Transportation Navistar nearly ready to certify International MaxxForce at 0.2 g NOx December 1, 2010 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Navistar International will soon certify its heavy-duty engines at 0.2 g/hp-hr NOx but it will not roll those engines out to industry for as long as possible, until it has exhausted...
Transportation Mack celebrates heritage with opening of new Customer Center December 1, 2010 ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks enthusiasts will have to add an item to their bucket lists: visiting the brand new Mack Customer Center.
Transportation Cat to debut vocational truck at Conexpo December 1, 2010 PEORIA, Ill. - The North American trucking industry will get its first look at the new Cat vocational truck at the Conexpo trade show in March.
Transportation Great Dane starts work on new reefer plant December 1, 2010 STATESBORO, Ga. - Great Dane recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new Statesboro, Ga. refrigerated trailer plant. More than 200 people attended the ceremony, including local busi...
Transportation STA issues awards at annual banquet December 1, 2010 SASKATOON, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) held its Annual General Meeting Oct. 16 and took the opportunity to honour some of its own.
Transportation Bison driver notches 2M safe miles December 1, 2010 WINNIPEG, Man. - Bison Transport driver Ralph Boles has been recognized for completing two million consecutive safe driving miles with the same company.
Transportation Propane hauler notches million safe miles December 1, 2010 CALGARY, Alta. - Chris Nechka, a professional driver with Cal-Gas of Alberta has successfully run a million safe miles over 19 years, delivering propane to destinations throughout western Canada, incl...
Transportation A Merry Dalton Christmas (December 01, 2010) December 1, 2010 Mark had been working steadily the past few months hauling loads between Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal, but now that it was mid-December, things were slowing down on the nation's highways as business...
Transportation TSQ (December 01, 2010) December 1, 2010 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. -The evolution of Good Samaritanism may have taken a giant step backwards recently, after a trucker was severely beaten after stopping to help a fellow motorist.
Transportation RCMP takes to the track to test truck accident dynamics November 1, 2010 HANNA, Alta. - Talk about getting cold, hard data.
Transportation Industry creates reward funds for information on B.C. trucker beating November 1, 2010 LANGLEY, B.C. - The trucking industry is rallying to bring justice to the perpetrators of a stunning, seemingly unprovoked attack on a truck driver who says he was simply trying to help a fellow motor...
Transportation The trucking industry has a lot to be proud of November 1, 2010 It's fall in Canada, or should I say, it's Convoy Season. Canadian drivers have been organizing convoys for various causes in recent years and it seems most of them take place in September and October...
Transportation There’s no valid argument against EOBRs November 1, 2010 I find the consistent and loud opposition to electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) coming from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) puzzling, if not irresponsible. This summer OO...
Transportation BCTA chief Paul Landry to step down next year November 1, 2010 LANGLEY, B.C. - Paul Landry, long-time president of the B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA), will be stepping down from his position no later than June 30, 2011, the association has announced.
Transportation 18 Wheels of Christmas rolling again November 1, 2010 CALGARY, Alta. - The 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign is one again in motion.