Truck News

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Apps Transport Group has taken delivery of the first of 17 new Peterbilt 386s the company has ordered.

PORTLAND, Ore. — TransCore’s North American Freight Index indicated a record volume of spot market freight was available in April.

PEORIA, Ill. — Caterpillar has announced the availability of its 15-litre CT15 engine in the CT660 vocational truck.

DETROIT, Mich. — A dedicated truck road, long in the planning, has finally opened on the Detroit side of the Ambassador Bridge, a win-win for truckers who no longer have to navigate the streets of inner city Detroit, and for neighbourhood…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Bison Transport and Brian Kurtz Trucking – the lone Canadian entrants into the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Weight Loss Showdown – both finished in the top four.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Westport Innovations says it has improved the performance of its flagship HD15L LNG engine.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking that will mandate the use of electronic stability control (ESC) systems on heavy vehicles.

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Challenger Motor Freight has embarked on an aggressive strategy to rejuvenate its fleet, and by year’s end will have replaced more than 400 tractors – or nearly a third of its entire fleet.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The first-ever Healthy Trucking Fleet of the Year award, a collaboration between FusionHealth and Navistar, has been presented to Celadon Group at its headquarters in Indianapolis. The award honours trucking companies that…

COLUMBUS, Ind. — ACT Research says a recent softening of Class 8 truck orders is not enough to derail its projections for 2012 build and sales forecasts.