RoadPro grows its CB communications device offerings
PALMYRA, Pa. – RoadPro Family of Brands has announced the expansion of its CB communications device portfolio with new products from Wilson and Astatic. Astatic provides a full line of CB microphones and accessories, including the new noise-cancelling four-pin microphone,…
Volvo issues safety recall over faulty two-piece steering shaft
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Trucks has issued a safety recall for certain 2016 and 2017 model year trucks and is advising owners to take them out of service immediately. There are 2,803 affected trucks in Canada and 15,835 in the…
Let’s celebrate National Transportation Salesperson day
Many thanks to all the salespeople who keep our fragile economy moving. Theirs is the toughest, least noticed, and most underrated position on the business battlefield. They are the unsung heroes, without whom all the flashy maneuverings of high -priced…
Titanium sells old trucks, looks to buy more companies
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. — Titanium Transportation Group announced it has sold outdated equipment obtained through its acquisition of Muskoka Transport and is well positioned to make further acquisitions. The company received $2.6 million for the equipment. It paid $1.5 million in…
Truckers to pay tribute to their mate
A sense of quiet will descend on Hawke’s Bay roads on Saturday as the region’s logging truck drivers take time to pay tribute to one of their own. His body was recovered from rocks near Waipatiki Beach by emergency services, following a search that was…
‘Super single’ tires get a ‘SuperSpare’ mount
LONGVIEW, Texas – If you’re mounting a ‘super’ spare tire on your semi truck, you’ll need a ‘super’ spare tire mount to do the job. The SuperSpare introduced by Stemco March 15 aims to simplify and reduce costs of roadside…
P.S.I. names new senior director of global sales and marketing
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – James Sharkey has been named senior director of global sales and marketing for Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.). Joining P.S.I. in 2013, Sharkey was employed as the director of strategic initiatives and has an impressive resume in…
FTR index shows slow truck freight growth for January
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Growth in trucking transportation fell for the month of January, according to FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index, meaning current carrier capacity can easily handle freight demand. But FTR is warning that the present market could begin to show…
Who’s monitoring what?
This week we travel back in our Climate Time Capsule to remember the Kyoto (Whatch-ya-call) Protocol, where some countries signed on but lost interest in – and the papers, which were supposed to be signed by everyone involved – but…
The complications of carbon taxes across Canada
Deadlines can be stressful, calendars quizzical, and this country is a combination of the two – and a writer’s deadline can result in sentences like the one you just read! Searching for a topical topic caused my gaze to fall…