Top Peterbilt dealers recognized
DENTON, Texas — Four Canadian Peterbilt dealers were recent recipients of Best in Class awards from the truck maker. Cervus Equipment Peterbilt (Cal Johnson), Peterbilt Manitoba (Doug Danylchuk), Stahl Peterbilt (Eddy Stahl) and Transdiff Peterbilt (Pierre, Guillaume and Jean-Phillipe Pouliot)…
Canadian spot market freight volumes rise in January
TORONTO, Ont. — TransCore reports load volumes increased in January, on the heels of four consecutive months of declines. January spot market freight volumes were up 12% above December but down 28% year-over-year. The freight index has shown alternate highs…
THE CASE FOR IN-CAB CAMERAS
In-cab video cameras can be an invaluable resource. They can absolve your driver of any fault for the accident, reduce litigation expenses, and protect your company from punitive damages predicated on claims of inadequate supervision. I reached this opinion by…
Tow trucker war escalates
Cape Town is in the grip of an escalating tow truck turf war which has seen one driver stabbed at an accident scene in Parow during a brawl between employees of rival companies. Some who spoke on condition of anonymity said members of bigger tow truck …
Canada Releases Road Safety Strategy 2025
Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025 – Towards Zero: The Safest Roads in the World launched Wednesday as federal, provincial and territorial transportation ministers met in Ottawa. The strategy’s 10-year timeline targets enforcement upgrades, improving r…
Trucker charged in stabbing at Roxbury truck stop
ROXBURY – A truck driver was arrested in connection with a stabbing at the truck stop on Route 46 Thursday afternoon. Yasim McDonald, 37, of Newark, was charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with bodily injury w…
Cummins to celebrate opening of new Mississauga parts facility
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Cummins Eastern Canada is opening a new parts facility at 6950 Edwards Blvd. in Mississauga. The company began moving the department from 7175 Pacific Circle on Feb. 1. The new warehouse will be used to store parts…
FAA reform bill includes trucker mileage-pay protections
A provision that would prohibit states from imposing their own labor laws or regulations on interstate truck drivers – language passed by the House but ultimately dropped from the highway bill, or FAST Act, late last year – has reemerged in a long-awai…
OTA partnership brings new industry benchmarking tool
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) will be hosting a webinar Feb. 17 with inGauge to help those in the trucking industry create efficiencies in their operations and see how they stack up with the competition. The OTA…
GoLocalProv | News | RI Truckers in Talks With National Groups for Class Action Lawsuit
The head of the Rhode Island Trucking Association said on Thursday that he has been in talks with the national trucking association about a class-action lawsuit if legislation passes in Rhode Island that tolls certain classes of trucks – and the Speake…