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Tire Safety Week is underway

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) has kicked off its annual tire safety awareness campaign. National Tire Safety Week will run from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6.

Court overturns big ‘nuclear verdict’ against U.S. truck fleet

TORRANCE, Calif. — An appeals court has ordered a new trial in a 2018 “nuclear verdict” case that was one of the largest trucking verdicts in U.S. history, saying the…

29 kg of opium poppies seized from truck

SURREY, B.C. — Suspected opium poppies worth $58,000 have been sized from a truck at the Pacific Highway port of entry in British Columbia. The seizure was announced by the…

FMCSA proposes additional HoS relief

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing a pilot program that would allow additional hours-of-service (HoS) regulatory relief to truck drivers. The initiative would…

East names Mark Sabol senior director

RANDOLPH, Ohio – East Manufacturing has promoted Mark Sabol to the role of senior director of retail sales and aftermarket parts sales, the company announced Friday. Sabol will be responsible…

Rosemary Turner joins TFI board

MONTREAL, Que. — Trucking giant TFI International has announced that industry veteran Rosemary Turner has joined its board of directors.  “Over her 40-year career, Turner has delivered specialized supply chain…

Convoy names Mark Okerstrom president and COO

SEATTLE, Wash. – Convoy has appointed Mark Okerstrom president and chief operating officer, effective Aug. 31, the digital freight network announced Thursday. In this newly created role, Okerstrom will work…

Trimble tool holds truckers accountable

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Collecting data is the easy part, but the information is useful only if we can analyze and make sense of it to reduce risks. That was the…

Truck arrivals rebound after falling for six weeks in a row

OTTAWA, Ont. – Truck arrivals returned to normal during the week of Aug. 17-23 after dropping for six consecutive weeks, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday. It said 116,288…

Transborder freight up 46% in June

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trucks moved freight valued at US$56.5 billion between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in June, up 44% from the previous month, but down 14% from June 2019,…

Navistar delivers J.B. Hunt’s 5,000th International LT

LOWELL, Ark. – It’s a big day for both Navistar and J.B. Hunt Transport. Navistar announced Tuesday that J.B. Hunt has taken delivery of its 5,000th International LT series on-highway…

Driver hiring picks up again after pandemic pause

TORONTO, Ont. — As the Canadian economy crawls back from Covid-19, the trucking industry is bracing for a new battle over an old problem – the driver shortage. In July,…

Trimble sees video as a liability mitigator

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – When Kent Kelly worked as the fleet manager at a Minnesota food hauling company many years ago, his first video in a vehicle was a VHS cassette…

Fan voting opens in SuperRigs contest

HOUSTON, Texas – Fan voting for the People’s Choice Award is now open in the 38th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition, which is being held online because of Covid-19. (Photo:…

Webinar explores diesel’s green potential

FREDERICK, Md. – Does diesel have a green future? Yes, according to some of the companies involved in developing new technologies. Diesel is still the primary fuel choice for the…