Devon Turnbull, recipient of this year’s Rick Austin Memorial Dispatcher of the Year award, exhibits many of the same traits possessed by the award’s namesake. Like Austin, who passed away in 2017, Turnbull began his trucking career on the road before …
The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) once again recognized the best fleet graphics through its annual Vehicle Graphics Design competition, which it dubs “the most colorful awards in the trucking community.”
Both private and for-hire fleets …
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be hosting a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) enrolment event from July 12-16 in Fort Erie, Ont.
Registration is open for new FAST applicants who are conditionally a…
This is the shocking moment a driver survived a horror pickup crash thanks to his seatbelt.The pickup truck was travelling along a highway after heavy rain when the vehicle skidded on the wet surface and spun out of control in Chanthaburi province on J…
John Deere’s Canadian fleet and Linde Canada have been named the safest private fleets. Linde was previously known as Praxair Canada, but took on the name change in March to align with its parent company’s global branding.
The Private Fleet Safety Awar…
Canada’s private fleets have offered further insights into their activities, with the release of the fifth annual benchmarking survey conducted by the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) and supported by the U.S.-based National Private Truck C…
Professional drivers have had a particularly rough go of Covid-19. Consider their occupation was already one of isolation. Then there’s the fact they’ve been counted on to continue working through the pandemic, while others stayed home.
Access to washr…
Canada’s spot market showed continued strength in May, a month that included the strongest single-day load volumes since April 2018.
Loadlink Technologies reported stabilized domestic loads in May, while cross-border activity showed a slight improvemen…
Truck driver employment has rebounded to pre-Covid levels – with Canada counting 11,100 more working drivers than the average reported over the last decade.
While driving jobs plunged in the first wave of the pandemic, a similar drop was not recorded d…
The number of in-person conferences continues to grow, with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) planning its annual conference and exhibition for Aug. 29 – Sept. 2 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Because of Covid-19 restrictions, CVSA has not held a…