Navistar Canada names new president
CHICAGO, Ill. — Navistar has named Roman Lewinsky as president, Navistar Canada and regional sales vice-president. Lewinsky joined Navistar in 1994 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing at the Chatham assembly plant in Garland and Mexico, used…
Hino Canada appoints new president
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Hino Motors Canada has named Yumiko Kawamura as the company’s new president, succeeding Shuichi Kaneko, who held the position for four years and has moved into the general manager position for Hino’s European and African division. Kawamura,…
How the Fort Mac fires may impact the cost of gasoline at the pumps
I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to learn that I have my first blister of the almost summer. This is thanks, once again, to my ‘easy-start-feather-lite, no-problems-whatsoever-with-this-puppy’… lawn mower, that I have now named the Marauder! I take solace in…
Trucking conditions worsened in March: FTR
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Trucking conditions in the US dropped sharply in March, reaching their lowest level since 2011, according to the FTR Trucking Conditions Index. The reading of 4.22 was down 50% from February. FTR says the drop was due…
Are truck lanes worth $5 billion?
“Dedicated truck lanes that are only for trucks should be everywhere. Seriously, that’s the first thing I think of and that should be everywhere, not just even because the ports are going to be congested,” she said while resting at an Ontario truck stop.
Wheel separation results in criminal charges
TORONTO, Ont. — The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a Quebec driver with criminal negligence causing death, after the truck he was driving lost a set of duals, killing another motorist. The crash happened Jan. 27 at 9:19 a.m. on…
All about cyber crime
It’s not if you will get hacked, it’s when you get your private business data hacked and stolen. Do you have the insurance coverage for a cyber attack?” The transportation industry is the number one target for hackers. Entire data…
Delivering on their promises
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Though women are starting to make up a higher proportion of trucking industry employees than ever before, the numbers remain very small in comparison to men, concurred a female panel of industry professionals at the B.C. Trucking…
ATRI Taps UPS Freight’s McArdle for Board Seat
The American Transportation Research Institute has appointed UPS Freight President Rich McArdle to the board of the nonprofit research organization. “We are very pleased to have Rich join the ATRI Board,” said ATRI Chairman Judy McReynolds, chairman, p…
ACT: Class 8 Supply Still Running High
The supply of Class 8 trucks continues to rise faster than demand for those trucks, according to the latest ACT For-Hire Trucking Index released by ACT Research Co. LLC. “For an eighth consecutive month, the fleet capacity index has risen faster than t…