Transportation

Canadian truck driver vacancies surge to record levels: Report

Trucking HR Canada is reporting a “staggering” vacancy rate among Canadian truck drivers, with 22,990 vacant driving jobs in the third quarter of 2021. The numbers represent a 20% surge…

Stryder appoints Jones as Logic-Ology CEO

Stryder Group on Monday announced the appointment of Brad Jones as CEO of Logic-Ology Logistics. Jones will also serve on the Stryder Group executive committee. This appointment is effective immediately and…

TTC to award seven scholarships

The Toronto Transportation Club (TTC) will award seven scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year, the board of directors announced last week.   Each recipient will be entitled to $8,000 over…

Entire Thermo King portfolio shifts to R452A refrigerant

Thermo King has officially switched to a refrigerant with a lower global warming potential (GWP) in all its new truck and trailer units. The standard refrigerant halves the carbon…

Jenkins to manage TransPro, Champion Express

Peter Jenkins has taken over the role of general manager of TransPro Freight Systems effective Jan. 7, according to a press release. Concurrently the general manager of Champion Express, Jenkins…

Canada Cartage buys Laurentien Transport

Canada Cartage made its fifth acquisition over the past year, buying Laurentien Transport of Bois-des-Filion, Que. The dedicated contract transport provider specializes in refrigerated freight, serving customers in the grocery,…

Unvaccinated cross-border truck drivers face quarantines and screening Jan. 15

Don Slater has no plans to get a Covid-19 vaccine, and as of Jan. 15 that means the lifelong truck driver will face new restrictions when crossing the border into…

Tramec Sloan acquires Penz Products

Tramec Sloan has acquired Penz Products, an Indiana-based family business that manufactures products for a variety of markets including commercial vehicles. The acquisition builds on Tramec Sloan’s capabilities in thermoforming,…

Unifor warns of chaos at Vancouver port

Unifor has warned of chaos if the Metro Vancouver port goes ahead with the plan to force hundreds of container trucks out of the transportation system that is already under…

Border agencies extend in-transit processes

Border officials will maintain temporary in-transit processes until March 31, adding to the regulatory relief offered in the wake of B.C. floods. The announcement from the Canada Border Services Agency…

Ottawa trucker helps motorists stranded on I-95

When hundreds of cars and trucks were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia earlier this week, an Ottawa truck driver who was in the thick of things eagerly lent a…

Carrier Transicold bundles equipment fees, airtime service

Carrier Transicold’s eSolutions bundled subscriptions will now package equipment fees and airtime service into monthly plans. “Regardless of the 3G telematics equipment currently being used on a fleet’s Carrier…

Truck driver vaccine mandates loom for cross-border operations

Canadian fleets are reporting a “modest” increase in Covid-19 vaccines among their truck drivers, but Canada’s largest trucking association continues to warn of supply chain chaos if vaccine mandates go…

Five Canadian carriers win TCA safety awards

Five Canadian fleets are among the 18 division winners in the 46th annual TCA Fleet Safety Awards competition. The Truckload Carriers Association awards identify truckload carriers that have demonstrated an…

Stoughton ramping up container chassis production

Stoughton Trailers has announced it is ramping up production of intermodal container chassis, with the opening of a new plant in Waco, Texas. The company currently produces chassis in Wisconsin,…