Female professional drivers to get salute at Truck World
TORONTO, Ont. – At Canada’s national truck show – Truck World– this year will be the first ever salute and Canadian celebration of women behind the wheel. Salutes to women in trucking have been happening in the US for a…
Titanium Transportation Group doubled size in 2015, plans more growth
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. — Titanium Transportation Group announced its earnings for 2015 this morning, a year in which it doubled its size and substantially grew revenues. The company completed two acquisitions in 2015 – Muskoka Transport and ProNorth Transportation – increasing…
Officials propose truck-only lanes on interstate to ease traffic
The Georgia Department of Transportation has proposed a multi-billion dollar plan to ease the brutal commute on I-75 northbound. “The cars are not mixing in with us and we can keep rolling.
NAST at Mid America 2016
Jeremy Meekhof’s Western Star tractor won top honors from the trucks entered in NAST’s Mid America contest. NAST members who show their truck at a NAST sponsored event accumulate points for winning in different categories such as lights, murals, engine…
Former commercial driver bests NDP leader in Saskatchewan election
SASKATOON, Sask. – David Buckingham, a commercial driver who turned to politics after 36 years in the car hauling business, defeated Saskatchewan’s NDP leader in the Saskatoon Westview riding during yesterday’s (April 4) provincial election. Buckingham, a member of the…
Space limited for PMTC medical marijuana event in Wetaskiwin
WETASKIWIN, Alta. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) will welcome Dr. Barry Kurtzer to discuss the use of medical marijuana during its May 3 event in Wetaskiwin, Alta. Titled ‘Medical Marijuana and the Workplace,’ the event is…
Autonomous trucks aren’t driverless
We all knew autonomous trucks were coming, but they’ve arrived on these shores much sooner than any of us would likely have predicted. Daimler, when it demonstrated its autonomously-driven Mercedes-Benz Future Truck on a closed section of Autobahn highway in…
FMCSA: California trucker an ‘imminent hazard’ to public safety
Zaverukha, a commercial driver’s license holder, was served the federal order on March 25. According to the agency, on March 21, 2016, while operating a large commercial truck, Zaverukha was stopped and cited by the Illinois State Police for driving un…
Class 8 orders fall 37% y-o-y: FTR, ACT Research
FTR and ACT Research announced today that data is showing that Class 8 truck orders have fallen for the third consecutive month and has hit the lowest level since September 2012. FTR and ACT say the numbers show that Class…
BWW Review: Love, Loss, Loneliness, and Figuring Out How to Be a…
In the middle of Samuel D. Hunter ‘s THE FEW, Brian – a long-haul truck driver recently returned home after a four-year absence – slumps in a chair and says: “I’m really terrible at being a person.” That statement perfectly encapsulates the struggle at…