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Nortrans buys Micra Transportation Services

Nortrans Freight Management has purchased Micra Transportation Services, which operates a fleet of roll tite and curtainside trailers, specializing in third-party logistics. The acquisition expands Nortrans’ fleet to 85 trailers…

Westcan truck driver loses challenge over drug and alcohol testing

Truck driver Randall Phillips has failed in a legal bid to challenge Westcan Bulk Transport’s random drug and alcohol testing program. Phillips had argued the fleet shouldn’t be able to…

Peterbilt GM talks growing truck market, electric vehicle plans, and more

Peterbilt GM and Paccar vice-president Jason Skoog is clearly bullish on the state of today’s truck market and the OEM’s position within it. North America’s Class 8 truck orders are…

Kenworth achieves record Class 8, medium-duty market share

Kenworth says it achieved record Class 8 and medium-duty market share in the U.S. and Canada in 2020. Its Class 8 market share was 15.8% in the U.S. and Canada,…

Manitoba offering more funding for green truck technologies

Manitoba has opened the second round of applications for grants towards heavy truck fuel-saving technologies and retrofits. “One-third of greenhouse-gas emissions in our province comes from the transportation sector, so…

DTNA invests in Detroit plant to build ePowertrain

Daimler Trucks North America (DNTA) has invested US$20 million into its Detroit manufacturing plant to build the new Detroit ePowertrain. It will be used to power Freightliner eCascadia and eM2…

FedEx Ground names Smith president, CEO

John A. Smith, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight, will become president and CEO of FedEx Ground on June 1. He replaces Henry Maier, who will remain at…

Ontario driver named to Penske’s Driver Wall of Fame

Chris Secord of Ontario was among the 18 professional drivers Penske Logistics named to its Class of 2020 Driver Wall of Fame. The awards are part of its Premier Driver…

Truck drivers must mask up at ports of entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed it’s requiring truck drivers to wear masks at all ports of entry, in keeping with an executive order issued by the Center for…

Peterbilt honors Canadian dealers in annual awards

Several Canadian Peterbilt dealerships have secured annual honors from the maker of trucks with a red oval. Peterbilt Manitoba secured TRP Dealer of the Year honors, while B.C.-based Peterbilt Pacific…

Green transportation plan comes to Montreal Port

Europe’s Lean and Green certification program has landed in Greater Montreal, introducing a program to measure the environmental performance of the Montreal area’s logistics and transportation operations. Recognized transportation companies…

Titanium Transportation finds ‘transformative’ acquisition in ITS

Titanium Transportation has found the “transformative” acquisition it has been looking for. The company announced this morning it has purchased International Truckload Services (ITS), a Belleville, Ont.-based truckload provider that…

Mountain Driving 101: Video series guides truck drivers in the mountains

Drivers exposed to long mountain grades for the first time face a dilemma. They may not be aware of the physical limitations of their equipment to keep them at a…

Two Canadians on Kenworth Service Council

Ryan Dicken of GreatWest Kenworth in Calgary, Alta., and Nicolas Letendre of Kenworth Maska in Sherbrooke, Que., have been named to Kenworth’s 2021 Service Council. (Kenworth) They are joined on…

DTNA using augmented reality to collaborate with technicians

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has successfully piloted Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality technology as a way to collaborate with dealers and customers. “The global pandemic has had an impact on…