Transportation

Transportation Tech. taps Nirula (September 01, 2001)

TORONTO, Ont. - Transportation Technology Group (TTG) has opened a Toronto office and named Jay Nirula as vice-president of business development - Canada, in the process. Nirula joins TTG from Concord...

Ford, International form Blue Diamond

CHICAGO, Ill. - Ford Motor Co. and Navistar International say they have finalized plans to build medium-duty commercial trucks together.The 50-50 venture named Blue Diamond Truck Co. will begin buildi...

Ballard shares hit by GM cell

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Shares of Ballard Power Systems were hammered following news General Motors has produced a fuel cell powered car that runs on gas.Ballard's work with Ford Motor and DaimlerChrysler A...

SmarTire invades European market

RICHMOND, B.C. - SmarTire Systems has demonstrated its leadership in the global tire pressure and temperature monitoring markets with the securing of its initial European orders.With customers in Germ...

Q: How would you like to be appreciated during National Trucking Week?

CALGARY, Alta. - No matter how you look at it, everyone depends on trucking in one way or another.But it can be a thankless profession for those who spend their lives on the road turning the wheels of...

Police need your help to nab rapist

TORONTO, Ont. - Investigators are making an appeal to the trucking community for help tracking down a suspect involved in two sexual assault incidents last summer."We don't know if there is any relati...

Balance Masters uses physics to eliminate lumping effect

All parts of a wheel assembly are manufactured with tolerance for imperfections. However by assembling these parts and their imperfections without balancing the complete wheel assembly, carriers are t...

Kyoto squeaks through with compromise (September 01, 2001)

BONN, Germany - After a 180-degree turn at the negotiating table, the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been ratified by 177 countries, the U.S. is the lone holdout.Just as the acc...

Transport Act review spawns recommendations

OTTAWA, Ont. - Transport Minister David Collenette has released the final report of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) Review Panel and the result are nearly 100 suggested changes."The panel has prod...

CN chops some 690 jobs

MONTREAL, Que. - Canadian National Railway (CN) says it is in the process of eliminating some 690 jobs - including about 245 at its Montreal corporate headquarters - to increase productivity.Company p...

Words of wisdom, but they’re not quite mine

A few months ago, I asked our readers if they would share some of their insights and experiences with me concerning the issue of aging parents.While I still can't believe the response from all of you ...

Pipeline route a trucking boon

GENOA, Italy - An open microphone and a slip-of-the-tongue by Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Canadian truckers knew of a potential flood of activity in the Great White North.Chretien revealed his st...

Advertising trucks keep right on rolling

MONTREAL, Que. - Downtown Montreal is a swirling rainbow feast of neon, cars and throngs of lightly-dressed people gliding through the sweltering summer.Yet city officials have decided a few rolling a...

Crews work to open bottleneck

SAINTE-JULIE, Que. - Truckers leaving Montreal's Lafontaine Tunnel heading east on Autoroute 20 are painfully aware of the bottleneck caused by the disappearance of the third lane.They will have to be...

PMTC sets annual conference (September 01, 2001)

OAKVILLE, Ont. - The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada has its agenda in place for the 24th Annual Conference, taking place Sept. 27, at the Toronto Airport Hilton Hotel.The one-day conference wil...