Capacity expansion lagging behind freight demand: TCP

NASHVILLE, Ind. – Carriers may be ready to replace their aging fleets, but their appetites for fleet expansion shrunk compared to earlier in the year.

AMTA names new exec director

CALGARY -- Don Wilson has been tapped by the Alberta Motor Transport Association to take over the executive director role for Mayne Root.

Next AMPS review phase kicking-in

OTTAWA – Effective Dec. 15, 2010, Phase 2 of the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) review will combine 68 contraventions to a single code among other changes

Freight economy index pointing up, but growth still weak

LOS ANGELES -- A U.S. economic index based on diesel fuel purchases showed some modest improvement after several consecutive months of decline.

CanAm borders & bridges part of latest WikiLeaks cable

TORONTO -- A list of the most vital border crossings between Canada and the U.S. is part of a WikiLeaks release of sites the U.S. State Department considers critical to the health and security of the United States.

Lake Erie cargo ferry idea gets another look

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The on-off-again plan to launch a cargo ferry sailing across Lake Erie reportedly still has some wind behind it.

CF wheelman named Canada's top driver

SURREY, B.C. – Heinz Alvin (John) Beeler, a truck driver with Canadian Freightways was honored with the 2010 Canadian Trucking Alliance/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year.

Eaton names vehicle group president

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Truck components supplier Eaton Corp. has named Kenneth F. Davis president of its Vehicle Group, succeeding Joseph P. Palchak who will retire at the end of June, 2011.

Shippers want mandatory weighing of boxes

NEW YORK – The International Maritime Organization is being urged to establish an international rule that all loaded containers be weighed at the port facility before they are loaded aboard a vessel.

US pumps 100% ULSD compliant

WASHINGTON – It took about four years, but as of Dec. 1, all highway diesel fuel in the U.S. is ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel.