Airport Rd. inspection blitz nets 40% failure rate

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Forty per cent of commercial vehicles inspected during a two-day blitz at the International Centre failed the inspection, Peel Regional Police have announced.

Drivers need to actively participate in the rulemaking process

We’re now into our sixth year since the amended Canadian hours-of-service regulations came into effect on Jan. 1, 2007. Remember those heady days? I remember being impressed by the sleep research that had been done leading up to those...

Talking ’bout the next generation

Can’t we all – as in motor carriers and shippers – just get along? Well, who says we can’t? In fact, despite popular folklore, many successful companies these days are pretty sophisticated in dealing with competing...

Get ready

Everybody remembers too well what trucking companies went through lately, specifically in 2008-2009. How many new enemies would I make by saying I feel strongly that the next wave of the economic slowdown is coming, and soon?

Schneider National introduces new trailer tracking technology

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National is installing new tracking technology across its fleet of van trailers and intermodal containers. The new technology from Qualcomm is designed to provide continuous, real-time information regarding the...

Mack showcases LNG-powered Pinnacle at alternative transport event

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Mack Trucks showcased its liquefied natural gas-powered Mack Pinnacle model during the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo today.

Penske orders 100 compressed natural gas tractors from Freightliner

READING, Pa. -- Penske Truck Leasing has ordered 100 compressed natural gas Freightliner Cascadia tractors equipped with Cummins Westport 12-litre engines. Officials say the natural gas tractors will be used by Penske’s full-service truck...

Shaw Tracking launches new Media Manager app

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Shaw Tracking has launched its Media Manager app, which can deliver multimedia content – including PDFs, audio and video – to drivers.

SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta fleets truck on; deliver help when possible

CALGARY, Alta. -- Summer came in like a lion – a sea lion – in southern Alberta this year, as record flooding caused by heavy rains wreaked havoc across the region, closing and/or washing out roads and causing what will undoubtedly...

Volvo wins telematics award for Remote Diagnostics

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Volvo Trucks has won a telematics award for its Remote Diagnostics program.

Bison Transport driver wins Manitoba Driver of the Year award

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association and Volvo Trucks Canada have named Bison Transport’s Mark Tricco as this year’s Manitoba Driver of the Year. Tricco was selected from a group of 12 Industry Excellence Award...

Manitoba crowns top truckers at provincial driving championships

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Thirty-two competitors were at Peterbilt Manitoba June 15 to take part in the annual Manitoba Professional Truck Driving Championship (PTDC). The competition included a written test, trip inspection station, and the driving...

ATA makes last-ditch attempt to postpone HoS rule changes

ARLINGTON, Va. -- In a last-ditch attempt to have the July 1 changes to US hours-of-service rules derailed, the American Trucking Associations’ today addressed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the potential costs...

ATRI study paints costly picture of US HoS changes

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A new report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) suggests impending changes to US hours-of-service rules will cost the trucking industry hundreds of millions of dollars.

Truckers protest idea to hike APHIS border inspection fee

OTTAWA, Ont.  – If you thought last year’s Perimeter Vision Action Plan agreed to by the United States and Canada might signal an end to the nickel and diming of cross-border commerce between the world’s two major...