Meritor offers extended warranty for aftermarket wheel-ends
FLORENCE, Ky. ̶ Meritor announced the launch of its extended aftermarket wheel-end warranty today. The program offers increased coverage to fleets that purchase and install Meritor wheel-end products together, the company said. “The advantages of Meritor’s unique portfolio of wheel-end…
Lack of truck parking in Lower Mainland remains a concern
With government and company regulations stipulating how many hours a truck driver can be behind the wheel before they need to rest, and increasing transportation activity in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, it seems essential that drivers have a sufficient numbe…
New kids on the block grow in Western Canada at their own pace
CALGARY, Alta. – After more than a decade and a half running his family business in Calgary, Bess Tank Lines executive vice-president of operations Ben Rouillard may feel that they are the new kids on the block, but with the…
Lack of truck parking in Lower Mainland remains a concern
BCTA continues to work with B.C. government to improve province’s transportation network
Delivering bad news in tough times
In Western Canada, particularly Alberta, many workers and business leaders in the trucking industry are feeling increasingly anxious because of the collapse in oil prices. Workers are wondering what 2016 will bring in terms of job security. Trucking, because it…
Western business outlook
Alberta’s weak economy spilling over to other western provinces
Ford Provides Upfit Assistance to Prospective Transit Owners
As part of the 2015 Ford Fall Commercial Van Season , which runs from now until Jan. 4, 2016, those who purchase a Transit Van will receive up to $1,000 in upfit assistance.¹ The incentives offered during CVS also include $2,250 in customer ca…
Gary Johnson who ran over and killed Margaret O’Brien, 93, is jailed
Truck driver who ran over and killed a 93-year-old grandmother at a pedestrian crossing when she had only got half-way across as the lights turned green is jailed for a year Gary Johnson, 52, was jailed for a year by Southwark Crown Court after admitti…
Cruiser’s close call caught on camera
A new recruit to the Kansas Highway Patrol experienced his first brush with danger on his first day when a semi truck clipped his cruiser during a traffic stop last week. Public relations officer Tod Hileman said in a Facebook post that the incident oc…
Judge will allow evidence of ‘vampire trucker’ alleged assault of four other women
A federal judge will allow prosecutors to introduce evidence from four more alleged sexual assault victims of the so-called vampire trucker, a Utah long-haul truck driver with a set of false vampire fangs who is charged with kidnapping and sexually ass…