Special trailers deliver Wounded Warriors message
WHITBY, Ont. – Total Transportation Solutions is pulling two eye-catching trailers around Canada and the U.S., to highlight the work of Wounded Warriors Canada. The organization supports Canada’s ill and injured armed forces members, veterans, first re…
Economic Watch: Industrial Production, New Homes, Retail Sales Move Higher
The latest numbers about the health of the U.S. economy showed continued growth when it comes to industrial production, housing starts, and retail sales, indicating increasing energy for the first part of the second quarter.
Driver had front row seat to Houston’s hurricane flooding last year
C.R. England driver Shanna Price may live in Dallas now but she hasn’t forgotten her hometown roots in Houston. Her dedicated route regularly sends her back that way, which meant Price had a front row seat during Hurricane Harvey that flooded Hou…
FMCSA updates CSA SMS with new ELD violations, releases severity weights
Several middle-severity weightings have been assigned to some ELD violations for CSA SMS rating purposes, though most come with very low weights. New variations of the 395.8(a) violation now distinguish between carriers required, or not, to have an ELD…
STA raising funds for first responders
REGINA, Sask. – The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) plan to launch a national fundraising effort for first responders in the wake of the recent tragedy involving the Humboldt Broncos bus. “They are the men and women who are at the…
Driving the new Sprinter
The new Sprinter is safe to operate, fully connected, and highly versatile
Charles Adams’ 2006 Peterbilt 379 EXHD
The rig sports a 625-hp Cat C15 with an Eaton 18-speed and Spicer 3:36 rears. He has had the cab lights and horns shaved down and replaced with nine small LEDs and train horns mounted underneath the truck.
Contracting US truck shippers urged to seek ‘mutually assured’ capacity
Several pricing indices and surveys show US contract truckload rates at the start of the spring peak season moving up in the high single-digit percentage range, for the most part, while spot market transactional truck rates remain about 30 perc…
US truck shippers urged to seek ‘mutually assured’ capacity in contracts
Several pricing indices and surveys show US contract truckload rates at the start of the spring peak season moving up in the high single-digit percentage range, for the most part, while spot market transactional truck rates remain about 30 perc…
Wabco to move into new North American HQ
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Wabco Holdings has announced it’s moving its Americas headquarters to Auburn Hills, Mich. The new 102,000 sq.-ft. facility is under construction and will open in the third quarte of this year. Wabco says the investment underscores…