Today's Trucking Staff

U.S. authorities launch unusual sleeper-berth test

WASHINGTON, D.C.- To split or not to split, that is the question the American Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is hoping to answer with an unusual driver experiment, using…

Six Burning ELD Mandate Questions from Drivers

Sponsored by:   Here are six questions about the ELD Mandate that are most frequently asked by drivers. 1.       Will my truck shut…

Navistar reports loss but in rebounding market

LISLE, ILL–Navistar International Corp–the makers of International trucks–posted a quarterly loss this week compared with a year-ago profit, partly due to a $60-million charge related to used-truck inventories. The company said…

Americans loosening licence rules to attract more drivers

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced two proposals that would take steps toward responding to a national shortage of qualified truck and bus drivers.  These…

Trucking Alliance cautions Ottawa on carbon strategy

OTTAWA–The Canadian trucking industry is supportive of current and future carbon reducing regulations, but decision makers should heed lessons from the past when considering future environmental policy direction…

Autonomous vehicles revolutionizing economy: Study

SAN FRANSISCO, CA – Most trucking industry experts would agree that autonomous trucks are inevitable. Ditto driverless cars. Now combine those technologies with the arrival of alternative fuels and transportation-as-service…

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ARLINGTON, VA–The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) wants your input for the annual update to its Operational Costs of Trucking report.An online questionnaire asks for basic cost information from…

Atlantic Truck Show in Moncton this weekend

MONCTON, NB–The Atlantic Truck Show returns to the Moncton Coliseum this weekend. The show is open Friday, June 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then Saturday, June 10,…

UPS advances Saturday delivery and e-commerce

ATLANTA, GA-UPS is modifying a 618,000-sq.-ft. package-processing hub in Goodyear, Arizona and it’s another sign of how e-commerce is replacing traditional business practice. The $180-million investment expands UPS’s capability for…

Comic Morgan refuses to swear oath about his money

NEW JERSEY–A crash between a Wal-Mart truck and a limo that left actor James “Jimmy Mack” McNair dead and sent comedian Tracy Morgan to hospital led to a reported $90-million…

Newfoundland convoys raise nearly $78K

ST. JOHN’S–This past weekend two truck convoys in Newfoundland & Labrador–one in St. John’s, the other in Corner Brook–raised almost $78,000 that will go to the Janeway Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Canada Cartage buys flatbed division of Ottawa carrier

TORONTO-Canada Cartage has just acquired the flat-deck division of Ottawa-based Fred Guy Moving and Storage and they’ve also opened a new cross-dock terminal at 3220 Hawthorne Road in the nation’s…

Canadian Susie De Ridder cited by international group

MONCTON, N.B.–Armour Transportation company driver Susie De Ridder (Lyons) has been named Member of the Month for June by the Plover-Wisconsin-based Women In Trucking Association (WIT).

Trailcon’s Foss is one of Brampton’s Top 40 Under 40

BRAMPTON, ON-This city’s Board of Trade has determined that Trailcon Leasing’s executive manager, national accounts, John S. Foss, is doing “amazing work in [his] respective job, company and out in…

Roadside blitz–at 17 inspections a minute–starts Tuesday

TORONTO–Are you ready for The Blitz? It’s next week. At the rate of approximately 17 vehicles every minute for 72 hours straight–starting Tuesday and winding up Thursday–roadside inspectors will conduct…