Transportation

Freelaw documents available online

SASKATOON, Sask. - Trucking companies can now access electronic versions of Saskatchewan laws, regulations, legislations and court rulings on the Net through Freelaw.The Web site features a selection ...

STA offers new TDG courses

REGINA, Sask. - The first of ongoing TDG instructor courses is being offered through the Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA).The course will benefit anyone wishing to become an instructor or wanti...

Settle trade war before it kills us

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Bob Stocking Jr. hauls wood products - mostly softwood - for T.C. Trucking, so it's little surprise the U.S.-imposed softwood lumber tariffs are weighing on his mind.He is already fee...

Road to Killarney a total washout (November 01, 2001)

KILLARNEY, Ont. - The lone road accessing this Georgian Bay vacation community was cut by a veritable wall of water that rolled through here near the end of September.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) o...

Looking for answers

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Researchers and truck experts gathered in this quiet B.C. town between Oct. 1-5, to collaborate on some of the most extensive truck rollover testing ever carried out in Canada.In a...

Aerodynamics: Aero facts

OTTAWA, Ont. - Many of today's truck-tractors look like they've just emerged from aircraft wind tunnels, and most tractors of any kind have some type of streamlining.Experience shows they save money i...

We will adapt and overcome, we must

In my mind, Sept. 11 will be remembered as the day we saw things people should never have to see.That day produced images that will forever remain etched in our minds: The Boeing 767 slamming into the...

Q: In light of Sept. 11, what should be done to unclog border crossings long-term?

BRANTFORD, Ont. - The events of Sept. 11 in New York and Washington have made clear a need for reformed border crossings. In some cases, truckers have had to endure 18- to 24-hour backups to accommoda...

Volvo to mothball Mack Trucks plant in South Carolina

WINNSBORO, S.C. - Volvo Global Trucks says it will close the Mack Trucks manufacturing facility located here within 15 months.The announcement came as the company announced further details on its rest...

Making it possible for truckers to truck

CHATHAM, Ont. - The truck manufacturing industry has seen its share of highs and lows.Always providing those who transport products to keep the economy thriving, with top of the line mobility.With rec...

Operating ratios hold steady (November 01, 2001)

OTTAWA, Ont. - While for-hire carriers saw fuel expenses jump 20 per cent over the first quarter of 2000, their operating ratios remained strong at 0.93.This number was again repeated in the first qua...

Kudos to the kind and caring

Dear editor,I drive longhaul for a living and I never got to say thank you to the wonderful people who were so nice and kind to us drivers on Sept. 11 and 12.I was stuck on Ontario's Hwy. 402, for 18 ...

Picking a fight

WINDSOR, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is close to floating a legal balloon, which could help fleets and owner/operators recover millions in lost revenues through the courts.When a fre...

Eaglebrook, Praxair the safest

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Eaglebrook and Praxair Canada have been awarded the Private Motor Truck Council and Zurich Canada Award for Safety Performance.Eaglebrook, which is involved in the chemical busines...

CTA explores a weighty issue

CALGARY, Alta. - The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has wrapped up its hearing in Calgary to determine whether obesity should be considered a disability under the Canadian Transportation Act.The...