James Menzies
Editor at Truck News
Editor at Truck and Trailer Magazine
Editor of Today’s Trucking magazine and https://t.co/7eTyB3OUEQ. Covering Canada's trucking industry since 2001. Opinions are my own!
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4 days ago |
trucknews.com | James Menzies
Michelin has new tools and data available to fleets to help them better manage their retreading programs. And some of those tools were demonstrated at Michelin’s Innovation in Motion road show, which visited Tirecraft’s Canadian Treads in Ingersoll, Ont., June 17. It begins with consistency.
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1 week ago |
trucknews.com | James Menzies
There’s not a lot to like in this week’s economic update, with trailer orders plunging as a result of tariffs and economic uncertainty, and a forecast that the freight recession will extend into 2026. Much of that, of course, hinges on how the U.S. courts rule on the legality of Trump’s tariffs. However, ACT Research notes the steel and aluminum tariffs are on solid legal ground, and both will impact freight markets and equipment pricing.
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1 week ago |
trucknews.com | James Menzies
Look around a fleet yard and you are likely to see lots of similar-looking trucks that do vastly different jobs. That Volvo over there? It’s used to run lightweight loads from Mississauga to the Northeastern States. And that Kenworth? That truck hauls domestic, pulling heavy-laden B-trains over the Rockies to Vancouver.
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1 week ago |
trucknews.com | James Menzies
Michelin’s Innovation in Motion 2025 road show rolled into Ingersoll, Ont., June 17, marking the midway point of the six-stop tour and its only Canadian visit. Tirecraft’s Canadian Treads retread plant hosted the tour, giving invited fleet and dealer visitors a tour of the Michelin Retread Technologies plant, while Michelin representatives introduced several new and newish truck tires.
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1 week ago |
trucknews.com | James Menzies
The Port of Montreal says trade with China is surging amid the U.S. tariff war and despite tensions with Beijing, even as overall volumes slip. In a release, the country’s second-biggest port says shipments to China rose 22% year-over-year in the first half of 2025. The boost has made China the port’s second-largest export partner versus fifth-largest in 2024. The Port of Montreal says the spike stems largely from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war that has hit both Canada and China.
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