Transport Watch: Are You Ready to Comply with the New ELD Rules for Trucks?
Transport Watch: Are You Ready to Comply with the New ELD Rules for Trucks? New Trucking Regs: Paper logs are out and electronic logging devices are in for tracking truck drivers hours of service. Are you ready? Find out the various options and what yo…
Passion for the industry and a penchant for honesty
CTA’s David Bradley talks shop during AMTA Leadership Conference
Social media about connecting, not selling
Trucking professionals get lesson on how to best utilize social media
AMTA identifies key accomplishments of 2015/16
The Alberta Motor Transport Association has identified a series of key accomplishments achieved in the past year, at a time when the province’s trucking industry continues to struggle against the backdrop of a weak economy. Among them: Joint marketing …
DHL Report Scopes out Logistics Trends to Watch
Global logistics provider DHL explores 26 key trends it contends could the impact logistics industry in the next five to ten years, in the newly released 2016 edition of its Logistics Trend Radar report. The report provides insights and information on …
Earnings Watch: ABF Parent ArcBest Moves to a First Quarter Loss
The parent to less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight moved into the red in the first quarter of the year, according to its earnings report released Friday, as many other companies are also reporting weaker performances compared to a year ago ArcBest C…
Americans Support Mileage-Based Fees to Fund Infrastructure
The majority of Americans would support road-usage fees to help fund transportation costs, according to a recent opinion survey by infrastructure solutions firm HNTB. HNTB’s Transportation Mobility 2016 survey found that 65% of Americans support option…
Alberta’s NDP government addresses trucking issues at AMTA conference
BANFF, Alta. – Alberta’s minister of transportation and infrastructure, Brian Mason, and deputy minister of transportation, Shaun Hammond, addressed and answered questions during the Alberta Motor Truck Association’s (AMTA) Leadership Conference April 29, saying the NDP government has invested $9.3…
Shedding the negative and helping others
AMTA Leadership Conference keynote speaker motivates industry to achieve their goals
Paccar Parts Opens Larger Renton Distribution Center
Paccar Parts has opened its new $32 million distribution center in Renton, Wash., which services dealers in the Northwestern U.S. and Western Canada. The 160,000-square-foot parts distribution center is nearly three times the capacity of its predecesso…