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Arseneau receives the THRC Women with Drive Leadership Award

Trucking HR Canada has named GX Transport's Michelle Arseneau as the recipient of its 2026 Women with Drive Leadership Award. The award, first introduced in 2023, recognizes pioneering women in the trucking and logistics industry who support diversity and the advancement of women across the sector. “Michelle has been a

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Aging Workforce, Growing Demand Drive Torc’s Push for Class 8 Autonomous Trucks

Torc Robotics aims to address two challenges facing the U.S. trucking industry—an aging workforce and increasing demand for freight capacity—by advancing Class 8 autonomous trucking technology. Walter Grigg, director of industry partnerships at Torc, emphasized during the webinar that while immediate capacity concerns are minimal due to current economic cycles,

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Drive to deliver faster emergency response times through RapidSOS

Motive has partnered with RapidSOS to provide faster emergency response times in the event of a crash. "We're seeing about 1,000 collisions a month on the Motive platform," Abishek Gupta, vice president of product management, said during a press conference during the American Trucking Association Management Conference & Expo. “A

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Best Fleets to Drive For opens registration for March conference

Best Fleets to Drive For has opened registration for its annual Education & Awards Conference, which will take place March 3-4, 2025, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event will recognize the winning fleets from the 2025 program and offer insights into workplace practices that

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Test drive: X15N with CNG powers Peterbilt 579

It's a beautiful drive through the Deception Pass Bridge area in northwest Washington state on a warm, bright July day. Sparkling blue waters meet a crystal clear blue sky as green trees sway in the wind that ruffles the steep, rocky slopes. What lies beneath is a different story. The

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Lion Force Transport’s safety investments drive growth and efficiency

Founded by three friends and former colleagues in 2016 with just three trucks, Lion Force Transport currently has a fleet of over 150 trucks and employs nearly 300 drivers. The company's owners — Harry Hundal, Jay Kajla and Maninder Nijjar — are investing heavily in technology and equipment to bring

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Challenger Motor Freight wins 2024 Best Fleet to Drive For Honor

CarriersEdge named Challenger Motor Freight of Cambridge, Ont. the Best Overall Fleet in the Large Carrier category at the Best Fleets to Drive For Education & Awards Conference in Charlotte, NC A mindset of continuous improvement has led the company to this achievement, said Steve Newton, senior director of driver

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Alberta farmers won’t need a MELT to drive a truck

Effective April 1, Alberta's Class 1 licensing and training changes will exempt provincial farmers and their immediate family members from mandatory entry training (MELT), granting them a Class 1 farm access restricted driver's license. This will allow them to operate Class 1 vehicles only within Alberta and only for authorized

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Magi receives the 2024 Women with Drive Leadership Award

Angelique Magi received the Women with Drive 2024 Leadership Award at Trucking HR Canada's 10th Annual Leadership Summit. The award recognizes the industry professional's leadership, commitment to keeping the supply chain moving and dedication to supporting peers and the next generations of the industry's workforce. Magi, vice president and head

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6 trends seen among this year’s Best Fleets to Drive finalists

Judging for this year's Best Fleets to Drive For program revealed that fleets that were economical in a down market were still resourceful and creative in improving driving programs, often in ways that didn't require significant financial investment. "This was a year of fleets circling the wagons and narrowing down