Truck News

Daimler says “s” to aggressive growth plan for Mexico

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Canada's market share leader, Daimler, is now setting its sights on dominance of the Mexican truck market. 

Kenworth Service Council chosen

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Three Canadians have been named to the 2014 Kenworth Service Council.

Obama details Phase II plans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following-up his State of the Union address in January, US President Barack Obama has detailed the changes he expects the trucking industry to adopt.

Remanufactured turbochargers to gain in popularity

LONDON, England — During the next five years, fleet managers will spend more on remanufactured components than they ever have before, even as they buy fewer parts.

PIT Power to grade fuel-saving devices

MONTREAL, Que. -- FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) program has announced the launch of PIT Power, a new certification program fleets can use to identify the fuel efficiency value of a technology.

ITS buys David Cordingley Transport

BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- International Truckload Services (ITS) has purchased Brantford, Ont.-based David Cordingley Transport (DCT).

Ritchie Bros. to sell more than 3,500 pieces of equipment in first 2014 auction

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Ritchie Bros. is kicking off its 2014 season with a massive equipment auction in Edmonton Feb. 26-27, featuring plenty of trucks and oilfield equipment.

CRIME STOPPERS TO TARGET CARGO THIEVES

Trucking industry, rejoice! Finally it appears that one of its biggest issues, cargo crime, is going to be taken seriously by law enforcement. There’s a lot carriers and drivers can and should do to reduce the likelihood of losing a load,...

VERSPEETEN BUYS MOE’S

The biggest news of the past couple weeks was undoubtedly Verspeeten Cartage’s acquisition of Moe’s Transport. This was an ambitious move by Verspeeten. Think about this for a second: Verspeeten, the buyer, runs about 280 tractors...

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE

Are the days of tenure-based pay systems for drivers close to being history? That’s what Tom Kretsinger Jr., president of American Central Transport, chair of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and the most recent guest of the...

FORMER DRIVERS: AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE?

Tom Kretsinger Jr., president of American Central Transport, appearing at the most recent Driving for Profit event, also spoke of a couple new strategies the company has employed to find qualified drivers. One of them, the aptly named...

6x2s GETTING MORE STREET CRED

Seems I’ve been writing a lot about 6x2 axle configurations over the past year, as OEMs have been positioning this specification as a good way to save about 400 lbs in weight. Many carriers in Canada are still concerned about traction...

ON HAULING DANGEROUS GOODS

Lately, I’ve been working on a feature article on the Lac-Megantic effect. Although many of us would consider the terrible tragedy in Lac-Megantic to be a rail issue, federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt has made it clear she sees it as...

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN 2014? SLOWER FREIGHT GROWTH, MAXED OUT CAPACITY

Industry forecaster FTR held one of its always-informative State of Freight Webinars last week, in which senior consultant Noel Perry predicted the year ahead. He said he expects the US economy to strengthen in 2014, but freight growth will...

B.C. FORESTRY FLEET DEPLOYS LNG KENWORTHS

There’s another Canadian trucking company trading in diesel-powered tractors for ones powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Sutco Contracting announced the purchase of six Kenworth tractors powered by Westport’s since-discontinued...