Peterbilt Gets Third Manitoba Location preview image Peterbilt Gets Third Manitoba Location December 2, 2014 SPRINGFIELD, MB - Peterbilt Manitoba has expanded its network by opening Peterbilt Manitoba-East, a parts and service facility located in Springfield, Manitoba.
800 Quebec Paccar Workers Locked Out of Plant Again preview image 800 Quebec Paccar Workers Locked Out of Plant Again December 1, 2014 STE-THERESE, QC- Some 800 workers at Paccar’s medium-duty truck plant in Ste-Thérèse, Quebec, have stopped building trucks. Paccar warned employees on Saturday afternoon that unless they approved the…
Transportation Kenworth awards trio of Canuck dealers November 26, 2014 KIRKLAND, Wash. — A handful of Canadian Kenworth dealers were named Gold Award winners for 2008. Out of six total North American dealers, Custom Truck Sales…
Redhead Equipment Now Has Seven Facilities November 18, 2014 REGINA, SK- Redhead Equipment bought Moker & Thompson, a Case IH dealer with two locations in Northeast Saskatchewan. As of November, Redhead Equipment now has seven provincial locations: Estevan, Lloydminster,…
Maxim Truck & Trailer Expands Services in MB, ON November 17, 2014 BRANDON, MB- Maxim Truck & Trailer opened a new 28,000 sq. ft. facility in Brandon, MB, earlier in November and also bought out CC Poulin Equipment in Thunder Bay earlier…
Truckers Had Busiest October EVER November 12, 2014 TORONTO- Truckers hauled more goods in October 2014 than any recorded number for October in any year, according to TransCore Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index. Month-over-month, October’s freight volume were…
Truckers Feeling Good About Freight Market November 12, 2014 TORONTO- Ontario truck carriers remained optimistic about the freight market in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the Ontario Trucking Association’s (OTA) most recent survey of business…
Thermo King Grows Montreal Operation November 11, 2014 MONTREAL, QC- Thermo King Eastern Canada (TKEC) plans to move to a new Montreal service centre in the heart of Montreal’s trucking hub, located at 6100 Chemin Saint…
Demand for Trucks Grows in Canada, U.S. preview image Demand for Trucks Grows in Canada, U.S. November 7, 2014 LAS VEGAS- Canadian and U.S. truckers continue to need and order more trucks, but used truck registrations still outnumber new registrations, according to IHS Automotive. Gary Meteer, director, commercial vehicle…
DTNA Sets North American Commercial Vehicle Industry Record November 7, 2014 PORTLAND, Ore – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) says its vehicle order intake for class 6-8 NAFTA and exports markets reached 31,304 units in the month of October. That represents…
Meet Navistar’s New Leadership Team November 7, 2014 LISLE, IL-Navistar announced it is restructuring its senior leadership team by giving three executives additional responsibilities. The company also announced that Jack Allen, 56, the company’s executive vice president and…
TransForce-Contrans Deal Gets Green Light preview image TransForce-Contrans Deal Gets Green Light November 6, 2014 MONTREAL- After Contrans accepted TransForce’s $495-million cash takeover offer, the two companies had to wait for approval from the Competition Bureau. TransForce’s offer was to expire November 11, 2014…
Paccar Q3 Profit Outpaces Expectations preview image Paccar Q3 Profit Outpaces Expectations November 6, 2014 BELLEVUE, WA – Truck maker Paccar’s truck sales jumped 17 percent in the third quarter of 2014, outpacing market expectations. The company reported healthy demand for its trucks and truck…
Oct. Second-Best Month On Record for Class 8 Truck Orders preview image Oct. Second-Best Month On Record for Class 8 Truck Orders November 5, 2014 COLUMBUS, IN – North American truckers ordered 45,795 trucks in October, the second highest number of orders ever recorded in a single month, according to the latest FTR report. October…
Transportation UPS Makes Friendly Changes for Pregnant Workers November 4, 2014 ATLANTA, GA-UPS announced a policy change to provide more accommodations to pregnant workers in the U.S., allowing them to stay on the job through their pregnancies. The company has said…
