Ontario Raising Highway Speed Limits
The Ontario government is raising the speed limit permanently from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on 10 additional sections of provincial highways in northern and southern Ontario. The change builds on the safe and successful increase to six sections of provincial highways in...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2% in March
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 2% in March after increasing 4% in February. In March, the index equaled 113.4 (2015=100) compared with 115.7 in February. “Tonnage in March suggests that truck freight...
Tenstreet Announces New AI-Powered Recruiting and Navigation Features at 6th Annual User Conference
Tenstreet, the leading provider of software solutions that connect drivers and carriers for every aspect of their employment relationship, announced several new features at their 2024 User Conference in Las Vegas that will further optimize driver-carrier...
Geotab Industry Survey: 87% of transportation fleets anticipate rising business costs this year
Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”) — a global leader in connected transportation solutions — has conducted a survey of U.S. fleet professionals, with Bobit Research Group, that explores how organizations in the transportation sector are progressing on their...
TCA’s 2023 Fleet Safety Award Grand Prize Winners Revealed: Fortune Transportation Company, Inc. and Bison Transport, Inc.
The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) 2024 Annual Convention, Truckload 2024: Nashville, culminated with the announcement of the 2023 TCA Fleet Safety Awards Grand Prize. The contest is made possible by Sponsors, Great West Casualty Company, and Assured Partners....
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 4.3% in February
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 4.3% in February after decreasing 3.2% in January. In February, the index equaled 116.0 (2015=100) compared with 111.3 in January. “After a very soft January, due in...
Celebrate those who drive our industry forward with the PMTC Awards Program
Each day and throughout the year, there are individuals at your work who are going the extra mile, driving change, and making a difference. These moments in time – where a fellow colleague saw an opportunity to help, connect with others, and take on a new challenge –...
Sharing What I learned at the Truckload Carrier 2024 Conference
Every March I look forward to the annual Truckload Carrier Conference. The reason why I (we) never miss is because of the value the conference brings. If you’re going to invest time, money and energy travelling to a conference you better bring something back that...
Value of Joining the Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada
Come this August we celebrate our 35th year of business with KRTS Transportation Specialists Inc. Trucking and truck training is really the only thing I have ever done. Before that I was a “trucking brat”, I grew up in trucking. My dad was a professional driver as...
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