Business Management Trimac acquires U.S. fleet Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking August 24, 2023 Trimac has made its fourth acquisition this year, buying Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking in Gleason, Tenn. The company, founded in 1949, runs primarily in the south, southeastern and midwestern…
Business Management STG Logistics expands into more Canadian markets August 24, 2023 STG Logistics is expanding its intermodal network with service in and out of the Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Moncton and Halifax markets. The U.S. company says the new markets will…
Transportation Truck-hauled cross-border freight values rise August 23, 2023 Trucks moved US$88.5 billion in transborder freight between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico this June, up 6.1% over the same month last year. Of that, $39.5 billion traveled between Canada…
Regulations CVSA wants more time to comment on AEB mandate August 15, 2023 The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) says it needs more time to collaborate with industry stakeholders and submit meaningful comments on an ongoing rulemaking to mandate automatic emergency braking…
Transportation FMCSA will review pre-empted California and Washington meal and rest rules August 11, 2023 Decisions that pre-empted meal and rest break rules specific to California and Washington State are once again up for review, with the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announcing…
Security Truck driver arrested with $2 million in drugs hidden in load of ‘waffles’ August 3, 2023 A Canadian truck driver has been arrested trying to cross into Buffalo, N.Y., with an estimated $2 million in marijuana and ketamine, hidden in what fraudulent paperwork described as a…
Business Management Titanium furthers push into U.S. market with first asset-based acquisition July 31, 2023 Titanium Transportation last week announced the opening of its seventh U.S. freight brokerage in Jacksonville, Fla., and followed that up today with its first acquisition of an asset-based U.S. carrier.
Security CBSA seizes suspected cocaine worth $6M in truck at Manitoba border July 27, 2023 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers seized more than 63 kg of suspected cocaine with a street value of $6 million at a border crossing in Manitoba. This is the…
Infrastructure Blue Water Bridge work snarls truck traffic at Ontario-U.S. border July 25, 2023 U.S.-bound truck drivers are facing long delays crossing the Blue Water Bridge connecting Sarnia, Ont. to Port Huron, Mich., at a time when only one lane is available due to…
Infrastructure Blue Water Bridge lane restrictions begin July 5 July 4, 2023 Rehabilitation work is about to begin at the Blue Water Bridge, closing the U.S.-bound span July 5 to Oct. 5, 2023. To minimize any disruption, the Canada-bound span will become…
Business Management Economic Trucking Trends: Tough times for flatdeckers, used truck prices normalizing June 30, 2023 As we head into the long weekend, it’s better to be a shipper than a carrier. At least if you’re relying on the spot market to find or move freight.
Sustainability ‘Truck stop of the future’ designed for EVs to be built on Daimler land in Michigan June 30, 2023 A truck stop of the future designed to charge electric commercial vehicles will be built on Daimler Truck North America’s (DTNA) Redford, Mich., land near I-96. Dubbed a Mobility Charging…
Transportation Customs broker systems shutdown causes border delays June 22, 2023 Carriers and truck drivers complained of delays at Canada-U.S. border crossings beginning June 21, after customs broker Livingston International “shut down select operating systems” because of a suspected cyber attack.
Health & Safety Once the subject of fierce debate, speed limiters are a fact of life in Ontario, Quebec June 1, 2023 Most trucks operating in Ontario and Quebec have had to mechanically govern their speeds at 105 km/h since 2008, but proposals for similar legislation in B.C. and the U.S.
Security Former Quebec trucking company VP pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking May 26, 2023 Guillaume Latour-Laitre, 26, of Prevost, Que., has pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, after U.S. border officers discovered 142 kg of…
