Volvo Trucks has set out to become a more prominent player in the Mexican truck market, by expanding its dealer presence here and re-evaluating its traditional approach to this market. That was the message from an invigorated Matthew ...
The debate over unpaid overtime in the trucking industry is heating up, with a $100-million class action lawsuit launched against Canada Cartage. The law firm Lax O’Sullivan Scott Lisus LLP has launched the suit on behalf of workers ...
Tags: Canada, Cartage, $100-million, lawsuit
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) launched the e-learning edition of its SmartDriver for Highway Trucking in 2011, and is now redeveloping the learning materials, with the support and guidance of numerous trucking industry stakeholders, to ...
Glasvan Great Dane has announced that they will be carrying the Autocar shunt tractor featuring a natural gas Cummins ISL-G engine at all their locations. On November 12, George Cobham Jr., the vice-president of sales, officially made ...
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The Toronto Transportation Club this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Trailcon Leasing’s John Foss is serving as president during this, the club’s milestone year. Editorial director and publisher Lou Smyrlis caught up with ...
The suspended commercial reservation system pioneered by Marine Atlantic may be reinstated if the Retail Council of Canada and a private consulting firm can sway stakeholders to amend their 2010 decision. Marine Atlantic is willing to ...
Tags: Marine Atlantic, commercial, reservation, comeback
Utility Trailer bills itself as the longest running, privately owned trailer manufacturing company in the US, and next year will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The company claims to be the largest producer of refrigerated van trailers, ...
Tags: Craig Bennett, sales, marketing, utility, trailer
cat the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) conference kicked off with a presentation on leadership during turbulent times. The session was presented by Tom Connellan, a business and motivational speaker and a former founder and CEO, to a ...
During the province of Manitoba’s most recent throne speech, the province was promised upgrades to their highway infrastructure. The multi-year reconstruction of PTH 75 will help protect the vital trade route from flood-related ...
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YC Inox, one of the major stainless steel welding pipe makers and the major stainless steel flat products service centers in Taiwan, has announced its combined sales revenue in October totaled NT$2.143 billion, rising by 7.1% from a month ...
The Toronto Transportation Club this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Trailcon Leasing’s John Foss is serving as president during this, the club’s milestone year. Editorial director and publisher Lou Smyrlis caught up with ...
Tags: Toronto, TTC, John Foss, industry club
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in December this year Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to increase by 4.6 percent compared to October to 2.740 million mt. According to Metallurgprom's ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Eaton has launched a used truck program for the North American Classes 6-8 markets, which will offer extended warranty options of up to weight years and a million miles on transmissions. Clutches will be covered for up to five years and ...
In the January-October period of this year, Ukraine's iron ore exports rose by nine percent year on year to 32.1 million metric tons, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. Exports of iron ore from Ukraine ...
On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) formally initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from China, Korea, and Taiwan. The DOC will investigate 30 alleged subsidy programs in ...
Tags: Electrical Steel, Mineral