Truck News

Brenntag appoints new DEF sales rep for Great Lakes region

READING, Pa. -- Brenntag North America has appointed Larry Walderbach to the position of DEF area sales representative covering the Great Lakes region. Walderbach will transition from his current role as chemical sales representative for...

APTA’s annual conference coming to Halifax this fall

DIEPPE, N.B. -- The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) will be hosting the 2012 Transportation Summit in Halifax Oct. 2-3.

Meritor manufacturing facilities win Paccar quality awards

TROY, Mich. -- Four of Meritor’s manufacturing facilities have been awarded the 2011 Quality Achievement Award from Paccar. The award – among the industry’s most demanding due to the high standards established for...

Navistar delivers MXT armoured personnel carriers to RCMP

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Navistar Defence Canada announced it has delivered US$14 million in International MXT Armoured Personnel Carriers to the RCMP.

DHL Express adds 100 propane-fuelled vehicles to US fleet

PLANTATION, Fla. -- DHL Express has added 100 pickup and delivery vans to its fleet fuelled by propane autogas. The new Ford E-250 cargo vans, each equipped with a ROUSH CleanTech dedicated liquid propane autogas fuel system, will be on the...

Paccar Parts announces discount for Kenworth, Peterbilt customers

RENTON, Wash. -- Paccar Parts is offering Kenworth and Peterbilt loyalty cardholders a new rewards program.

Class 8 orders weak in June, Classes 5-7 consistent: ACT Research

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- In the Class 8 market, weak orders persisted through June, while activity in the Classes 5-7 markets remained generally unchanged, according to ACT Research’s “State of the Industry” report. “Class 8...

Winners of Win a Cat Truck contest take delivery of new CT660

PEAKS ISLAND, Me. -- LPA Inc., winners of a new Cat CT660 vocational truck in a popular contest last year, has taken delivery of its new rig.

New agreement aims to deliver improved coordination, efficiencies at West Coast port

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A recently formed Container Drayage Leadership Team, consisting of stakeholders including the B.C. Trucking Association, has reached an agreement in principle that it says will see increased coordination and improved...

CTA encouraged by federal report endorsing natural gas

OTTAWA, Ont. -- The federal Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources has issued a report endorsing the expanded use of natural gas as a “game changing fuel.”

Humble owner of Sousa Truck Trailer Repair reflects on 25 years in business

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- When he started Sousa Truck Trailer Repair a quarter century ago, founder John Sousa never dreamt he’d one day be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the company - along with about 500 customers and friends.

MTA calls highway, bridge improvements top priority for province

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has identified the repair and improvement of provincial highways and bridges as a top priority in a meeting yesterday with the Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Transport)...

Sylvite Transportation opens new, larger B.C. terminal

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. -- Sylvite Transportation has opened a larger terminal in British Columbia. The facility will consolidate Sylvite’s operations in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

Police say they’ve found truck involved in fatal hit and run

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- The Ontario Provincial Police have located the truck suspected of being involved in a fatal hit and run earlier this week, but the driver remains at large.

OTA donates $4K to Crime Stoppers; hopes to help catch trucker involved in hit and run

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is making a $4,000 donation to Crime Stoppers in an effort to help find the trucker believed to have been involved in a fatal hit and run on the QEW west of Toronto this week.