Transportation New equipment installation to close MTO offices (October 01, 2001) October 1, 2001 QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. -- The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is replacing computer equipment at all Issuing O...
Transportation Freelaw documents now available online October 1, 2001 SASKATOON, Sask. -- As of today, trucking companies can access electronic versions of Saskatchewan laws, regulation...
Transportation UPS earnings expected to drop October 1, 2001 ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington are being blamed for United Parcel Service lowering...
Transportation Scholarship winners receive $1,000 October 1, 2001 LANGLEY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) is making the transition to post secondary school a little ea...
Bison helps transport stranded honeymooners preview image Transportation Bison helps transport stranded honeymooners October 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - Even war can't stand in the way of true romance, providing you've got a few helpful truckers around that is."We received a call regarding two young couples from Europe stranded in Win...
Transportation Paccar Parts to offer Intra products (October 01, 2001) October 1, 2001 TUKWILA, Wash. - The IntraUSA Group has reached an agreement to catalog and distribute its DC power management products to Kenworth and Peterbilt dealers throughout North America."Kenworth and Peterbi...
Transportation Mack Trucks announces deliveries October 1, 2001 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Deliveries of Mack tractors through July totalled 15,062 vehicles, down 32 per cent from the 22,302 units delivered during the same period last year.While that may not sound very ...
Transportation Petro-Can’s SuperPass boasts savings October 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - Petro-Canada says its new SuperPass Commercial Fleet Management Program provides a secure Internet solution that can help customers improve cash flow.At the same time the fuel giant in...
Watch your GBW – Gross Body Weight preview image Transportation Watch your GBW – Gross Body Weight October 1, 2001 Why don't you carry a dump truck's load in a pick-up truck? Too much weight - resulting in blown tires, a ruined suspension, a bent frame or worse.Yet we expect our human chassis to handle this kind o...
Transportation 4Q results exceed firm’s expectations October 1, 2001 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Donaldson says preliminary revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter ended July 31, were up from the third quarter's $269.7 million.The company is up an estimated 10 per cent from it...
Transportation No Nfld. highway spending requests October 1, 2001 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - St. John's West Tory MP, Loyola Hearn, is eager to lobby Ottawa to improve roads around rural Newfoundland, the only catch is no one else seems to be jumping on the bandwagon.Hearn...
Transportation 407ers, heed extra attention October 1, 2001 BURLINGTON, Ont. - With schools in for another education year, those travelling Hwy. 407 should pay extra attention while rolling through the Burlington area. Parents and school officials fear Hwy. 40...
Transportation AFS Falcon sales continue to soar October 1, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. - Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. received new orders for more than 650 of its Falcon natural gas pressure regulators from customers around the world representing a total value of over $6...
Transportation Arrow forms alliance with Heil October 1, 2001 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Arrow Truck Sales Inc. has announced an exclusive Factory-Direct Dump-Body Program with Heil Environmental Industries Ltd.The goal of the partnership is to become an exclusive natio...
Q: How do you feel about communities restricting engine brakes? preview image Transportation Q: How do you feel about communities restricting engine brakes? October 1, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - No matter where you drive across the country, if you are a truck driver than you have certainly heard complaints about the loud cackle of the engine brake.More and more communities...