Time running out to comply with Pay Equity Act

Aug. 31 may seem a long way off, but for trucking companies seeking to comply with the Pay Equity Act, the clock is quickly counting down.

FMCSA announces administrator departure

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the departure of its administrator Robin Hutcheson. She will depart the agency on Jan. 26. Sue Lawless, FMCSA’s executive director and chief…

Trucks for Change hauls a million pounds of products for charity

The Trucks for Change Network (T4C) achieved a major milestone in 2023, moving 1 million pounds of products for The For Good Foundation to 41 food banks across Canada in…

CNTL reaches tentative agreement with owner-ops

CN has reached a deal with its CNTL drivers represented by Unifor. CNTL provides first- and last-mile container trucking deliveries for the railway. The tentative four-year agreement covers about 750…

Goodyear and Gatik combine forces to enhance autonomous truck data

The actions of autonomous vehicles are based on a steady stream of camera, radar and LiDAR data. And now tires are contributing additional insights into the mix. Gatik, known in…

Goodyear announces new leadership: CEO named, Koellner becomes chairwoman

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that Mark Stewart has been selected as CEO and president. He will succeed Richard J. Kramer, who will retire after 24 years with…

Toronto roads ranked third slowest in the world

Toronto was ranked the third slowest city in the world, according to the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index released on Wednesday. The survey included 387 cities in 55 countries, which were…

Economic Trucking Trends: Slowing Class 8 sales could cause OEs to curtail production

The first half of January 2024 is nearly in the books, and with it comes news that shippers are loving life thanks to lower fuel costs and other improving metrics…

Polaris Transportation Group promotes Kunow to president

Polaris Transportation Group has named Richard Kunow as the company’s president. Formerly Polaris’ chief operating officer since joining in 2020, Kunow has been leading the company’s day-to-day operations and strategic…

Long PIP processing times costing carriers business

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said processing times for the Partners in Protection (PIP) program can vary based on completeness of the application and file complexity, responding to complaints…

Highway safety still an issue in Northern Ontario: OTA

Nearly 96% of truckers who drive and operate on Highways 11 and 17 believe highway safety and infrastructure conditions in Northern Ontario are deteriorating, the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) found…

GreenPower delivers 10 EV Star Cab and Chassis to Canada

GreenPower Motor Company delivered 10 EV Star Cab and Chassis to Canada at the end of Q4 2023. The manufacturer and distributor of purpose-built, all-electric, zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles…

B.C. asks feds to reduce safety gaps following overpass crashes

British Columbia has asked the federal government to reduce the gaps in the current system that currently allow extra-provincial carriers to lawfully avoid enforcement consequences when operating commercial vehicles unsafely…

Love’s Travel Stops marks 60 years of operations

Love’s Travel Stops is celebrating 60 years of operations, since its first store opened in Watonga, Okla., in 1964. Tom and Judy Love were looking for a way to support…

Continental, Aurora reach milestone for autonomous trucking system

Continental and Aurora Innovation say they’ve reached a key development milestone toward commercializing autonomous trucks at scale. The two companies have finalized the design and architecture of the future fallback…