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Daimler Truck Financial Services relaunches in Canada

Daimler Truck Financial Services (DTFS) relaunched in Canada Dec. 1, as part of a restructured Daimler Truck business that has been spun out from Daimler AG. The company says it…

California to require twice-yearly emissions tests

Trucks operating in California will face twice-yearly “smog checks” under new regulations approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The process applies to equipment with a gross vehicle weight…

Canada’s list of certified ELDs continues to expand

The BigRoad electronic logging device (ELD) and Trimble’s second device are the latest to become third-party-certified for use in Canada. BigRoad joined the list after receiving certification from FPInnovations. “We…

Diesel prices main trucking conditions headwind: FTR

Trucking conditions in the U.S. deteriorated in October due to rising diesel prices, according to the latest Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from industry forecaster FTR. Freight rates remained the leading…

Maxim Truck & Trailer gives $50K to food banks

Maxim Truck & Trailer donated $50,000 to 10 food banks across Canada, each receiving $5,000. The food banks were matched to the 10 communities that the company does business in.

Ritchie Bros. moves $53M in equipment during Edmonton auction

Ritchie Bros.’ final Edmonton auction of the year sold more than 4,400 pieces of equipment, amounting to more than $53 million in transactions. Canadians purchased about 93% of the items…

Coming driver vaccine mandates will disrupt ‘beleaguered’ supply chain: CTA

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that a federal vaccine mandate planned for truck drivers will severely disrupt a fragile and beleaguered supply chain. This recently announced mandate builds…

Quebec driver discovered love of trucking early

For as long as he can remember, Luc Cormier has had diesel fuel in his veins. “It’s literally a passion,” he says. When asked what he likes about his job,…

New oil category, lower viscosities in the works

There’s a new category of diesel engine oil in your future. Five years after the trucking industry adopted a pair of oil categories – a backwards-compatible CK-4 formula and the…

Thank you truckers, for everything you do

On behalf of the membership of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC), I wish to say thank you to the men and women of the highway – the…

Embrace the technology that targets truck inspections

Time is money, and nobody welcomes delays at a roadside scale. Drivers can find themselves breaking into a sweat no matter how confident they are about the state of a…

Who’s your Highway Star?

Every fleet has a highway star within it. But few are formally recognized for going above and beyond to represent the company they work for, and the industry they work…

Terminal tractors provide a good starting point for fleet electrification

As truck fleets begin to contemplate what a zero-emissions transport future looks like, an increasing number are eyeing terminal tractors as an ideal application to familiarize themselves with electrification. And…

B.C. flood-related border measures expand to include seven ports of entry

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have expanded a series of workaround measures responding to B.C. floods as long as infrastructure delays continue…

Daimler Truck begins trading as standalone business

Today marks the first day Daimler Truck trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as a standalone business. The truck maker says it is the “start of a new era” as…