Coming to an invoice near you: “Load Protection Fees” August 1, 2014 COPENHAGEN: It's like restaurants charging people who make reservations and then don't show up.
PMTC names new board of directors rotation August 1, 2014 KING CITY, Ont. -- The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada announced its incoming Board of Directors for the coming term during its annual conference
Like the 401 being taken from Toronto August 1, 2014 GRAND MANAN ISLAND, N.B. -- Every once in a while, folks get schooled on how important big trucks are to their lives.
Vernon Erb passes the baton August 1, 2014 NEW HAMBURG, Ont. -- Vernon Erb is stepping away from the presidency of The Erb Group, and his son Wendell is taking over.
Charge of the light-truck brigade August 1, 2014 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Say you're doing deliveries in one of those all-electric delivery vans and you run out of electricity. Who're you going to call?
National policy needed on older drivers: study August 1, 2014 WATERLOO, Ont. - A national study has just proven what the trucking industry has known for years, and has fought against: that there is no national policy for licensing older drivers.
NAFTA highway trade rises August 1, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. - U.S.-Canada surface totaled $44.6 billion in April, an 11.8 percent increase than the same month in 2010.
The burning school house is still the all-time fave August 1, 2014 RICHMOND, Va. -- Once again American truckers carrying fireworks for July 4 celebrations are getting special exemption from hours of service rules.
Board the biobus. Biodiesel rule takes effect August 1, 2014 SASKATOON -- Happy birthday Canada. Truckers, on the other hand, might not be in a celebratory mood when they notice that they're now required to fill up with biodiesel.
XM, Sirius make it legal August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- To nobody's surprise, satellite radio companies Sirius Canada and XM Canada are now married and will be henceforth be known as SiriusXM Canada. The union became official June 21.
Dis hour has 45 minutes August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- The panelists are getting testy. Four episodes in and it's clear that the editors involved in the todaystrucking.com "Dispatches" podcasts are proving something that their spouses have suspected all along:
Used truck inventory remains tight: ACT August 1, 2014 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Retail prices and average miles for used commercial trucks continue to increase.
Specs revealed for new bridge between N.B. and Maine August 1, 2014 CLAIRE, N.B. -- The plans for a new international bridge connecting Clair, N.B., to Fort Kent, Maine have been finalized and bidding to lead the project is about to open.
Trucking group demands ‘modicum of research’ into EOBR August 1, 2014 KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The North American Truckers Guild (NATG) is calling for an assessment of the impact of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) on the British Columbia economy.
10,000th Cummins Westport nat-gas engines rolls off line August 1, 2014 VANCOUVER -- Cummins Westport and Cummins celebrating the production of the 10,000th ISL G natural gas engine at the Cummins Engine Plant in Rocky Mount, N.C.