Transportation

Q & A time

I frequently receive mail from readers with questions about problems that are likely faced by many others in the industry. To that end I am providing my responses to four important questions so that a...

RAISE THE BAR

Paul Landry, president and CEO of the British Columbia Trucking Association, speaks his mind about the association's top concerns and prioritiesMT: A good part of your summer was spent travelling arou...

Cover Story: Super-managing the private fleet

It is a decent bet that no 20th century Canadian carrier remained unchanged, clung to bad habits and survived in good health to serve the new millenium. But where a miscreant owner of a common carrier...

ITS Technologies: The Benefits and Challenges

On-Board Radar and Other Technologies: Freightliner was the first truck manufacturer to provide a collision warning system developed by Eaton VORAD Technologies. This radar-based collision warning sys...

Technology to the rescue

Part IV of a seriesAmerican researchers are analyzing truck crashes to see if there is a place for smart technologies to help reduce the number of collisions or, at least, to lessen the impact of the ...

the challenge ahead

The events of September 11 - events whose horrific images will likely be burned into our memory forever - pose a challenge to us all.For our political leaders the immediate challenge is to bury their ...

Eastern MOU rolling along

WINDSOR, Ont. - Atlantic Canada is again bracing for harmonized weights and dimensions for rigs rolling across provincial boundaries; this time they say it's going to happen.Soon you'll be able to hau...

Equipment prices on the climb

OTTAWA, Ont. - In the second quarter, the Machinery and Equipment Price Index was 137.8, that's up 0.7 per cent from the first quarter of 2001.The domestic and imported components increased by 0.4 per...

Fredericton-Moncton route nears completion

FREDERICTON, N.B. - The biggest road construction effort in New Brunswick is nearing an end. The highway between Fredericton and Moncton may be opened as early as this month. The new section of the 10...

To de-stress, look to those with no stress

As many of you who tried unsuccessfully to reach me found out, I took my first week off in almost a year last month.Sitting in the editor's chair, perched watchfully at the controls of the machine tha...

Stewart named chief whip for Harris’ Tories

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Gary Stewart has made the transition to the Ontario provincial government's inner circle as of Aug. 7. Stewart, the driving force behind a bill that would allow the trucker traini...

Timber harvest doubled on West Coast

VICTORIA, B.C. - Logging companies in north-central B.C. have ramped up production, but they won't have to worry about sanctions from the government.The forestry firms have permission to double their ...

Ontario, Manitoba eye ban on CFCs in old air conditioners

TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario and Manitoba plan to ban the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in truck and car air conditioners due to the damage they're doing to the ozone layer.As of Jan. 1, 2002, cars in ...

A big fish sets up shop in a small pond

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - When Humboldt, Sask. recently surpassed a population threshold of 5,500 residents becoming the province's newest city, the news went largely unnoticed.However, now with trailer manuf...

eResearch has initiated coverage on TCT Logistics

TORONTO, Ont. - Independent Equity Research Corp., also known as eResearch, has initiated coverage on TCT Logistics Inc.The initiating report is available free for one week to prospective investors at...