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US truck tonnage drops sharply

ARLINGTON, Va. - US truck tonnage has suffered this summer, with the sharpest decline since March recorded in August.

Where to park?

TORONTO, Ont. - Everybody knows there aren't enough truck stops in Ontario, let alone Canada. Everybody including the provincial transport ministries. But does that mean Canadian truckers are any clos...

B. C. Trucking Safety Council formed

LANGLEY, B. C. -With 63 workers from the B. C. trucking industry killed on the job in the past five years, another 281 seriously injured, and nearly 8,400 unable to work due to an injury, there came a...

Accessories (November 01, 2008)

Springmade Mattress Manufacturing Company has announced it is entering the trucking market. The company, which has 11 years experience manufacturing mattresses, says truck sleeper mattresses do not ha...

‘Not sure anyone knows if we’ve bottomed out’: ATA chairman

NEW ORLEANS, La. - For a former politician, Bill Graves, chairman and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, was uncharacteristically undiplomatic in his state of the industry address here recentl...

Children of Volvo drivers eligible for scholarship

GREENSBORO, N. C. - Volvo Trucks North America has launched a scholarship program that will award $35,000 to the children of truckers who drive a Volvo. The 'Great Minds' scholarship program will awar...

Quebec roads and bridges safe: Deputy Minister

MONTREAL, Que. - Transports Quebec says the province's roads and overpasses are safe, despite claims to the contrary by some engineers in the province.

OTA announces convention lineup (November 01, 2008)

TORONTO, Ont. - The economy will be front and center at this year's Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) convention Nov. 20-21.

Steer driver meetings in the right direction

Driver meetings have become a staple of the trucking industry's safety initiatives, and they certainly offer fleets an ideal venue for delivering vital information. This is where drivers can be coache...

What drivers really want;Driver panel says respect is crucial

TORONTO, Ont. - All too often, trucking company managers assume they know what's on the minds of their drivers. But when you look at research, such as our own annual Driver Satisfaction Survey, it bec...

Navistar dedicates heavy-duty engine plant

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The business sections of most newspapers may be bursting with doom and gloom these days, but that didn't deter Navistar from celebrating the dedication of its Class 8 engine plant h...

Coquihalla Highway now toll-free

PENTICTON, B. C. - B. C. has lifted tolls on the Coquihalla Hwy.,a move that will save some truckers thousands of dollars per year, the province has announced.

It’s time to work together

The US financial system is in crisis; there is no doubt about that. The world is watching and hoping that the hotly-contested government rescue package will help stabilize things, but the job of getti...

Audits, audits everywhere

I've been telling people for the last few years that the wave is coming...Well, our feet are officially wet.

Urea distribution network begins to take form (November 01, 2008)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Pilot Travel Centers has announced it will offer diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) - or urea - "at the pump" for customers that will use trucks equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction ...