Industry forecaster FTR has the unenviable job of trying to predict where the commercial vehicle markets are headed, when even those who build the trucks are uncertain about what the future holds. However, Don Ake, vice-president commercial vehicles with FTR, went ahead with his bold predictions at FTR’s 2022 Transportation Conference. Here’s what he said […]
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As 2022 comes to an end, TruckNews.com reached out to several trucking industry executives to ask about the biggest challenge their fleets will face in the coming year, and how they plan to address these issues. In this instalment, Maritime-Ontario CEO Doug Munro offers his insights. Q1: What is the single greatest challenge that your
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The Volvo Group and Pilot Company, the operator of travel centers in North America, have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a national, public charging network to support the scaling of battery-electric Volvo VNR Electric trucks. Mack Trucks’ plans to grow its electric vehicle sales also received a boost with the announcement from its
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Mack Trucks said that while it has reached reached tentative agreements with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for four local contracts, “UAW leadership’s economic demands at the master contract […] Source: Truck News
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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 […] Source: Truck News
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The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) recently celebrated and recognized those who have made significant achievements to the industry in the province. Bernie Driedger of Portage Transport won the MTA-Red Coleman Service to Industry Award; Jason Wagner of Jade Transport was honored with the MTA-Bridgestone Trucking Hero Award; and Jason Larocque of Kleysen Group was awarded
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New trailer orders continued to soar in November, with 39,000 units ordered according to preliminary data from ACT Research. The strong total even took the industry forecaster by surprise. “We expected net orders to slow in November, after October’s net order explosion,” said Jennifer McNealy, director, commercial vehicle market research and publications. “Despite November’s strong
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Stoneridge executives remain confident that regulators will further extend an exemption which allows MirrorEye camera monitor systems to be mounted on trucks in place of traditional west coast mirrors. The […] Source: Truck News
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Cummins on Tuesday announced it is expanding its powertrain platforms, leveraging a range of lower carbon fuel types. As the industry’s first unified, fuel-agnostic engines, these platforms will use engine blocks and core components that share common architectures and will be optimized for different low-carbon fuel types, the engine-maker said in a press release “Having
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Express Mondor has become one of Canada’s largest flatbed trucking operations by acquiring WJ Deans Transportation – a fleet that specializes in transporting metals. National Bank Private Investment and Desjardins, which supported the deal, each take minority shares of Express Mondor. Express Mondor has 130 trucks and 425 trailers, making it one of Quebec’s 20
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