Saskatchewan high clearance corridors reaching new heights August 1, 2014 REGINA -- Saskatchewan truckers with over-dimension loads are getting some government help to make their hauls a little easier.
Suppliers form fuel-efficiency lobby committee August 1, 2014 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A group of North American truck and component manufacturers has formed a council to communicate with government on energy efficiency technology initiatives.
Intermodal hits 18-month high August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- Intermodal volume on freight railroads reached its highest level since November 2008.
CTHRC thinking inside the Box August 1, 2014 OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) has appointed trucking industry veteran Gordon Box as contractor for business development issues.
Truckers can’t please everyone August 1, 2014 MONTREAL -- As it turns out, truckers' biggest fans are men living in rural areas, while women living in urban centres are a little harder to please.
Former Schenker exec joins Canada Cartage August 1, 2014 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Canada Cartage System has appointed Brian Martin as the company's senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Caldwell returns to NAL August 1, 2014 LONDON, Ont. -- A familiar figure in the Canadian trucking insurance industry is going back to his roots.
New publisher appointed for Today’s Trucking August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Joe Glionna is the new publisher of Canada's pre-eminent heavy-duty trucking and logistics publications.
Railway says service failure penalties ‘not workable’ August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- The general manager for CN operations in Edmonton says a suggestion that railroads be penalized for performance failures is not workable.
Court denies further review of Cali TRU rule August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- California will continue to enforce its Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) regulation after the U.S. District Court denied a trucking group's petition to get the rule reconsidered.
Truckers, heroes and all that Jazz August 1, 2014 NEW YORK -- Eight months, two weeks and two days after she took her first steps eastward, Jazzy Jordan, 17, will be finishing her cross-America run Tuesday of this week by trotting into Times Square, sometime between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
More construction for Ontario’s 407 August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- This summer, 407 ETR has budgeted over $70 million in construction projects in an effort to keep the highway congestion free.
Ontario’s 407 eastward bound August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- For more than a year plans have been underway for Ontario to extend the toll route along Highway 407 further east, and it looks the plan is finally on the verge of being implemented.
Manitoba says bye cell August 1, 2014 WINNIPEG -- As of this Friday, June 11, cops in Manitoba will be charging drivers caught using handheld communication devices behind the wheel.
City OKs new truck route plan; more streets off-limit August 1, 2014 HAMILTON, Ont. -- It'll be a little harder for trucks to get around the Steel City after council approved a new truck route plan that bans large commercial vehicles from some roads.