°®¶¹´«Ã½

Canadian bulk trucking company Trimac Transportation said it will acquire Ontario-based specialized bulk carrier Liquid Cargo Lines.

There was some interesting advice offered by two of our industry’s best-known economists last week to fleet executives who were attending the National Tank Truck Carriers annual conference in San Francisco.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Swift Transportation Inc. opposes the trucking industry’s lobbying efforts toward allowing heavier trucks on interstate highways in the United States, the company’s CEO told a gathering of Canadian trucking executives.

Navajo Express said it has expanded the operations of its dry van division, Digby Truck Lines, between the California coast and the Pacific Northwest.

The president of the National Private Truck Council said the 2012 Education Management Conference & Exhibition will include a focus on corporations expanding the capacity and capabilities of their in-house fleets.

A burst of tornados struck the Dallas area last week, severely damaging trucks and trailers at a Schneider National Inc. terminal, a truck dealer’s facility and a trailer dealer’s lot.

TransForce Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income rose to C$41.7 million, or 41 cents a share, from C$34.8 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier, the Montreal-based trucking and logistics company said Wednesday.

Trucking industry leaders, company associates and family members paid tribute to Don Schneider, the former president and CEO of Schneider National Inc., in a memorial service attended by an estimated 700 people at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., on Feb. 15. Schneider died in January after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Canadian carrier Contrans Group said Thursday it has acquired Wilburn Archer Trucking, a dry-bulk trucking business based in Norwood, Ontario.