ABF Freight driver receives prestigious national trucking industry award
Ralph Garcia, a driver for Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System, has received the Mike Russell Trucking Image award from the American Trucking Associations’, one of the top honors in the national trucking sector. Garcia, who lives in Rio Rancho, N.M., b…
Base freight costs go up while fuel decreases
TORONTO, Ont. – The total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers has increased slightly by 0.1% in August when compared to July results, according to results published today by the Canadian General Freight Index. In addition, the base rate…
ACT Research: US trailer orders increase for the fall/winter season
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Trailer net orders in September increased close to 47% from August and was up 12% year-over-year, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research. “While September’s early kick-off to the…
FIVE MORE TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE ATA CONVENTION
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) held its Management Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia last week. Here’s a wrap-up of some of the news that got my attention. The US economy is A-OK The always anticipated economic outlook was rosy this…
A SHOUT-OUT FOR SEARCY
Searcy Trucking won a Volvo Trucks Fleet Safety Award, taking home $25,000 to invest in its safety programs. The Winnipeg-based flatdeck carriers, owned by Bison Transport, ensured Canadian fleets continued to shine in the award created by Volvo and co-sponsored…
SHOULD WE MANDATE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEMS?
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently endorsed the standardization of automatic braking systems on new trucks. I think we should, too. Not that it matters much. Any safety regulations adopted in the US are normally extended here by default, since…
PIT GROUP EXPANDS INTO US
PIT Group, the Quebec-based research and engineering organization that conducts Energotest testing of fuel-saving technologies, has announced it’s opening a US office and will be aggressively recruiting American fleets. It’s a good move for the group, whose testing can be equally…
THE POTENTIAL OF OVER-THE-AIR ENGINE PROGRAMMING
There’s a new development concerning engine technologies that fleets and owner/operators should be getting pretty amped up about: The ability to remotely update their engine parameters. International was the first to announce impending availability of over-the-air programming, followed soon after…
IF YOU DON’T HAVE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICY, GET ONE. FAST.
That was the key takeaway from Dr. Barry Kurtzer of DriveCheck, who presented an interesting seminar recently for the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada. He presented it twice actually, in Truro, N.S. and then again in Ontario last week.…
ANDY TRANPORT WILL TRAIN NEW DRIVERS FOR FREE
Andy Transport has taken bold steps to address the driver shortage, by opening its own internal training center. Drivers who graduate with a Class 1 licence are offered employment at the company. If they stay for a pre-determined length of…