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Meritor appoints new Canadian regional director of field sales and service

TROY, Mich. – Meritor has named Dean Stratton as the company’s regional director of field sales and service for Canada. Based out of British Columbia, Stratton, in addition to identifying…

Oliver Rubber Company rolls out new trailer retread

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Oliver Rubber company unveiled its new ORCO HS Trailer retread recently. The new trailer-position retread was made for both regional and long-haul applications.  “The ORCO HS Trailer…

Freight index rose faster than the capacity index in August

COLUMBUS, Ind. – For the third time in the past four months, the freight volume index is a welcome change after last month’s worst-in-4-years print. The recent shift to positive in this…

PMTC schedules next half-day conference for Oct. 20

MILTON, Ont. — The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has slotted its next educational seminar for October 20 in Milton, Ont. The seminar will run from 9 a.m.

DriverCheck celebrates 20 years

KITCHENER, Ont. – DriverCheck turned two whole decades this summer and to celebrate it treated its clients, staff and associates to a celebration at its Kitchener location. The event was…

Haldex names new senior vice-president of North American sales

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Truck, trailer and bus brake system manufacturer Haldex has named Walter Frankiewicz senior vice-president of sales for North America. Frankiewicz brings 30 years of experience from…

Combined platforms eliminate need for double entries

TORONTO, Ont. – TransCore Link Logistics has partnered with McLeod Software to offer a combined software for carriers and brokers, integrating LoadMaster and PowerBroker users to post loads and trucks…

T4C members help make affordable housing a reality

WATERLOO, Ont. – Member carriers with Trucks For Change Network (T4C) will be donating their time and skills Sept. 20-22 to help make affordable housing in the Kitchener-Waterloo region a…

OTA produces video on how truckers can share road with cyclists

TORONTO, Ont. – In light of recent incidents involving trucks and cyclists, the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) have issued a reminder that safety is everyone’s responsibility and sharing the road…

Who ever said getting a job as a truck driver should be easy?

OAK BLUFF, Man. – “In my mind there is only one solution to moving trucking away from a ‘last resort’ career choice. As an industry, we need to make it difficult…

Volvo hits 13 mpg with SuperTruck

Truck maker exceeded goal to improve freight efficiency by 50%

ATA names Duckworth new CFO

ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has named Rusty Duckworth as its new chief financial officer. ATA president and CEO Chris Spear made the announcement Sept. 12, with…

Burrowes Insurance names winner of contest

MONTREAL, Que. — Burrowes Insurance Brokers has announced the winner of its contest that kicked off at Truck World earlier this year. Nicole Campbell, owner of Eshipone Inc.,…

New filter engineered for ‘optimum capacity and service life’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cummins Filtration has refined its Fleetguard LF1400NN combination lube filter pairing together NanoNet and StrataPore media together using a state-of-the-art co-bonding lamination process to create a single…

Keep ELDs, URS out of your blind spot

Maybe this isn’t news if you own a new vehicle, but I was surprised by all the bells and whistles on a car I recently rented. Let me tell you,…