Cellcontrol and TomTom partner to help reduce distracted driving
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Cellcontrol has teamed with navigation device company TomTom to bring fleets in both Canada and the US a specially designed version of its safe driving platform to help reduce distracted driving. Cellcontrol’s tailored its award-winning platform…
Special Incentives for Ford Vans Expire May 2
Now until May 2, the 2016 Spring Commercial Van Season from Ford features special incentives designed to help commercial businesses. CVS applies to the manufacturer’s Transit Connect, Transit, and E-Series Cutaway and Stripped Chassis.
Wabash receives two TTMA Plant Safety Awards
LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Wabash National announced today that it received two 2015 Plant Safety Awards from the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) for tank trailer manufacturing operations in Wisconsin and Oregon. The awards are given to tank and trailer manufacturers…
Truck parking crackdown spurred by political donor in North Carolina
A North Carolina Highway Patrol crackdown last year on truckers parked on ramps resulting in more than 400 issued tickets was prompted by a large political donor who complained to the governor about “unsightly” tractor-trailers parked along I-77. The d…
Bank of America Loses Second Head of Asia Industrial Banking
Bank of America Corp. has lost its second co-head of Asia industrial banking with the departure of Richard Zhang for a Chinese online logistics company. Zhang, 42, said he resigned recently and this week joined Truck Alliance, a Guiyang-based company t…
Truck driver, motorist suffered minor injuries in crash that closed I-83
A tractor-trailer driver and another motorist suffered minor injuries late Thursday morning in a crash that disrupted traffic for hours on Interstate 83 in southern York County. State police said the truck jackknifed in the southbound lanes at 11:48 a….
Penske, Dana names TST Overland Express Carrier of the Year
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — TST Overland Express has been named Carrier of the Year by Penske Logistics and Dana. The award recognizes Penske’s third-party logistics carrier excelling in operational performance. TST Overland won based on its exceptional overall service, on-time delivery and…
Canada trucker makes 8000-mile trip to see hometown team Peterhead in Rangers cup final clash
DIEHARD Blue Toon fan Ed Reeves, who was born in Peterhead but emigrated to Canada, will travel 7780 miles to attend the match at Hampden. BLUE Toon trucker Ed Reeves is making a 7780-mile round trip to watch his hometown team Peterhead take on Rangers…
Titanium CEO discusses acquisition strategy, driver turnover
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. — Titanium Transportation Group spent its first year as a publicly traded company demonstrating the type of growth investors like to see. The company made two acquisitions in 2015 – Muskoka Transport and ProNorth Transportation – and effectively…
How to learn the basics of sales and freight transportation
Three years ago I posted a blog entitled ‘Tips for the New Transportation Sales Rep‘. In that blog I consolidated a number of ideas generated in a LinkedIn Sales Management group and added a few thoughts of my own. To…