MTA hands out awards during annual gala
WINNIPEG, Man. – The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) handed out some hardware Nov. 13 at its annual awards gala, including Pioneer Club inductees Garth Pitzel and Jeff Odway and Driver of the Year Murray Slack. Slack, of DeckX Transport, was…
Highway bill delivery heads into last mile
Getting 33-foot trailers and teenage truckers out of the highway bill, and getting some 400,000 safe carriers in, are among the more contentious trucking-related issues Congress will work through this week with a new multi-year surface transportation f…
SLH Transport places order for 100 Freightliner power units
KINGSTON, Ont. – SLH Transport announced today that it has chosen Freightliner Canada as its primary Class 8 truck supplier. The company recently placed an order for 100 power units from Freightliner. “This is a truly significant investment in our…
Ryder activates Winter Preparedness Hub as fleets gear up for cold weather
TORONTO, Ont. – Ryder System announced today that it has activated its online Winter Preparedness Hub – where best practices are shared on how to keep fleets winter-ready throughout the cold season. Last year, Ryder said drivers and fleet managers…
Registration opens for CITT’s winter semester
TORONTO, Ont. – CITT has announced recently that registration is now open for its winter semester of logistics courses that start on January 14, 2016. According to CITT, all of its courses can be taken individually, and each course counts…
Facing driver shortage, trucking industry looks to woo millennials
Sam Smith of Hanover Township, is a truck driver for Kane is Able based in Scranton. Butch Comegys / Staff Photographr Story by Peter Cameron Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive, but they’re trending that way as the trucking industry faces a sho…
Road Warrior: Highway bill doesn’t cut it with safety advocates
Perhaps Congress could grasp what that accident-prevention slogan meant when it was coined during the golden age of railroading in 1873, a time when the federal government managed to scrape by on a $290 million budget. But this week, safety priorities …
Alkane COE Trucks Get DOT Approval
Alkane will use Foton cab-chassis from China with North American components, including a propane-fueled engine. Assembly in South Carolina is set for early 2016.
As trucking grows, companies fear driver shortages
Victoria Kronz drives a truck for Dart Transit, based in Eagan, Mn., Monday, November 9, 2015. “I used to ride along with him,” Kronz said.
FTR: In 2016, Economy Should Notch One More Good Year
More gloom than boom but no doom sums up the economic outlook for 2016 presented by economists in the latest State of Freight webinar hosted by the research and analysis firm FTR Conceding that his forecasting model has “surrendered to the new normal,”…