Class 8 supply higher than demand, says ACT
COLUMBUS, Ind. – ACT Research Company says its recent For-Hire Trucking Index indicates that the supply of Class 8 trucks continues to rise faster than demand. “The capacity index [supply] rose faster than the freight index [demand] for the third…
Zonar Systems hires new chief strategy officer
SEATTLE, Wash. – Transportation technology company Zonar Systems welcomed University of British Columbia (UBC) graduate Ian McKerlich as its new chief strategy officer Dec. 9. “Zonar is in a mode of hyper-growth,” said Brett Brinton, co-founder and CEO of Zonar.…
The D.R. Johnson Timber Truckers’ Light Parade revs up on Saturday
In these dark, early days of December, Monte Marlin, a truck driver with Lynn Herbet Lowboy, is once again taking hours out of his day to lasso Christmas lights around the trailer of his semi-truck. It’s the 19th year he’s decorated his truck for the D…
Trucker has close call after 6.4-metre sinkhole opens up under tractor-trailer
A New Brunswick truck driver got uncomfortably close to a former mine shaft this week in Springhill, N.S., when a sinkhole opened up under his vehicle. Dale Vautour says he didn’t know what to think when he felt the passenger’s side of his 18-wheeler l…
Quebec’s Groupe Morneau purchases Total Cold Storage
ANJOU, Que. – Quebec transport and distribution company Groupe Morneau finalized the acquisition of Total Cold Storage Dec. 8, expanding the company’s ability to provide services and integrated solutions in the transportation and logistics industries in Eastern Canada. “The food…
Truck West columnist offers free webinar on Alberta’s new commercial vehicle registration system
CALGARY, Alta. – North Star Fleet Solutions managing partner, fleet tax professional and Truck West columnist Sandy Johnson will be offering a free webinar on a significant change that has come to Alberta’s commercial vehicle registration system. The webinar, ‘Understanding…
Spot Market Rates Rebounding as Dry Vans Jump
Rates on the spot truckload market may finally be showing signs of rebounding as a 45% increase in the number of available loads greatly outweighed the 12% hike in truck capacity last week. According to the latest numbers from DAT Solutions, based on i…
FMCSA Announces Electronic Logs Mandate
By early December 2017, an estimated 3 million commercial drivers will have thrown out their paper logbooks. A long-anticipated rule requiring electronic logging devices for truck and bus driver hours of service was announced Thursday morning.
FTR: TCI continues to fall ahead of expected improvements
The TCI was projected by FTR to decline through 2015Q4, so the October reading was not unexpected. Conditions are expected to improve for truckers in 2016 as shippers become concerned with the possibility of tight capacity in the second half of the year.
Truck drivers concerned after recent crashes on I-10
Three crashes in the last week, involving 18-wheelers , on I-10 have caused many headaches for drivers. One of the crashes was fatal .