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May 7, 2016

"TRUCK WORLD" SHOW * Canada: 18,800 visitors this year

* Ontario - "Truck World" breaks attendance records

--- "Truck World", the largest trade show serving Canada’s trucking industry, attracted 18,820 people this year – breaking several records in the process... There were 14,862 visitors who walked through the halls of Toronto’s International Centre from April 14 to 16, interacting with 3,958 exhibitor representatives in more than 400 booths... The show also saw a noticeable increase in attendees from Canada’s South Asian community, in a year when a new relationship was forged with JGK Media. The company’s Desi Trucking magazine was named the show’s official South Asian Media Partner... International Truck and Engine Corporation was the event’s platinum sponsor, while Shell and Manac were the gold sponsors. "Truck World" is endorsed by the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) and the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)... 
(Photo: The crowds flocked to Truck World this year. International Truck and Engine Corporation was the event’s platinum sponsor) -- Toronto, ONT, CAN - Today's Trucking - May 6, 2016

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Aug 11, 2015

TRUCKS SHOW * Australia: The Haultech Casino at New South Wales

* NSW - 110 trucks roll into town for show at Casino
(Photo - FUTURE TRUCKER: Jack Richard, 5, of Casino came dressed for success to the Haultech Casino Truck Show) 
-- Casino children and adults alike had a hoot as 110 trucks squeezed into town as part of the Haultech Casino Truck Show...
(Photo: People checked out the big rigs on display as part of the Haultech Casino Truck Show) 
... With trucks worth up to $500,000 lining the streets, and everything from b-doubles to singles, to tippers, tow trucks and information trucks on display, punters had the opportunity to see up close just how enormous these machines are...
(Photo: Shanaya Laurie, 9, of Alstonville, looks at the wheel of a truck on display) 
... North Coast Truck Drivers Incorporated member Mulga Ridley had attended all four shows and said he had seen the show double in size...
(Photo: More than 1000 people attended the Haultech Casino Truck Show) 
...  "People pass these trucks on the highway every day and it's a great opportunity to see them up close and personal" ... 
Casino, NSW, Australia - The Northern Star, by Marc Stapelberg - 10th Aug 2015

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Jul 16, 2015

THE CANADIAN TRUCKING SHOW * In Winnipeg from July 18-19

* Manitoba - Canadian Trucking Show to be held July 18-19 at Winnipeg truck stop


-- The Canadian Trucking Show will be held July 18-19 at the Husky Travel Centre in Winnipeg with more than 40 vendors, live music, special guests, DJs, truck judging and light show, a fireworks display and a church service by Chaplain Len Reimer of Transport for Christ... The event will be a family affair and in addition to the shiny trucks on display, fireworks and vendors a play area will be available for children... Cars and motorcycles also will be on display as “toys transportation enjoys” ... Truck parking staging will take place all day Friday, July 17 with the show opening at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18... Special guests on site during the show will be Ice Road Truckers... 
(Photo: A real trucker on the Ice Road)  --  Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN - The Trucker News Services - 13 July 2015

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Nov 16, 2010

TRUCKERS' LIFE & SHOW * USA - Trucking reality shows

Give drivers a chance to show off their skills

(Photo - Trucker: Wayne Pelletier)
Millinocket,MN,USA -The Road King, by Katie Neal -28 Oct 2010:   -- “In my wildest dreams, I never thought I’d ever be on TV,” says Wayne Pelletier. From an early age, he knew he would drive for the family logging business, Gerard Pelletier, Inc., in Millinocket, Maine, just as his six older brothers had...  But nearly 20 years after he went to work with his family, a local TV producer approached the Pelletiers about filming them for a reality show. Soon, viewers were tuning in to the Discovery Channel’s "American Loggers" to watch Wayne and his brothers do a job that is regularly classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as among the most dangerous...   The stars of TV’s trucking shows were trained to do a very specialized job — not perform for the camera. So it wasn’t easy to adjust to having a crew filming their every move...   Pelletier has also relaxed as American Loggers prepares to enter its third season, though it can still be nerve-wracking to do a dangerous job with the cameras trained on him...

* Earning the public’s respect

Pelletier, Rowland, Locklear and their castmates present a markedly different image of truckers in pop culture than the last time the profession captured the public’s attention...  While the trucking TV shows of today certainly capture a spirit of adventure, it’s not exactly romantic to watch Rowland narrowly avoid spinning out or Pelletier handle a double trailer... The challenges of the job have surprised and impressed even friends and family of drivers on the show...  For an industry that has battled negative stereotypes for years, it’s refreshing to see the public perception start to change...  “People see a truck going up and down the road and think it looks easy, but there’s a lot of work behind it, a lot of testing your nerves and your skills,” Pelletier says. “They respect us more now. I’ve done this all my life and it’s finally being recognized.”

* Looking ahead


(Video from YouTube, by historychannel -7 Aug 2009: Miss Ice Road Truckers last week? Catch up on what happened)

The idea of seeing truckers at work has attracted so many viewers that the genre continues to grow...  But the success of the shows doesn’t mean you’ll find their stars ditching the driver’s seat anytime soon. “I think more than other industries, trucking isn’t just a job,” Locklear says. “It’s a passion and a way of life” ...  The Pelletiers are grateful for the small boost in business, but their on- and off-camera days are pretty similar...  “We’re not actors — I don’t have any lines,” he says, laughing. “I don’t change my ways at all. I just go and do my job” ...

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Oct 17, 2010

EVENT * USA - Expo to shine spotlight on business of moving goods

The Memphis' first annual Trucking Expo will be held Oct. 23

Memphis,TENN,USA -The Daily News, by SARAH BAKER -18 Oct 2010: -- A first-of-its-kind event catering to the transportation and logistics industry is coming to Memphis next weekend... The city’s first annual Trucking Expo will be held Oct. 23 at Agricenter International. It is being presented by Memphis-based Worldwide Transport & Permit Service LLC, a commercial carrier and permitting service... The expo will include a variety of trucking industry experts and vendors, such as carriers, factoring companies, freight brokers, freight forwarders, insurance specialists, truck equipment sales and leasing... With more than 4,000 trucking companies in Memphis, it came as a surprise to Niki Brown, the co-owner of Worldwide Transport, that no one else had thought of the idea first... The “family-oriented” event will include live entertainment, a job fair and industry seminars... The expo’s goal is to generate education and exchange ideas on industry standards, regulations and compliance... The expo will provide a 25 percent discount off of Tennessee base plates, fuel taxes, Unified Carrier Registration (UCR), blanket of coverage (BOC-3) and permits... (Photo: Lance Murphey: Semi-trucks travel along I-240 at Airways Boulevard. The first annal Memphis Trucking Expo will be held Oct. 23 at Agricenter International) P.N.: ... ¡ and cheers to Niki, another Linkedin's "World of Trucks" group member, for this event ... it'll be a great show !!!

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Nov 20, 2007

TRUCKING TV SHOW * USA - Trick my Truck

USA -Collecting my Thoughts.blogspot.com, by Norma Bruce -November 18, 2007: -- I've been enjoying watching truck makeovers on CMT this week-end. Nice personal interest stories with the Chrome Shop Mafia working their miracles. I don't know if the writers' strike will affect them or not--the banter seems pretty standard from show to show. Trick my Trucker, a weight loss and make-over show (series) for the drivers was even more fun. Seeing overweight smokers with hair and beard styles stuck in the 70s get into good nutrition, exercise get a shave and a haircut was awesome. Took 25 years off their appearance... (Picture: Eugene Jackson's Lifeline, a semi that rescues stranded big rigs got spiffed up)

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