Transportation Energotest rolls on as PIT eyes US expansion October 22, 2014 BLAINVILLE, Que. — In yet another installment of its Energotest fuel-savings trials, Project Innovation Transport (PIT) of FPInnovations Group, spent nearly a week this September at the Transport Canada Motor…
Health & Safety Make safety your choice October 22, 2014 Safety doesn’t happen by chance, it happens by choice. It’s an often used truism and was most recently voiced by Goran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North American sales…
Transportation Kriska-Mullen could be a special marriage October 22, 2014 A 3:30 a.m. wake-up call in Hannover, Germany for a 6 a.m. flight to Amsterdam and after a two-hour layover, the eight-hour trek from there back to Toronto. I arrived…
Transportation Canada does truck convoys October 22, 2014 PARIS, Ont. –For many, September marks the end of summer and back to school. But for the trucking industry, September is the month the truck convoys across the country begin…
Business Management HR Q&A: Motivating an under-performing employee October 20, 2014 HR professionals offer advice to frequently asked business questions
CANADA’S CONVOYS INSPIRE preview image Health & Safety CANADA’S CONVOYS INSPIRE October 14, 2014 It’s Fall in Canada and as sure as the leaves are changing colour, Canada’s truck drivers are taking to the road to support important causes. Convoys have been held in…
Business Management KRISKA WINS VOLVO FLEET SAFETY AWARD October 14, 2014 It has been a helluva month for Mark Seymour and Kriska Group. After announcing a blockbuster deal in which it partnered with Mullen Group to form a new growth-oriented trucking…
COLD STAR FREIGHT LOVES ITS CNG MACKS preview image Equipment COLD STAR FREIGHT LOVES ITS CNG MACKS October 14, 2014 It’s been a mixed year for natural gas. Enthusiasm about the inexpensive alt-fuel seems to be diminishing. More alarmingly for us here in Canada, there’s been a significant product pull-back…
Equipment TRAILER TAILS GREEN-FLAGGED ACROSS CANADA* October 14, 2014 At the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego last week, ATDynamics held a press conference to announce Canadian lawmakers have finally agreed to allow full-length trailer…
Equipment FOUR EQUIPMENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATA October 14, 2014 The American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition was, as always, a huge event, bringing together trucking heavyweights from across North America. And it was extremely busy in terms of…
DRIVING THE NEW FORD F-150 preview image Equipment DRIVING THE NEW FORD F-150 October 14, 2014 Ford made a huge splash when it announced its best-selling F-150 pickup would feature an aluminum cab, beginning in 2015. Have they gone mad? people wondered. It’s a truck. Built…
SUTCO ROLLS OUT PINK TRUCK TO HELP RAISE FUNDS preview image Health & Safety SUTCO ROLLS OUT PINK TRUCK TO HELP RAISE FUNDS September 30, 2014 At Truxpo, covered by western editor Jim Bray, Sutco Transportation Specialists of Salmo, B.C. unveiled a new pinkish/purplish truck that will be used to raise awareness about cancer as well…
Business Management MACK OFFERING HARDWARE-FREE FLEET MANAGEMENT TOOLS September 30, 2014 I spent a little time yesterday on a call with Mack Trucks execs, who were launching a new service with Telogis that provides a full suite of fleet management tools…
DRIVING AN INTEGRATED POWERTRAIN FROM CUMMINS AND EATON preview image Equipment DRIVING AN INTEGRATED POWERTRAIN FROM CUMMINS AND EATON September 30, 2014 Cummins and Eaton have made a big slash with their SmartAdvantage integrated powertrain, featuring the ISX and the Fuller Advantage Series automated manual transmission. However, it hasn’t made much more…
Business Management DAIMLER GIVES A MARKET UPDATE September 30, 2014 While in Hannover for IAA, our small delegation of North American truck journalists had the chance to sit down with various Daimler execs, including the affable Martin Daum, head of…
