Transportation Kinedyne expands Alabama facility January 11, 2017 PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Kinedyne announced recently that it’s close to completing a major relocation, consolidation and expansion effort designed to make the company more efficient, competitive and responsive to its customers’…
Transportation Long-time employee Jackie Dobrowolski to leave OTA January 11, 2017 TORONTO, Ont. — After 29 years as the office manager and executive assistant to OTA/CTA CEO David Bradley, Jackie Dobrowolski announced she is leaving the association to pursue other interests.
Transportation Oakville truck driver robbed on the job January 11, 2017 OAKVILLE, Ont. — A professional Oakville truck driver was robbed on the job last night. According to police reports, on Tuesday, January 10, at 5:30 p.m., the truck driver had…
CAA identifies Canada’s worst traffic bottlenecks preview image Transportation CAA identifies Canada’s worst traffic bottlenecks January 11, 2017 OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) revealed the findings of its study Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada’s Worst Bottlenecks today. The study, the first of its kind, found that…
Transportation Women with Drive Summit to include international speakers January 10, 2017 OTTAWA, Ont. — Trucking HR Canada will have speakers from all over the globe at its upcoming Women with Drive summit. The third annual summit will be held March 2,…
Fairbanks Scales unveils new weighing instrument, FB6000 January 9, 2017 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fairbanks Scales has released its newest weighing instrument, the FB6000. The new weighing instrument features a new web interface that…
Transportation Meyers Transport closing its doors January 9, 2017 BELLEVILLE, Ont. – After 90 years in business, Meyers Transport announced that it will be ceasing its LTL operations later this month. The news of the closure came late last…
Transportation It’s now or never January 9, 2017 To me, Memphis conjures up images of blues bars and Elvis. But the city’s role as a freight hub makes it a big draw for some of the brightest minds…
Transportation Looking forward to 2017 January 9, 2017 Trucking industry remains ‘cautiously optimistic’ about coming year
Drones, robots a part of Mercedes-Benz’s vision for final mile deliveries preview image Mobile and IT Drones, robots a part of Mercedes-Benz’s vision for final mile deliveries January 9, 2017 LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Mercedes-Benz continues through its van division to reimagine how final mile deliveries will be completed in the future. Last fall at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show…
Hey, Alberta: What are you waiting for? preview image Transportation Hey, Alberta: What are you waiting for? January 9, 2017 Pilot project underway, but use of super singles remains limited
Transportation The chances of Trump demanding a carbon tax to save the world from climate change is, to be polite, remote to non-existent January 9, 2017 The introduction, or should I say, the force feeding of the Ontario carbon cap-and-trade, and the Alberta version, which they prefer to term a carbon “levy” were, and will…
Equipment ZF working on artificial intelligence for commercial vehicles January 9, 2017 LAS VEGAS, Nev. – ZF announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) it is working with NVIDIA to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems that will enable the development of autonomously…
Human Resources Former MTA president passes January 6, 2017 WINNIPEG, Man. – The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) acknowledged the death of its former president and long serving board member Bob Senkow Jan. 4. Senkow was also an MTA awards…
Equipment Mercedes wants its vehicles to serve as personal health devices January 5, 2017 LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Mercedes-Benz is envisioning a future where the automobile doubles as a personal health device. The car maker discussed this topic in detail at the Consumer Electronics…
