Truck News

Dollars from diesel taxes and truckers’ fees should go to roads, not transit

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association has a simple message for the Transit Investment Strategy Panel: The diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should be dedicated to fixing and...

SmartTruck defends fuel savings, releases new third-party test results

ORLANDO, Fla. -- SmartTruck has rolled out more data that shows its undercarriage trailer aerodynamics system does, in fact, save fuel.

Canadian Freightliner dealers among winners of Alliance Truck Parts contest

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Several Canadian Freightliner dealers are among the winners of an Alliance Truck Parts contest that will send them to the season-ending Nascar Nationwide race in Homestead, Fla.

Truckers Want Reboot of MTO Tow Truck Safety Committee

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association is urging the provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to reestablish a special committee dedicated to finding ways to encourage faster clean-up of highway collisions and get traffic in...

US truck tonnage rises again. Is economy stronger than we believe?

ARLINGTON, Va. -- US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in September, matching August’s gain.

US fleets increasing pay packages to attract drivers

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three-quarters of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), say they have or will be increasing driver pay packages in the face of a driver shortage.

ATA’s Graves outlines the major issues that will change trucking in years ahead

ORLANDO, Fla – With Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a Changin” booming into the Marriott World Centre conference hall, American Trucking Associations president Bill Graves took to the stage this morning and addressed how...

Navistar launches open-architecture remote diagnostics program

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Navistar has announced an open architecture remote diagnostics program that works with a fleets’ existing telematics provider and covers all makes of vehicles.

Detroit Connect expanded to cover mixed fleets

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Detroit Diesel Corp. announced that it is making its Detroit Connect telematics program available to mixed fleets, beginning early next year.

For new global leader of Daimler Trucks, it’s all about product

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, the head of Daimler Trucks globally, was introduced to the North American trade press today, during a roundtable discussion held at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference &...

BC Trucking Association seeks immigrant drivers

LANGLEY, BC. —The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has developed a new skills assessment tool called IDRIVE and is looking for 25 recent immigrants with professional truck-driving experience to participate in a pilot test to be scheduled in...

Briway and Agnora partner to develop a new trailer for large and delicate transport

ALLISTON, Ont.–Briway Carriers will introduce a new glass trailer to their current fleet.

Graves shocker: My advice is to sell your Republican shares and buy Democrat

ORLANDO, Fla -- The American Trucking Associations and the US trucking industry have long held an affinity for the Republican Party. Yet, as was foreshadowed by the playing of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They are a Changin” as ATA...

Decisiv develops Days Out of Service impact calculator

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Decisiv has developed a Days Out of Service impact calculator fleets can use to measure the cost of downtime to their operations.

Navistar reveals full line of automated/automatic transmissions

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar has announced a complete line of automated and automatic transmissions for the International ProStar and TranStar vehicles.