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A DUAL FUEL CNG SOLUTION

A neat arrangement between a truck rental chain, a natural gas distributor and a fuelling system developer is making it possible for fleet owners to benefit from the low cost of natural gas without the high up-front cost of the equipment....

BISON REACHES LNG MILESTONE, PUBLISHES WHITE PAPER

Speaking of natural gas, Bison Transport has reached a milestone with the technology, accumulating its first million miles with its fleet of 15 LNG-powered Peterbilts. These trucks are used to pull double-53s between Edmonton and Calgary. Bison...

THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT BROKERING

If you deal with freight brokers in any capacity, I’d like to bring your attention to a three-part series I wrote recently about the future of freight brokering in Canada. But first, I want to thank Mike McCarron for allowing me to sit in...

TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2013

It’s list season! Yep, the time of year when everyone in the media feels compelled to create Top 10 lists of every type imaginable. For the last few years in Hooked Up, I’ve posted a list of the best-read news stories, blog entries...

AN INCREDIBLE SHOW OF STRENGTH

This time of year, the trucking industry does so much good for the communities it serves, it’s difficult to keep up with everything. Really, just browse Trucknews.com every day and more often than not, you’ll see evidence of the...

WHY TRANSFORCE WANTS VITRAN

In addition to endeavouring to be first with the biggest news on Trucknews.com, we also aim to delve beyond the press releases and provide some insight you won’t find elsewhere. This is particularly true of M&A activity, which is such...

WREATHS INITIATIVE COMES TO CANADA

You’ve probably heard about Wreaths Across America, the initiative in the US that sees volunteers lay wreaths upon the graves of fallen soldiers? Trucking plays a big role in that campaign, transporting the wreaths and donating manpower...

VOLVO BUILDS VOCATIONAL TRACK

While in Dublin, I had the opportunity to be among the first to drive a Volvo VHD on the company’s off-road vocational track. The track, which is not yet complete, will be surrounded by a paved, banked, 1.1-mile road course. Volvo often...

DRIVING VOLVO’S OPTIMIZED VNM 430

Volvo is looking to be a stronger player in the regional haul truck segment, and to that end has optimized a full line of tractors for this type of work. The Optimized Series of regional haul tractors includes eight models: the VNL 300, 430,...

MANITOULIN WINS VITRAN SWEEPSTAKES

Let me start by apologizing for getting this edition of Hooked Up out a little later in the day than usual. I experienced a small setback this month, in the form of a catastrophic computer failure. Thankfully our IT staff was able to recover my...

CALLS FOR MANDATORY ENTRY-LEVEL TRAINING GROW LOUDER

The truck insurance industry and Ontario’s truck driver training schools have added their voices to the growing contingent of industry stakeholders who’d like to see mandatory training for entry-level drivers. Specifically,...

WORKING IT OUT

I missed this year’s Ontario Trucking Association conference, as I was traipsing about Mexico with Volvo and gaining a better understanding of the industry way down south. But we had the event covered. Assistant editor Daniela Piteo was...

Brutal border backup

WINDSOR, Ont. - A nationwide US Customs computer glitch saw truck traffic backed up here more than 20 kms in the kind of delay not seen since the weeks after 9/11.

The kids are alright

It’s do-or-die in the trucking industry.

Graves shocker: My advice is to sell your Republican shares and buy Democrat