Truck News

Dealing with driver fatigue

KING CITY, Ont. -- Driver behaviour is to blame for as many as 90% of commercial motor vehicle crashes - a startling fact that has sent Transport Canada’s Pierre Thiffault in search of scientific ways to reduce crashes.

Some financial facts about Canadian LNG truck ownership

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. -- As questions arise and numbers swirl about the costs associated with owning and operating liquefied natural gas-powered (LNG) trucks, we are learning more from early adopters in Quebec about what to expect.

Inside the Pickles’ Pete

TOMAH, Wisc. -- Hauling light, but time-sensitive loads for a customer base that’s security-minded, husband-wife team Ron and Dawn Marie Pickles saw an opportunity to enhance their level of service while also boosting their own revenue,...

Understanding and combating driver fatigue

You may not yet realize it, but July 10 marked an important day in Canadian trucking history. The otherwise ordinary day marked the long-awaited launch of the North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP).

Infrastructure funding has to come from somewhere

Over the years, I’ve used this space a number of times to voice my displeasure with the ETR407 toll road north of Toronto.

Should you take a salary or dividend?

Last month I gave you a visual image to explain how an individual and corporation are separate legal entities. I always start by drawing two circles on my notepad: in one circle I write the person’s name, and in the other I write...

Natural gas interest spreading to shunt trucks

When it comes to shunt trucks, you don’t often get splashy new truck launches, complete with elaborate Formula 1-style curtain raisings. What you do get is continuous improvement of existing models.

Trucking industry can embrace health and safety through education: IHSA

KING CITY, Ont. -- Every day in Ontario, someone wakes up for work and does not come home for dinner because he or she has sustained a critical injury or has succumbed to a fatal injury.

Saddle Creek building fourth generation natural gas Freightliners; now has 12 million miles of nat-gas experience

NAPA, Calif. -- To say integrating natural gas trucks into your fleet involves a lengthy learning curve is an understatement. Just ask Mike DelBovo, president of Saddle Creek Transportation, which is currently designing its fourth generation...

MTA partners with Trucks for Change network

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has teamed up with Trucks for Change network to provide charities in Manitoba with trucking services.

International improves loyalty program

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar International says it has improved its International Advantage loyalty program, to provide members with enhanced benefits.

Freight rates declined in May: Nulogx

TORONTO, Ont. -- Shipping costs declined 2.7% in May compared to April, according to the latest Canadian General Freight Index.

Shaw Tracking partners with software firm to improve tracking capabilities

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Shaw Tracking has announced a partnership with software provider UFOS, which it says will provide real-time, reliable communication.

Freightliner expands natural gas offerings

NAPA, Calif. -- Who says natural gas trucks can’t be aerodynamic? Freightliner has partnered with one of the most experienced natural gas fleets in the US to create a new 113-inch BBC day cab Cascadia with advanced aerodynamics.

Freightliner continues to gain share; receives orders for 15,000 Cascadia Evolutions

NAPA, Calif. -- It has been a mediocre first half of the year for new truck orders, but a spectacular one for Freightliner relative to its competition.