PacLease added 13 new locations in 2020 – one in Canada – and says it increased its market share in the full-service leasing space.“We’re glad 2020 is in the rearview mirror, but looking back, I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished,” said Ken…
Article content continued“Truck drivers spend long hours moving goods of every type and description on our roadways and we need to ensure they have a modern, safe and welcoming place to stop and rest,” said Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Train Trailer Rentals and Trailer Wizards have officially merged, creating a combined entity known as TIP Fleet Services Canada.Based in Mississauga, Ontario, the division operates under a global TIP Trailer Services umbrella that o…
TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian shippers were paying marginally more to move their freight in October, while cross-border LTL services have secured some of the biggest year-over-year increases.The monthly numbers published by the Canadian General Freight Inde…
GREENBELT, Md. – Canadian inspectors placed 817 vehicles and 135 drivers out of service during this year’s international Roadcheck inspection blitz.More than 50,000 inspections were conducted across North America during the three-day event run from Sep…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Another upstart manufacturer has joined the electric delivery vehicle race, with a low-cost option that will launch in the U.S. in 2023 with a Canadian launch to follow soon after.Canoo will initially offer its multi-purpose deliv…
TORONTO, Ont. – Schneider has expanded its Bulk Express Intermodal services to Canada.This month it began offering shippers inbound and outbound Canadian services, with bulk loads shipped by rail and handled by local and regional drivers for the final …
On November 11, 2020, the Government of Québec published the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting licences (CQLR, c. C-24.2, r. 34, the “RARL”). The RARL makes substantial changes to the accompaniment conditions provided by the Highway Safety …
BURNABY, B.C. – Canadian used truck prices were relatively flat when comparing the three months ending in November to the same period last year, the latest Ritchie Bros. data suggests.Prices for used heavy equipment tracked by the auctioneer were up 1%…
TORONTO, Ont. – Electronic Logging Device (ELD) suppliers continue to await answers for some key questions as they prepare for a pending Canadian mandate that takes hold June 12.In a wide-ranging webinar, Omnitracs vice-president – regulatory affairs M…
OTTAWA, Ont. – Truck drivers have faired better through the Covid-19 pandemic than the average Canadian worker, Trucking HR Canada said in a labor market update released Tuesday.“Although unemployment spiked to record levels in May 2020 for all Canadia…
SAINT-BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILLE, Que. – Plan ahead, and don’t wait until the last moment to implement your electronic logging device (ELD) schedule.That was the message from Isaac Instruments on Tuesday at a webinar aimed at fleet managers and dispatchers a…
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Less than a week after announcing a partnership with Navistar to develop a Class 8 truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells, Cummins said Monday it is well positioned to lead the transition to a hydrogen economy.Cummins plans to grow its f…
PORTLAND, Ore. – Freightliner has surpassed 500,000 miles in real-world electric truck use, the company announced.Trucks include Freightliner eCascadias and eM2s in the truck maker’s Innovation and Customer Experience Fleets, which put trucks into serv…
TORONTO, Canada – A Punjabi truck driver, who killed 16 Canadian junior hockey players and injured 13 others by jumping red light in April 2018, faces deportation to India.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 31, crashed his semi-trailer into a bus carrying the hock…