Economy

Schneider receives inaugural Sleep Apnea award

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One of the more driver-conscious carriers in North America was recently recognized by the American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) for a detection and treatment program aimed at drivers who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Container hub plans slated for the Sault

SAULT Ste. MARIE, Ont. -- Canadian and Chinese business interests are considering this northern Ontario town to house an intermodal staging centre.

Rattled Atlantic trucker survives rock attack

FREDERICTON, N.B. -- A Nova Scotia trucker and his wife are lucky to be alive after a barrage of rocks dropped on his truck, shattering the windshield and covering him in broken glass.

Ryder rolls out green fleet

MIAMI -- Ryder System announced the launch of its RydeGreen line of tractors and trailers, designed to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Trucking defense group names new president

NILES, Ill. -- Jim Dill, a legal and transportation industry veteran and founder of law firm The Dill Firm in Lafayette, La., was elected president of the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA).

Movin’ on UPS: Carrier makes largest ever Canadian capital investment

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Big Brown just keeps getting bigger.

Eyes on the Road: Totalline and crimebusters team up

VAUGHAN, Ont. -- The way RCMP Sgt. Rob Ruiters tells it, the trucking community is divided into two groups: the pros and the cons.

Bendix taps pair for VP posts

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has appointed Rick Nork as its vice president and chief financial officer. Eddie Wilkinson has been promoted to vice president of quality and product safety.

BSM buys vehicle diagnostic solutions firm

WOODBRIDGE, Ont. -- Canadian wireless and vehicle security company BSM Technologies has acquired Netistix Technologies Corp., the developer of FleetPulse,

NAFTA truck trade rises

WASHINGTON -- Surface trade between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico increased by another 4.2 percent -- hitting $69.2 billion -- in August from the same month in 2006, the U.S. Transportation Department announced.

Lay off of HOS: Canadian truckers to FMCSA

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) filed a petition urging the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to retain two key provisions of the U.S. federal hours of service rules which were vacated in July 2007 by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Full(ish) HOS enforcement kicks off in BC

LANGLEY, B.C. -- The so-called 'soft' enforcement period of B.C.'s hours-of-service rules is over. As of today, B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) Division will begin fully enforcing the new federal standard B.C and most other provinces mirrored earlier this year.

Freightliner announces ‘customer facing functions’

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner, the largest maker of heavy-duty trucks in North America, says it will transfer selected functions from its corporate headquarters in Portland to a South Carolina location closer to customers and production facilities.

N.B. Trans-Canada twinned from border to border

GRAND FALLS, N.B. -- The entire 516 kilometres of the Trans-Canada from the Nova Scotia border to the Quebec border is now a divided, four-lane highway.

Dirty trucks to be barred from LA, Long Beach ports

LOS ANGELES -- Older trucks built before 1989 could be banned from entering the Port of Los Angeles, starting Oct. 1, 2008.