James Menzies

Goodyear wants to hear about heroic truckers

Goodyear is seeking candidates for its 2020-2021 Highway Hero Award. The program looks to reward truck drivers who acted selflessly for the good of others on North American highways. “We…

Tryson returns home

After 275 days in hospital undergoing grueling cancer treatments, Tryson McGrath, the four-year-old Nova Scotia boy who captured the trucking industry’s hearts with his passion for trucks, is home. He…

Ballard hits 100M-km milestone with fuel cells

Ballard Power Systems has achieved a 100-million-kilometer milestone, with medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles powered by its fuel cell technologies. It has more than doubled its total kilometers traveled over…

Class 8 order pullback due to lack of supply, not diminishing demand

FTR reported preliminary Class 8 orders of 28,100 units in September, down 29% from August and 12% year over year. However, the industry forecaster says the pullback is due to…

Kriska acquires Transport N Service

Kriska Transportation Group (KTG) has acquired Transport N Service, an LTL and truckload fleet based in Guelph, Ont. The acquisition adds 90 tractors and 170 trailers to KTG’s fleet, and…

Daimler gains access to ACM test tracks for dealer, customer experiences

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has inked a three-year, $3-million partnership with American Center for Mobility (ACM), which will allow it to use its Detroit-area facility for customer demonstrations. Detroit,…

Cooper introduces new Roadmaster longhaul steer tire

Cooper Tire has introduced a new Roadmaster steer tire for longhaul applications it says balances fuel efficiency with long miles to removal. The Roadmaster RM832+ EM steer tire is Smartway-verified…

6 ways to protect against a cyberattack

No matter how big or small your business is, if you have an online presence, you’re susceptible to a cyberattack. That was the warning from Mario Da Silva, corporate risk,…

Former DTNA CEO joins autonomous tech company board

Roger Nielsen, former CEO of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), has joined the board of SafeAI, a technology company that retrofits construction and mining equipment for autonomous operations. Nielsen was…

Bison wins TCA safety award for 14th time

Bison Transport has won the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Fleet Safety Award grand prize for large fleets for a fourteenth time. The awards were presented this week at the TCA’s…

Shippers saw some relief in July, but conditions still tough

U.S. shippers finally felt some relief in July, as their conditions improved from -12 in June to -8.07, as indicated by FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI). July marked the best…

GM brings BrightDrop electric commercial vehicle to market in record time

General Motors says it has completed its first production builds of its subsidiary BrightDrop’s EV600 electric commercial vehicles, marking the fastest concept-to-commercialization process in company history. It also announced it…

Volvo Autonomous Solutions shows autonomous VNL prototype

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Aurora have developed a prototype on-highway autonomous truck for the North American market. “Volvo Autonomous Solutions is proud to take our first, major steps toward the…

Goodyear and Gatik collaborating on autonomous truck tires

Goodyear and autonomous truck developer Gatik have signed a multi-year deal to collaborate on autonomous B2B shorthaul deliveries. Gatik says it has established the first autonomous middle mile logistics network…

Mack celebrates 100 years in Canada

Mack Trucks celebrated 100 years in Canada this week at Expocam, and says it’s well positioned for the next century here. “Mack has all the necessary services and products to…