New character joins trucking-safety icons

HALIFAX, N.S. — The Nova Scotia Trucking Safety Association has unveiled a new safety character – Dawn – that reflects the diversity of the province’s trucking sector. Dawn, an African Nova Scotian woman, has joined NSTSA’s two well-loved safety …

Faces of the Road: 45 years a team, with two independents

“Moss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone.” Longtime specialized independent team owner-ops Kay and Ken don’t exactly divulge the secrets to remaining married while running as a team for forty five years, yet their history speaks for itself in this latest …

Trailcon celebrates opening of Alberta sites

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Trailcon Leasing has been celebrating the opening of two new state-of-the-art facilities in Alberta as part of its continued expansion into Western Canada. Open houses were held last week at the 20,000-sq.ft. sites in Edmonton an…

Truck market could flip quickly in 2020: Coyote Logistics

[caption caption="Next year is shaping up to look a lot like 2017, with spot and contract rates rising, Coyote Logistics says. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]With dry van spot rates more than 10 percent below year-ago prices and truckl…

Troy May’s 1998 Peterbilt 379

The truck’s original color from the factory was hot pink, so it was painted a little darker with pearl mixed in, along with custom painted stripes.