Daily Archives: June 26, 2012

Finally Made It Home

June 26, 2012BlogArkansas, home, off, time, vacationTomWiles

Finally taking a few days off after being on the road for over a month.

Waiting For My Break To End

June 26, 2012BlogArkansas, BentonTomWiles

Waiting for my break to end here at Benton, Arkansas. Heading to Hot Springs to unload and hopefully then on home for time off.

Lewis Idealease expands to Bracebridge
NORTH BARRINGTON, Ill. – Lewis Idealease, a division of Lewis Motor Sales, has opened a new truck leasing and service center in Bracebridge, Ont. The opening was announced Wednesday by Idealease, the commercial truck leasing, rental and maintenance company to which Lewis Motor Sales is affiliated. The 18,000 sq.-ft. state-of-the-art facility features a parts warehouse […]
Work Truck Show falls victim to Covid-19
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The NTEA’s annual Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit, originally scheduled for March 9-12 in Indianapolis, has become the latest victim of Covid-19. The in-person show has been canceled, and there are no plans for a virtual event to mark Work Truck Week, but the association representing the work truck […]
Coming soon: Better ONroute truck stops
TORONTO, Ont. – Truck stop operator ONroute is taking a series of measures to improve the customer experience at its sites, and that will include more food choices and parking spaces, the company CEO has told Today’s Trucking. “We are aggressively evaluating adding up to 200 parking spots in the next 12 months,” Melanie Teed-Murch […]
Truck arrivals up 2% during Oct. 12-18
OTTAWA, Ont. – The number of truck drivers entering Canada rose for a third consecutive week during Oct. 12-18, the Canada Borders Services Agency (CBSA) said Tuesday. It said 108,009 truckers arrived in the country that week, up 2% from 105,851 in the comparable time a year ago. Arrivals had risen 2.65% during Oct. 5-12 […]
ECONOMIC WATCH: Truck tonnage rebounds in September
ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. for-hire truck tonnage jumped 6.7% in September, but was down 2.7% year-over-year, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). September’s increase came on the heels of a 5.3% decline in August. “September had a nice recovery after a significant decline in August,” said ATA chief economist Bob […]
Cross-border truck drivers don’t need to wait 14 days for doctor visits, college says
TORONTO, Ont. – The College of Physicians of Ontario is confirming that essential workers do not need to quarantine for 14 days before an in-person visit with a doctor, even if crossing the Canada-U.S. border in the course of their jobs. Essential workers like truck drivers are not required to quarantine for 14 days after […]
Pot seized from municipal trash hauler
PORT HURON, Mich. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized 1,000 pounds of marijuana from a garbage truck heading for a landfill in New Boston, Mich. The agency said the incident happened Oct. 18 when officers at the Blue Water Bridge encountered a driver operating a trash hauler. The bridge connects Port Huron […]
There’s an art behind these moves
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Musket Transport proved its capability in handling delicate shipments when it partnered with Blackwood Gallery to stage the 2018 art show, The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea. The show was designed to raise awareness about climate change. This year, the company is once again collaborating with the University of Toronto Mississauga’s […]
Canvec expands roadside repair service to GTA
MONTREAL, Que. — Canvec Leasing is now offering 24/7 mobile roadside repair service in the Greater Toronto Area, the company announced Tuesday. Canvec said its GTA operations will be managed by the new regional director for Ontario, Joe Totera. A specialist in call center and operations management, he has many years of experience in the […]
C.A.T.’s natural gas trucks get boost with Hyliion e-axles
COTEAU-DU-LAC, Que. — C.A.T. Transport is taking a new step in its natural gas propulsion approach, as the company’s first hybrid truck hit the road a few days ago. The Freightliner Cascadia, already powered by a Cummins ISX 12G compressed natural gas (CNG) engine, has had the addition of Hyliion’s CNG hybrid solution, which includes […]
Volvo receives funding to deploy 70 VNR Electrics
FONTANA, Calif. – Volvo Trucks will deploy another 70 Class 8 VNR Electric trucks in California, thanks to US$27.1 million in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD). Volvo claims it will be the nation’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks. The trucks […]
Autonomous Waymo trucks learning lessons from lighter class
TORRANCE, Calif. — Before the industry began eyeing the possibility of driverless semis, there was a little car secretly driving around the country with no one at the wheel. This has now evolved into a new project, Waymo Via, which is looking to make autonomous trucking and local delivery a reality. Google started with Project […]
Ritchie Bros. sets Chilliwack auction record
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Ritchie Bros. sold more than 1,600 pieces of equipment worth $34 million at an auction in Chilliwack, B.C., last week, surpassing the previous site record by 39%, the company said Monday. More than 6,400 bidders from 44 countries participated in the online-only auction, it said. Nearly 90% of the items were sold […]
Traton reaches deal with Navistar
MUNICH, Germany – Traton SE, the truck and bus division of Volkswagen AG, said Friday it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Navistar International. Traton, which already owns 16.8% of the American truck manufacturer, will buy the rest of Navistar stock at US$44.50 per share. “We are pleased to have reached agreement in […]
Drivers impaired by more than drugs or alcohol alone
TORONTO, Ont. – Driving a truck requires plenty of focus, and PJ Barclay knows that focus can be impaired by more than drugs and alcohol alone. Physical factors, fatigue, medical issues, and mental health all contribute to overall impairment, the president and CEO of Impirica explained during DriverCheck’s online Fitness for Duty Summit. They aren’t […]
Navistar counters Traton’s ‘final’ offer
LISLE, Ill. – Navistar International’s Board of Directors has responded to Traton’s final buyout offer of US$43 per share, saying it will accept US$44.50. Navistar says the $44.50 price has the support of Navistar’s two largest shareholders. In a letter to Traton, Navistar asked the company to publicly announce an extension to negotiations so the […]
Trout River Industries names new president
COLEMAN, P.E.I. – DLH Group has named Stephen Kennaugh the president and CEO of Trout River Industries, its live-bottom trailer manufacturing division in Prince Edward Island. Kennaugh joined Trout River Industries in 2017 as financial controller, and was promoted to COO in 2018. He takes over the role of president from Darrin Mitchell, who is […]
Trucking for a Cure mission continues
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – There will be no Trucking for a Cure convoys this year, but the fight against breast cancer continues. A major event in the Canadian trucking calendar, the annual convoys in Woodstock and Brockville/Prescott help raise awareness about the disease, and funds to combat it. It is the latest trucking event torpedoed by […]
Pilot Flying J conviction overturned in appeals court
A federal appeals court has overturned the convictions of former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two others in connection with a long-running scheme to defraud trucking companies. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, a three-judge panel for the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that prosecutors should not have been allowed to play […]
Rosana Preston is HR Leader of the Year
OTTAWA, Ont. – A 50-year trucking industry veteran who “truly does put others first,” has been named the HR Leader of the Year. Rosana Preston of Rosedale Transport was honored Thursday night at Trucking HR Canada’s virtual 2020 Top Fleet Employers (TFE) awards ceremony. “Trucking HR Canada believes that human resources professionals play an important […]

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