepares its budget. Specific asks include: cracking down on Driver Inc.; extending the accelerated…

New Peterbilt configurations for auto-haulers

Peterbilt has produced two new configurations for car carriers. The Model 567 UltraLow Roof Day Cab and Model 589 UltraLow Roof 58-inch sleeper are now available…

Economic Trucking Trends: Trailer orders plummet as truck tonnage snaps ‘back to reality’

A recovery in the freight markets may have experienced a hiccup according to the latest data to come across our Inboxes. U.S. for-hire truck tonnage fell sharply in January, throwing…

‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer suing Ottawa for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts

A main organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest…

Link ramps now lighter weight, easier to handle

Link Mfg. has redesigned its LB20 family of loading ramps, making it lighter weight, easier to deploy, and reducing its stowed profile while increasing bumper clearance.

Optronics expands line of compliant blackout lights

Optronics International has come out with new smoke-lens Thinline STL59SRSHB Series 9-LED and STL87SRSHB Series 11-LED surface-mount, stop/turn/tail lamps. These join what it claims to be…

Nikola trims losses, looks to ramp up production

Nikola Corp. pared losses in the fourth quarter and ramped up deliveries of its zero-emission trucks. The company delivered 35 hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric trucks in the fourth quarter. It said in an…

Free webinar on incident response management

Trucking is one of the few industries that shares its workplace with the public, and as such, risks being involved in an emergency such as a serious motor vehicle collision.