Natural gas transition needs funding plan, OTA report outlines
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has released a report – Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel for Canadian Truck Fleets: A Roadmap Toward Implementation – to assist the provincial government in the design of a heavy truck…
CTA pre-budget submission focuses on reducing GHGs
TORNTO, Ont. — The Canadian Trucking Alliance went green in its federal pre-budget submission. In the submission, CTA outlined how the environment is a clear priority for the industry, which is currently engaged in preparing for mandates aimed at reducing GHGs…
November Class 8 orders rebound: ACT Research
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Class 8 net orders increased significantly in November according to ACT Research. November new orders totaled 21,108 units, with the net at 19,440 units. “In addition to rising 40% from October, November marked the first positive y/y…
ATA Truck Tonnage Index posts 8% gain in November
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped up 8.2% in November, after a 0.3% drop during October. In November, the index equaled 142.4 up from 131.6 in October. The all-time high was 144 in February.…
Solving for Empathy in Tech
The first is written on blackboards on the first day of coding bootcamps: understand your users. The academics scream it from the rooftops of the design school at Stanford.
Canadore College graduates truck and coach apprenticeship students
NORTH BAY, Ont. – The first ever graduating class of Canadore College’s pre-apprenticeship truck and coach technician program celebrated its graduation this month. The program was a product of Canadore College’s proposal to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills…
Is the company newsletter dead?
If your company produces an employee newsletter, you may be wondering if it’s time to examine its usefulness. Don’t hold a funeral just yet for this workhorse. The company newsletter is far from dead, but it has evolved. With galloping…
East Offers New Hendrickson Trailer Air Disc Brake Option
East Manufacturing will be offering the Hendrickson MAXX22T Trailer Air Disc Brake with Dura-Light Hub as the preferred air disc brake package option for all of its trailers, the company has announced. The MAXX22T with Dura-Light Hub is an average 20 p…
Berlin police treating death-drive by Pakistan-born trucker as terror attack
The truck crashed into people gathered around wooden huts serving mulled wine and sausages at the foot of the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, which was left as a ruin after World War II, in the heart of former West Berlin on Monday evening. “Our invest…
Kung fu truck driver flying kicks phone thief off moped in China
Crushed and covered in blood: Scenes of devastation amid the crumpled stalls of the Berlin Christmas market immediately after ‘terror attack’ Trump says terrorists ‘must be eradicated from the face of the earth’ after 12 die and 48 are hurt when lorry ploughs into Berlin market ‘Refugee’ believed to have hijacked Polish lorry and killed the driver after police confirm man found dead in the cab of stolen truck was from Poland ‘People were tearing off wooden panels to get out’: Witness describes the moment a truck plowed into a Berlin Christmas market Gunman opens fire in front of the US embassy in Turkish capital of Ankara just hours after Russian ambassador was shot dead in the same city Obama plays it cool on the golf course as a wave of terror spread across Europe from Berlin to Turkey Obama pardons 78 felons and commutes 153 more as White House boasts of ‘greatest number of individual … (more)