Ryder Honored for Veteran Hiring Efforts
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its National Chamber Foundation announced that Ryder is a finalist for the Hiring Our Heroes Post-9/11 Veteran Employment Award.
COMPETITION WATCH: Meyers acquires new warehouse, distribution facility
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Meyers Transportation Services has acquired Cheektowaga N.Y.-based Meyers Distribution International (MDI).
Tallman Truck Centre buys Western Toronto International Trucks
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. –Tallman Truck Centre has acquired the assets of Western Toronto International Trucks, effective June 1. The new company’s legal name will be Tallman Truck Centre (Toronto) Limited. The acquisition gives Tallman a total…
Tallman Truck Centre finalizes Western Toronto International acquisition
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. –Tallman Truck Centre has finalized a deal to acquire the assets of Western Toronto International Trucks, effective June 1. The new company’s legal name will be Tallman Truck Centre (Toronto) Limited. The acquisition…
ATA analysis reveals ‘acute’ driver shortage problem in US
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations has released an analysis of the shortage of truck drivers, concluding that the current shortage is acute and limited primarily to the truckload sector of the industry; but that long-term…
Clean Energy Releases 2nd Edition of Road To Natural Gas
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. released the second edition of “The Road to Natural Gas,” an update of truck companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations which are making the switch to natural gas with transp…
Vedder Transport president wins global natural gas award
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Fred Zweep, president of Vedder Transportation Group, has won an international award for his company’s implementation of natural gas trucks into its fleet.
DOE Report Predicts Oil, Diesel Price Average to Stay Nearly the Same
The U.S. Department of Energy has lowered its projections for crude oil prices for the fourth quarter and expects diesel fuel to average $4 per gallon during the quarter. The agency is predicting crude oil to remain about the same in 2013, and diese…
Bison Transport Trucks to Fuel With LNG from Shell Canada
Bison Transport, one of Canada’s largest trucking companies, has signed an agreement with Shell Canada Products to run 15 liquefied natural gas tractors in Alberta. Bison’s five-year fuels supply agreement marks the first step in launching Shell’s L…
It’s no mystery why young people don’t want to be truck drivers
A driver could face felony charges in Washington State for not cleaning zebra mussels off a boat he was hauling. Felony charges? How many other “civilians” can land in that kind of hot water for failing to be 100% diligent 100% of the time?