Erb big winner at Truckload Carriers Association safety awards banquet preview image Transportation Erb big winner at Truckload Carriers Association safety awards banquet April 1, 2010 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Erb International was named the grand prize winner of the Truckload Carriers Association's (TCA's) National Fleet Safety Awards for the category of less than 25 million miles. The Ca...
Transportation Retailers award top Canadian fleets April 1, 2010 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - TransX has been named Walmart Canada's Carrier of the Year. Andy Ellis, senior vice-president of supply chain and logistics for Walmart Canada made the presentation at a recent Wal...
Transportation Koch downsizes, drops Ontario LTL service April 1, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - In an interview with local media, a Koch Transport executive lamented the state of the economy and explained how Ontario's manufacturing struggles are impacting his company. John Sch...
Transportation RTL-Westcan acquires ECL April 1, 2010 EDMONTON, Alta. - RTLWestcan Group of Companies has acquired the business and transportation assets of Calgary-based ECL Transportation Ltd. ECL has more than 60 years experience delivering bulk commo...
Transportation Keltic Transportation lends a hand April 1, 2010 MONCTON, N.B. - For the second year in a row, Keltic Transportation has teamed up with Hamilton Tiger-Cat Marwan Hage and not-for-profit FTC Canada to provide food and hygiene boxes to Montreal famili...
People (April 01, 2010) preview image Transportation People (April 01, 2010) April 1, 2010 Kinedyne Canada president Larry Harrison has been promoted to the position of vice-president of sales and marketing for Kinedyne's global operations, the company announced. The move was part of a shak...
TSQ (April 01, 2010) preview image Transportation TSQ (April 01, 2010) April 1, 2010 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. -As the trucking world becomes increasingly computerized and digitized, the notion of paper logbooks seems, to many, increasingly antiquated. Their would-be successor, the electronic...
Used Truck Market Creates Opportunities preview image Transportation Used Truck Market Creates Opportunities March 1, 2010 TORONTO, Ont. - Used truck prices have never been lower. If you can find the work, or have your eye on a carrier where you'd like to hang your shingle, this might be the best time to jump into truck o...
Transportation Bridge Battles March 1, 2010 WINDSOR, Ont. - The trucking industry figures in a couple of high profile controversies in the ongoing battle between the privately-owned Ambassador Bridge and a proposal to build a publicly-owned bri...
Down In The Dumps preview image Transportation Down In The Dumps March 1, 2010 I wrote in a recent blog on Trucknews.com
Railways Getting Off Track preview image Transportation Railways Getting Off Track March 1, 2010 Boy, have the times changed. I remember when I started writing about transportation 20 years ago truckers used to have a field day every time a report came out detailing the shortcomings of the railwa...
The Gap In Shipper And Carrier Freight Volume Projections preview image Transportation The Gap In Shipper And Carrier Freight Volume Projections March 1, 2010 Our research over the years has identified a tendency for shippers to be overly optimistic about future freight volumes. For example, 47% of shippers expected their shipment volumes to increase in 200...
Transportation Truck News Revamps Web Site, Joins Facebook March 1, 2010 Canada's most comprehensive and interactive trucking industry news Web site just got better.
