Truck News

Europe green-lights trailer tails

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- European truck fleets will be able to enjoy the benefits of trailer tails, thanks to a regulation that allows for the use of 50-cm tails on new trailers.

How can a QR code improve uptime?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Beginning in April, all new Volvo and Mack trucks will have a QR code attached to the edge of the driver's side door.

Volvo focuses on uptime with new products, partnerships

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Volvo Trucks is promising improved uptime with its latest series of products and partnerships, announced at the Technology and Maintenance Council meetings here this week.

MTA elects new executive committee, board of directors for 2013-2014 term

WINNIPEG. Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association elected its Board of Directors and Executive at its Annual General Meeting today.

We need to see the big picture and act now on driver shortage, Blagden tells MTA

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The province’s trucking industry is heading towards a “crisis in the very near future” as a result of the shortage of new people entering the industry, according to Norman Blagden, president of the Manitoba...

Spending on infrastructure must be a priority, MTA told

MANITOBA, Ont. – Gas Tax Fund money, which amounts to an about $2 billion per year source of funding for municipalities, should be used for core infrastructure work such as roads, bridges and sewers and not squandered on sexier projects,...

Fletcher, Ashton call for simpler more harmonized trucking regulations

WINNIPEG, Man. – Canada’s transport regulations are under review and the person in charge of overseeing that review, minister of state for transport Steven Fletcher, would like to see fewer of them in the future.

Mack to feature information-storing QR codes on all new trucks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Mack has announced that all its new trucks will feature a unique QR code to speed service response times and improve customer uptime. QR codes, or quick response codes, are matrix bar codes that supply rapid retrieval of...

Cummins, Eaton collaborate on new powertrain

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Eaton and Cummins have collaborated on an integrated powertrain that combines enhanced versions of their newest products, the Eaton Fuller Advantage (FA) Series UltraShift Plus transmission and Cummins ISX15 engine with...

Meritor Wabco provides updates on four new systems

TROY, Mich. -- Meritor Wabco held a Webinar with journalists in early March, to update the industry on a series of new or improved products aimed at reducing fuel and crash costs for fleet customers.

Mack debuts Granite MHD 4×2

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Mack’s iconic Granite has broken into the Class 7 market, in the form of a 4x2 Medium Heavy Duty (MHD) configuration, showcased for the first time at the NTEA Work Truck Show this week.

Motor carriers miffed over delay in ACI eManifest program implementation

OTTAWA, Ont. – Canadian motor carriers who have made the investment and put forward the effort to be early-adopters of Canada Border Service Agency’s ACI eManifest program are not pleased by the agency’s announced delay in...

Mergers and Acquisitions in transportation: How big are the opportunities?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Mergers and Acquisitions activity is expected to intensify in the transportation sector over the next several years. 

Navistar board appoints Troy Clarke as president, CEO

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar has appointed Troy A. Clarke as its president and CEO, effective April 15. Clarke, currently the company's president and chief operating officer, will also join the board of directors. At the same time, Lewis B....

US trucking titans unleash their wrath over pending HoS regulations

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A looming driver shortage, which could prove the “worst we’ve seen” is already manifesting in a significant drop of applicants for driving jobs and enrolments for driving schools, according to executives...