Work Truck Show beefs up educational program preview image Work Truck Show beefs up educational program December 12, 2014 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI - In addition to a 500,000-square-foot trade show floor, the annual Work Truck Show will feature a full slate of educational sessions.
Utility to make roll protection standard on reefers preview image Utility to make roll protection standard on reefers December 12, 2014 CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA - Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company will equip all of its refrigerated trailers with the Bendix TABS-6 Advanced TRSP, starting in 2015.
Bendix says plant investments not done yet preview image Bendix says plant investments not done yet December 12, 2014 ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC has unveiled a multi-year, $8.7 million expansion and improvement project at its Bowling Green, Ky., manufacturing facility. The company, which is a…
Extended gate times key to reducing truck turns at ports preview image Extended gate times key to reducing truck turns at ports December 11, 2014 NEWARK, NJ - According to a JOC article, opening port gates at night and on weekends to spread out traffic is the main ingredient in a strategy to improve truck turn times at ports on the West Coast of North America.
Act quickly to extend reefer compliance deadline preview image Act quickly to extend reefer compliance deadline December 11, 2014 SACRAMENTO, CA - If you've got new CARB-compliant TRU equipment coming but it hasn't yet arrived or been installed, you may need to request a compliance deadline extension.
Value-adds increasingly important to truck sales: report preview image Value-adds increasingly important to truck sales: report December 11, 2014 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Frost & Sullivan predicts maintenance packages, telematics, and fleet management services will be the differentiating factor for future truck shoppers.
Truck convoy lights up Vancouver Island preview image Truck convoy lights up Vancouver Island December 11, 2014 VICTORIA, B.C. – The 16th annual Truck Light Convoy lit up the streets of Victoria on the weekend. Organized by the Island Equipment Owners Association (IEOA), the parade of 80…
Brun-Way chastised by province for poor snow clearing preview image Brun-Way chastised by province for poor snow clearing December 11, 2014 FREDERICTON, NB - New Brunswick's transportation minister Roger Melanson warns Brun-Way Highways Operations Inc. to improve its snow-clearing performance on the Trans-Canada Highway or face fines of up to $10,000 a day.
Caterpillar maintains dividend rate preview image Caterpillar maintains dividend rate December 10, 2014 PEORIA, IL – The board of directors of Caterpillar Inc. have voted to maintain the quarterly cash dividend of seventy cents ($0.70) per share of common stock, payable February 20,…
PACCAR announces extra cash dividend preview image PACCAR announces extra cash dividend December 10, 2014 BELLEVUE, WA – Paccar Inc.’s board of directors have declared a $1 per share extra cash dividend, payable on Jan. 6, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business…
Trucking icon Doug Smith enters mining hall of fame preview image Trucking icon Doug Smith enters mining hall of fame December 10, 2014 SUDBURY – Manitoulin Transport founder Doug Smith has been inducted into the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) hall of fame. Smith was honoured Dec. 4, along with…
Transplace to expand Canadian operations preview image Transplace to expand Canadian operations December 9, 2014 Dallas, TX – Transplace announced today that it is expanding its presence in Canada with new offices in both Calgary and the Greater Montreal area. The offices will further increase…
St. Lawrence Seaway has “remarkable” year preview image St. Lawrence Seaway has “remarkable” year December 9, 2014 OTTAWA, ON – With just one month left of the season, St. Lawrence Seaway cargo shipments are expected to finish ahead of 2013 after what is being described as “a…
‘Burdensome’ reports to be eliminated for U.S. truckers preview image ‘Burdensome’ reports to be eliminated for U.S. truckers December 9, 2014 WASHINGTON – U.S. truck drivers will no longer have to file pre- and post-trip inspection reports when no safety concerns were identified. The inspections will still have to be done, but…
Stuck in traffic? Send in the drones preview image Stuck in traffic? Send in the drones December 9, 2014 WATERLOO – Next time you’re stuck in a traffic jam, the technology that helps get you moving again may come from the skies. As the Guelph…
