CTA looks for similar oversight in Canada as in US to reduce emission control tampering
TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has called on the federal government to broaden its oversight powers under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) to prevent tampering of mandatory emissions control devices in heavy trucks. Pointing to oversight…
Healthy Truck, Morneau Shepell launches new driver assistance program
Healthy Trucker, in partnership with Morneau Shepell, will be launching the first assistance program for professional truck drivers called the Healthy Trucker Assistance Program . This new assistance program will help fleets decrease traffic incidents …
Healthy Truck, Morneau Shepell launches new driver assistance program
LONDON, Ont. — Healthy Trucker, in partnership with Morneau Shepell, will be launching the first assistance program for professional truck drivers called the Healthy Trucker Assistance Program (HTAP). This new assistance program will help fleets decrease traffic incidents and driver…
Trump Picks Chao to Head DOT
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 29 that he will nominate Elaine Chao to serve as Secretary of Transportation. No stranger to the Executive Branch, Chao served as secretary of labor throughout President George W. Bush’s two terms and as deputy secretary of transportation under President George H.W. Bush.
Truck Driver Pleads Guilty To Vehicular Homicide Following Tracy Morgan Crash
The trucker responsible for comedian Tracy Morgan’s injuries and the death of his friend following a 2014 crash has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and four counts of aggravated assault. Walmart driver Kevin Roper reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel and drove his vehicle into a limousine carrying Morgan and the late James McNair in New Jersey.
Professional Truck Driver Institute Breaks From TCA
The board of directors of the Professional Truck Driver Institute has voted to move the organization’s headquarters to Denver, Colorado. There it will be managed by Leading Associations, the company that manages the North American Transportation Management Institute, a certification and training organization for a number of non-driving truck and bus positions.
Alliance grows its fan clutch and clutch product lines
PORTLAND, Ore. – Alliance Truck Parts has ‘significantly expanded’ its fan clutch and clutch product lines, with the fan clutch line now featuring more than 2,000 part numbers and the clutch line offering over 300. “Our customers have been looking…
Police hunt for Britain’s angriest truck driver who was caught on CCTV
Astonishing footage has emerged of a van driver grappling with a trucker, reversing his van into him and then smashing his victim’s window with a shovel. The road rage attack happened when two men in a lorry were set upon by a man in a smaller pick-up truck on the M62 near Eccles, Greater Manchester earlier this month.
Waldeck assumes new role with Daimler Truck Financial
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Tobias Waldeck has been named vice-president of sales, marketing and remarketing for Daimler Truck Financial’s US market. Waldeck’s appointment is an effort to add to Daimler’s leadership team in support of the company’s business priorities and…
Richmond first city to achieve E3 Fleet’s platinum rating for fleet management
VANCOUVER, B.C. – E3 Fleet has awarded the City of Richmond with the first platinum rating for its excellence in fleet management and environmental performance. “An E3 fleet platinum rating is the highest mark of achievement for fleet management in…