Economic Watch: Leading Indicators Post Solid November Improvement
A measure of where the U.S. economy is headed in the next three to six months rose for the third consecutive month in November, according to a report issued Thursday by the private research group The Conference Board. Its Leading Economic Index increas…
Ebola in Liberia: Truckers take WFP to task
The Port Truckers Association of Liberia has taken serious exception to a recent contractual agreement signed between the United Nations World Food Program Conakry and United Mining, a Guinean trucking company, to provide transport services in Liberia …
Trucking strike looms with new rates
Truck drivers held strikes for three weeks earlier this year, shutting down operations at Port Metro Vancouver. For the second time this year, Vancouver-area ports could be hit with shutdowns as container truck drivers consider another strike.
Mullen Group approves $80M in capital spending
OKOTOKS, Alta. — Mullen Group plans to spend $80 million in capital investments, with half of that directed towards the purchase of new trucks, trailer and specialized equipment. Another $35 million will go towards buying property currently leased by Jay’s…
Truckload Linehaul, Intermodal Rates Post Steady Increases Over Past Year
Despite a slight downturn from the month before newly released figures show in November the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index rose 6.7% year over year. Squeezed capacity and steadily improving demand, spurred by strong industrial production and unprecedent…
PACCAR honours Canadian and US service managers
BELLEVUE, Wa. – Service managers from Manitoba and Ontario were named as some of the best in the PACCAR Leasing Company’s network. Kelly Whyte, of C.T.S. Lease and Rental, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was named Kenworth service manager of the year…
Unhappy drayage truckers plan meeting
SURREY, B.C. — Changes put in place to improve the working conditions for truckers who haul into and out of Port Metro Vancouver aren’t making drivers happy. As reported earlier, a new rate structure was recently implemented but the new…
Canadian dealer imports hydraulic, Italian livestock trailers
SEBRINGVILLE, Ont. – Doug Luckhart has a plan to mix North American requirements with European technology in order to provide cattle and hogs a more comfortable means of transportation. Luckhart is president of trailer sales group HarBra Holdings Limited and…
Trucker stabbed by stranger in Nampa; suspect on the loose
A truck driver from Oklahoma was hospitalized after a man attacked him with a knife at a Nampa truck stop Wednesday night. Trucker stabbed by stranger in Nampa; suspect on the loose A truck driver from Oklahoma was hospitalized after a man attacked him…
Semi-truck driver stabbed at truck stop
Police in Nampa say a semi-truck from Oklahoma was stabbed and had to be hospitalized after a man attack him with a knife. KTVB reports that the stabbing occurred just after 11 p.m. Wednesday night at a Nampa truck stop.