TruckersReport.com passes 1 million hits a month
The popular online forum and trucking jobs information site TruckersReport.com recently passed a milestone of 1,00,000 monthly hits.
Vipar Heavy Duty, Meritor Establish Long-Term Alliance
Vipar Heavy Duty and Meritor announced a new long-term agreement to offer Meritor’s products through the Vipar Heavy Duty network and its family of companies.
Details of Onatrio’s Green Commercial Vehicle Program revealed
TORONTO, Ont. — The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has revealed details of the Green Commercial Vehicle Program (GCVP) today. The GCVP was announced under the Ontario Climate Change Action plan in 2016, which promised up to $270 million in funding…
Flatbed rates hit multi-year high in August as van, reefer slump pre-Harvey
The effects have Hurricane Harvey have pressed van and reefer rates higher to start September, but the two segments both saw declines overall in August from July, according to monthly rate data provided to Overdrive by Truckstop.com. Flatbed, meanwhile, hit its highest average in nearly three years in August, according to Truckstop.com’s data.
The Goldilocks of trucking
CORNWALL, Ont. — According to its general manager, Villeneuve Tank Lines found much of its success by what is known as the Goldilocks principle. A lot of it has to do with its size, Kevin Ceaser said, it’s not too big,…
Cybersecurity: Tips for greater peace of mind
Anyone plugging a device into the onboard diagnostics port, particularly an ELD that will open up a connection between the truck’s computer and the internet, would do well to follow these practices.
ELD makers’ controls for data security
Suppliers restrict their electronic logging device applications from sharing data with other applications on the device as a safeguard against potential security breaches in those applications, among other efforts.
Hacking trucks: Cybersecurity and the ELD mandate
With hundreds of thousands of big rigs about to tack on internet-connected ELDs, some people see a major security threat.
Dalton has a breakdown – Part 3
The story so far… Mark is transporting a load of high-end farm tractors to P.E.I. and has a major breakdown at the junction of Hwys. 400 and 401. He gets off the highway and pulls onto a side street, only…
Next-generation owner-operator Ethan Madden on the 1984 Peterbilt 359 custom rig he’s spent his teens on
Video: catch a variety of views on 17-year-old Ethan Madden’s custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, a truck that’s passed now through three generations of Texas Maddens to score a second in its Antique class at the GATS Pride & Polish a couple weeks back.