Over the Road episode 8: The Road Ahead
What will be a truck driver’s role with there are “driverless”-capable trucks? This final episode in the OTR series documents Long Haul Paul’s run to Texas for the 2019 Great American Trucking Show, where that question seems to be the one on every driv…
Economist: Expect recovery to be ‘extraordinarily dynamic’
Winning companies will use technology
Fleets consider making telecommuting permanent
TORONTO, Ont. – Just a few months ago, working from home was a remote dream for most people. Today, working remotely is the reality for millions, and some Canadian fleets are already considering making it permanent, post-Covid-19. The telecommuting exp…
Ontario project to develop winter road WISDOM
TORONTO, Ont. – IBI Group and Weather Telematics are joining together to develop a high-tech system that will help to better respond to winter road conditions. Known as the Winter Ice and Snow Decision Support System for Operations Management (WISDOM) …
Jerry Gibour: Just who he is
Patriotic ink
Vnomics Offers True Fuel for Telematics Systems
Vnomics Corp. has expanded its True Fuel optimization solution by making it available to fleets as an application for use with their existing telematics systems, including ELDs.
Re-Opening Measures Positively Affect Truck Freight, Rates
With all 50 states relaxing COVID-19 shutdown orders to various extents, trucking shipments and rates are heading back up – but don’t expect a true recovery until 2021.
Cocaine worth $2.5M seized from truck
SURREY, B.C. — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Wednesday the seizure of 20 kilograms of suspected cocaine worth $2.5 million from a truck. The agency said the drug was seized May 1 at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry in Surrey…
ATHS convention, truck show opens online Thursday
As it has in previous years, the American Truck Historical Society is about to hold its annual convention and truck show. This year’s event is Thursday, May 20 through Saturday, May 30. As it has never done before, ATHS convenes its convention, the tru…
Amazon, already a mammoth middleman, squeezes into trucking brokerage
Amazon’s intentions look like a shot at wrapping another tentacle around the retail sector. Trucking seems to be the next logical path for the company’s invasive spread.