Love’s opens Holiday Inn Express in Brigham City, Utah
The hotel features an indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour laundry center and more. Truckers can receive a 20 percent discount at the hotel by showing their CDL.
Love’s opens Holiday Inn Express in Brigham City, Utah
The hotel features an indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour laundry center and more. Truckers can receive a 20 percent discount at the hotel by showing their CDL.
Sharp as a tack
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Getting fired could possibly be the best thing that ever happened to Shawn Baird, career-wise. Because had his great uncle not fired him, Baird’s own successful business – Sharp Transportation Systems – might never have been conceived. Like…
New ‘Defense’ System Addresses Defensive Driver Training
While the concept of defensive driving has been around for 50 years, in-cab driver training company Instructional Technologies Inc., makers of Pro-Tread, have developed an update to apply the concept to modern roads, trucks and drivers.
Canada’s Most Wanted – Part 1
Mark was driving north on Hwy. 400 in Ontario on his way to delivering a trailer load of dry goods to a distributor in Sudbury when his cell phone rang. He’d been playing around with ringtones the past few weeks…
Polaris breaks ground on new facility
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Polaris Transportation Group (PTG) announced today that they have started construction on the expansion of their Canadian head office facility in Mississauga, Ont. The additional office, cross dock and warehousing capacity is being created to meet…
Linxup ELD self-certified
Linxup ELDs are dedicated-unit devices that serve to allow drivers to keep track of hours of service (HOS) compliance, provide quick access to reports for roadside inspections and alert drivers and fleet managers of critical violations.
SmartDrive multi-cam video platform to detect fatigue/distraction
SmartDrive’s new SmartSense for Distracted Driving program, available in Q1 2018, employs video/processing power to detect “distraction, inattention or drowsiness.” When the system does, it “triggers a video, which is prioritized and offloaded for imme…
PMTC, CPC Logistics add new dispatcher of the year award
MILTON, Ont. — The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada and CPC Logistics Canada have added a new award to to be presented at its 2018 conference. This new award is designed to help recognize the exceptional and often under-appreciated…
Trucking ‘Legends’ Offer Insight Into Surviving ‘Disruption’
Trucking may be facing a level of “disruption” not seen since trucking deregulation in 1980, said four “trucking legends” who went through it – but basic business concepts and treating drivers right will likely help trucking companies survive, according to a panel discussion at the American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition.