Mitsubishi Fuso to discontinue new truck sales in North America
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) has announced it will discontinue new truck sales, and shift to a service-focused business. Its U.S. and Canadian dealers will be offered the option to transition into parts and service loc…
Getting Fleet Back on Track
Restarting truck fleets after the pandemic requires attending to mechanical issues, understanding the new compliance landscape, and bringing your personnel back online safely and efficiently.
Trucking insurance agent to hotshot trucker — the curious case of Steve Libertore
Why one full-time insurance agent started a three-truck hotshot fleet. A window onto changing shopping patterns via uShip’s fast-rising shipment index. Another window, too, on used-truck deals for the foreseeable future. And: One broker’s late-model eq…
Trucks moved transborder freight worth US$62.2B in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trucks moved freight valued at US$62.6 billion between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in March, down 7.1% from March 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The second most used mode of transportation was railwa…
Trucking firm helps clean up charity’s donation sites
TORONTO, Ont. – In early April, Diabetes Canada issued an impassioned plea to stop dumping at its donation bins. In an open letter, it urged community leaders and elected officials to raise awareness about the issue, saying its bins were overflowing an…
Freight indicators suggest the worst is in trucking’s rearview mirror
TORONTO, Ont. – The worst of trucking conditions wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic may be in the rearview mirror, but the recovery could be choppy. In its most recent Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, ACT Research predicts the economy will transition fr…
Canadian texting and driving rates double in last decade
OTTAWA, Ont. – Don’t read this article on your phone if you’re behind the wheel. New research by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) continues to demonstrate that texting and calling while driving is on the rise. Almost one in 10 Canadian dri…
BYD Ramps Up PPE Face Mask Efforts
Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD created the world’s largest PPE face-mask plant, producing 50 million masks per day.
FMCSA Turns to Remote Compliance Reviews During COVID-19
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ramped up remote safety compliance reviews because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sleeper splits toward ‘Knights of the Highway’ reawakening? A talk with ‘Trucker’s Tale’ memoir author Ed Miller
Ed Miller’s “A Trucker’s Tale” memoir is a well-crafted, intimate portrait of a life lived in trucking, from Miller’s time as a kid in Western North Carolina changing tires for his family’s trucking company ’50s and early ’60s, to the driver’s seat him…