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Phillips Connect adds efficient tire sensor

Phillips Connect will be the exclusive supplier of STE North America’s tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensor. Based on what’s referred to as Micro.sp technology, the design is reportedly…

Goodyear appoints Patterson to oversee Cooper Tire integration

Goodyear has put Ryan Patterson, president of its Asia Pacific business unit, in charge of integrating recently acquired Cooper Tire. His new position is senior vice-president, business integration. He is…

FedEx commits to being carbon-neutral by 2040

FedEx Corp. plans to achieve carbon neutral operations globally by 2040.    To help reach this goal,the company will spend more than US$2 billion in three areas: vehicle electrification, sustainable energy, and carbon sequestration.   FedEx Express is…

Can unpaid carriers sell a shipper’s load?

Selling a load of cargo can seem like an option when a shipper doesn’t pay its bill, but the process is not always as straightforward as it might appear. Imagine…

Feds offer more funding to advance hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Canada has announced $46,000 in funding to encourage the use of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) including trucks. The latest funding complements earlier funding that included $600 million for…

Understand your rear underride guard violations

Underride guards face more than a fair share of abuse. Bashed against bollards, and pulled against dock locks, it’s not difficult to find the metal barriers bent out of shape.

Fleets continue ordering trucks at ‘near-record levels’

Class 8 truck orders remained strong in February, with an impressive 44,000 units booked according to preliminary data from FTR. That was up 3% from January and 209% year-over-year, and…

Put truck drivers at head of vaccine line

Truck drivers absolutely have to be priorities in the disorganized, shockingly slow roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations. An early spot in the queue is utterly essential, especially for the cross-border folks…

Canada’s biggest truck fleets: The Top 100 (1-25)

The Today’s Trucking Top 100 — Canada’s definitive ranking of the nation’s largest truck fleets by size — has been upended by recent mergers and acquisitions. TFI International is…

Canada’s biggest truck fleets: The Top 100 (26-50)

The first half of the 2021 Today’s Trucking Top 100 fleet ranking continues here, offering insights into the capacity and services of Canada’s largest trucking operations. The Today’s Trucking Top…

Canada’s biggest truck fleets: The Top 100 (51-75)

The second half of the Today’s Trucking Top 100 continues our annual count of Canada’s largest trucking fleets, ranking fleet sizes based on equipment counts. The Today’s Trucking Top…

Canada’s biggest truck fleets: The Top 100 (76-100)

The annual Today’s Trucking Top 100 continues with the fleets ranked 76-100. Rankings are based on total equipment counts. The Today’s Trucking Top 100 is the definitive ranking of fleet…

Enforcement of Canada’s ELD mandate to be phased in over a year

Transport Canada has reaffirmed its commitment to a June 12 rollout of Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, but with a “progressive enforcement period” lasting 12 months. Transport Minister Omar…

Ontario pilot project to provide safer, faster towing and standard rates

Ontario truckers will benefit from faster service and standard towing rates when they require a tow in a designated tow zone, as part of a pilot project to be rolled…

Supporting your metabolism

Quite often, individuals looking to lose weight and get healthy will drastically change their diet, eating fewer calories, not eating in the morning or evening, and only eating vegetables and…