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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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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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
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 ...
A US fleet says it has extended drain intervals to 70,000 miles using Chevron Delo 400 LE SAE 15W-40 engine oil. R.E. West Transportation, based in Nashville, saw a 20,000-mile increase in its drain intervals, compared to the OEM ...
Bendix has announced it recently produced its 500,00th ADB22X air disc brake. The company says it will produce 180,000 air disc brakes this year alone, out of its production facility in Bowling Green, Ky. The Bendix ADB22X has been in ...
Newly released highway fatality stats in the US paint an incomplete picture, having lumped non-freight-hauling trucks in with commercial vehicles, according to the American Trucking Associations. “Every fatality on our ...
Members of the trucking industry who are celebrating their Silver and Golden anniversaries working in trucking were inducted into the Ontario Trucking Association's Pioneer and Half-Century clubs yesterday. The eight new members were ...
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