Transportation

Truckers vital to foot-and-mouth doomsday plan

RED DEER, Alta. - A recent simulation indicates that a North American outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could erupt from a single Texas pig farm and spread as far north as Red Deer, Alta., and Guelph...

Canucks like cops, says CSCE survey

OTTAWA, Ont. - A recent Canada Safety Council Environics (CSCE) survey shows that 55 per cent of Canadians feel current policing levels are about right.A further 38 per cent said they'd like to see mo...

Canuck captures free Pete 387

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - North Bay, Ont. owner/operator Dave Carr has won vehicle number one of Peterbilt's Model 387 Premier Edition line of only 387 rigs.Carr, one of over 14,000 entrants, was handed the k...

Rock to regulate fuel prices

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - The Province of Newfoundland has introduced a bill to regulate fuel prices that includes fines of up to $5,000 for retailers or wholesalers who ignore the government-set cap."We ha...

Province mulls Hwy. 7 options

KITCHENER, Ont. - It will be weeks or months before anyone knows where the new Hwy. 7 will ultimately be built, but it appears plans for a new Kitchener-to-Guelph link may be in jeopardy."We heard a l...

Highways under-spec’d: UNB

FREDERICTON, N.B. - A University of New Brunswick study says North American highways were never properly designed for commercial trucks.It indicates that the roads were made for smaller automobile tra...

Robert secures distribution centre

HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Quebec trucking giant, Robert, has secured a 170,000 square-foot facility just off Hwy. 17, just east of Ottawa, Ont.Gilles Chatelain will reportedly be in charge of managing the ne...

Mississauga ramp bolstered

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario plans to rebuild the highway interchange at Mississauga Road and Hwy. 401. An agreement reached between transportation and the Peel Region will allow for a cost-shared solu...

N.S. may trade CVSA inspectors for Mounties

HALIFAX, N.S. - The conservative government of Nova Scotia may downsize its commercial-vehicle inspection operations by replacing at least some of its inspectors with RCMP constables."Right now this i...

The advantage is Dana’s

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Dana Corporation's Ride and Control Systems Division has introduced a new integrated trailer suspension module - the AdVANtage Trailer Air-Ride Suspension.Featuring tandem weight cap...

The low rider

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Marmon-Herrington claims their Low Floor Front Drive (LFFD) suspension will revolutionize the transportation industry by enabling vehicle floors to be lowered to the appropriate heig...

East’s new MMX

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - East Manufacturing has launched the MMX, an all-aluminum platform trailer designed to be light yet strong enough to break the 'only-steel can carry steel' rule of thumb.Launched at t...

Sprinter geared to .COM world

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After a wildly successful European launch in the mid-'90s, Freightliner has decided to adapt the Sprinter van to the North American market."Our entrance into the Class 2 and 3 vehicl...

Ravens line grows

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ravens has unveiled a number of new products, including two new dump trailers, two redesigned platform trailers, a load securement system and a new metallic paint scheme.Highlighting...

Spec for your future

WINNIPEG, Man. - The longer a truck can safely go without service, the more money its driver can conceivably make. That may sound like an obvious statement, but when it comes to low maintenance spec'i...