New rates set for Vancouver container haulers Copy
VICTORIA, B.C. — The province of B.C. has revealed its new rate structure for container haulers serving Port Metro Vancouver. The province says the new rate plan provides fair wages and other improvements for truckers and should resolve rate undercutting…
PIT to host two-day conference
TORONTO, Ont. — FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) will be hosting a conference in February to discuss fuel-saving technologies. The PIT Conference 2015, entitled Innovation Has No Borders, will be held Feb. 25-26 at the Toronto Congress Centre. Fleets are…
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Everyone wants new trailers. Here’s why that is both good and bad news for your trucking business.
Carrier Centers hosts open house for high school students
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – On Dec. 8, Carrier Centers, a truck dealership in Woodstock, Ont., hosted an open house for high school students in an effort to get the teenagers exposed to the different career options in the dealership and the…
DHL launches report on self-driving vehicles in logistics
BONN, Ger., PLANTATION, Fla.–DHL has published the new trend report ‘Self-Driving Vehicles in Logistics’, highlighting the key elements and significant potential of autonomous technologies in the logistic industry. As a first step in the self-driving journey, the trend report contains…
Volvo Trucks Names 2014 North American Dealer of the Year
Chicago Truck owner Ron Meyering and vice president Kevin Murtha were awarded the 2014 Volvo Trucks North American Dealer of the Year award from Gran Nyberg, president, Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing and Terry Billings, Volvo Trucks …
New Brunswick now allows full-sized TrailerTails
Keltic Transportation equips 90 trailers with the devices
Link Manufacturing achieves ISO 14001 certification
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Link Manufacturing has achieved an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) certificate for operations at its Iowa plant, home to production of cab suspensions, auxiliary suspensions, chassis suspensions and accessories. The certification was awarded by SRI…
Navistar trims losses in fourth quarter
LISLE, Ill. — Navistar International posted a net loss of US$72 million in the fourth quarter on revenues of $3 billion. During the same quarter last year, Navistar lost $154 million. Its revenues for the quarter were up 9.3% year-over-year.…
Researchers: CARB Regulations Accelerating Emissions Reductions
According to a group of collaborating researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, emissions at the Port of Oakland, Calif., have decreased dramatica…