Transportation

Managing data overload

Amanda Schuier knew something had to change. She was sitting in her office, on the phone, poring through dozens of dashboards to make sense of the tsunami of data she…

Goodyear names Ewald VP of strategy, business development

Goodyear Thursday announced that Thad Ewald has been hired as vice-president, strategy and business development, reporting to executive vice-president and chief financial officer Darren Wells, effective Aug. 23. Thad Ewald…

Bendix powers up solar array

Bendix on Wednesday celebrated a 1.168-megawatt solar array coming on-line and providing power to a manufacturing plant on its commercial vehicle system’s campus southwest of Huntington, Indiana. Bill Schubert, Bendix…

Titanium opens fourth U.S. freight brokerage office

Titanium continues to expand its brokerage in the U.S., adding a fourth location in Denver, Col. The company’s rapid expansion in the U.S. has taken place over the past 27…

Senior Ontario truck drivers balk at road test requirement

Hugh MacDonald’s career as a truck driver is coming to an abrupt and unexpected end. The 68-year-old had planned to keep driving until next year, building on the 3 million…

Stuebe named president of Jake Brake

Mark Stuebe, a 30-year veteran in the commercial vehicle and industrial manufacturing industries, was recently named president of Jacobs Vehicles Systems. He replaced Dennis Gallagher, who served as Jacobs’ president…

Quebec’s Micro Bird acquires Ecotuned, looks beyond electric buses

Micro Bird – a joint venture between Blue Bird and Girardin, a Quebec-based school bus distributor – has secured a 70% stake in Ecotuned, a maker of electric powertrains. And…

Ontario, Michigan partnering on cross-border transport tech

Ontario and Michigan are expanding their collaboration through a new partnership to advance automotive, transportation and mobility technologies to help people and goods move safely and efficiently across the border…

Trucking conditions softened in June, but remain strong: FTR

Trucking conditions softened slightly in June, according to the FTR Trucking Conditions Index, but still remained “strong” with a reading of 12.61. The index pulls together five metrics affecting the…

Ochoa leads Loadlink’s customer excellence team

Loadlink Technologies named Orlando Ochoa as head of customer excellence, earlier this month. Ochoa brings knowledge in leading customer-centric teams. Orlando Ochoa (Photo: Loadlink) Ochoa has held national leadership positions at…

Challenger truck drivers go the 3-million-mile distance

Bob Hagen and Paul Richmond have covered a lot of miles for a fleet that embraces a motto of “we go the distance”. While more than 100 of their Challenger…

Brandt Tractor to acquire Cervus Equipment for $302M

Heavy equipment seller Cervus Equipment, that also owns Peterbilt dealerships , on Monday agreed to be acquired by Brandt Tractor for $302 million in a deal that will take the…

Hyliion appoints Gallagher as COO

Hyliion Holdings, a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial semi-trucks, Monday announced that Dennis M. Gallagher has joined the company as chief operating officer. Gallagher has more…

Brampton trucker arrested in border drug bust

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers last week seized about 83 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck at the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward, Ont. On Aug.

Truck parking spaces open on Hwy. 402 near Sarnia, Ont.

A former north commercial vehicle inspection facility on Highway 402 near Sarnia, Ont., has been transformed into an official parking area for trucks. The construction project, begun in March 2021,…