Woodcock Brothers trailer promotes fire prevention
PERTH COUNTY, Ont. — Woodcock Brothers has donated the use of a new trailer as a rolling billboard to promote fire prevention. The company has deployed the newly decaled trailer just in time for Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 4-10,…
Port Colborne about to become a disaster for truck traffic
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Truck drivers and fleets are being asked to avoid Bridge 19 (Main St. and Hwy. 3) in Port Colborne, after the bridge was struck by a ship Sept. 3. The bridge will be out of commission…
EPA Fines Estes Express $100,000 for California Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Estes Express Lines $100,000 for failing to install diesel particulate filters on 15% of its California fleet. Virginia-based Estes is a for-hire trucking company that owns and operates vehicles across…
Spot Freight Market Steady, Rates Down
Spot market freight volume remained relatively stable in September, edging down only 0.6% month over month as rates declined from both the month before and a year earlier. This pushed the DAT North American Freight Index down to reading of 305, down fr…
Thermo King Acquires Long-Time Telematics Partner
Based in Ireland, Celtrak provides telematics products and services for customers in over 30 countries. The two companies have been partners since 2005, working on Thermo King’s TracKing telematics solutions.
Truck Weight Limit Should Be 91,000 Pounds, NPTC tells Congress
A House bill would let states set a 91,000-pound weight limit on highway rigs fitted with a sixth axle. Although NPTC is a member of the most active lobby for upping the federal GCW limit– the Coalition for Transportation Productivity — the associati…
Manitoba announces major roads in the province to be upgraded
THE PAS, Man. — The Manitoba government revealed recently that it is launching the first wave of road improvements funded by the Trucking Productivity Improvement Fund, which is based on fees collected from companies that transport overweight cargo on provincial…
Toronto wins Freightliner’s ‘Hardest Working Cities’ award
TORONTO, Ont. – The city of Toronto earned Freightliner Trucks’s “Hardest Working Cities” award earlier this week. The award was presented to the city due to having one of the largest construction, manufacturing, and transportation workforces in North America, Freightliner said. To celebrate…
Metris Brings Attention, Park Assist to Smaller Vans
Mercedes-Benz is bringing several new standard safety features in the smaller van segment with its 2016 Metris, in addition to giving commercial fleets flexibility in upfitting and capacities found only in some of the larger vans on the market. The Met…
$500,000 Buried in Backyard Where Armored Trucker Lived
More than $500,000 in $20 and $100 bills in neatly wrapped bundles was dug out of the backyard of a Southern California home where an armored truck driver used to live. The cash was dug up on Wednesday by the FBI acting on a tip in the case of Cesar Ya…