Transportation

HTS Western Star, Parkway Sterling merge

AYR, Ont. - Providing all of the due diligence work checks out, HTS Western Star and Parkway Sterling will merge to form a single company on May 1.The resulting new dealership, operating primarily out...

Sask. road cash

REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan's new premier, Lorne Calvert, promised to make the province's highways a priority, and he came good during the March budget announcement.A total of $311.7 million will be ...

Freightliner rolls out its used truck solution at Mid-America

LOUISVILLE, Ky - Arguing that a significant recovery of the new truck market can't happen until the used truck crisis has been resolved, Freightliner LLC president and CEO Jim Hebe has announced sever...

Table 3: Characteristics of US Truck Crashes

Fatal Non-Fatal Percent of crashes occurring during "normal" weather83.0% 84.5%Percent of crashes occurring on dry road surfaces...

Trucks roll on capital

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Hundreds of protesting truckers, angry over upcoming work on the new Fredericton-Moncton highway, swarmed New Brunswick's capital last month. About 250 truckers parked their tracto...

Freight volumes are on the rise again but it may not last

There's good news about freight volumes coming out of the manufacturing sector, at least for the short term. Manufacturers regained some lost ground in March, as shipments rose 1.7 percent following F...

Uniform safety ratings may be around the next corner

OTTAWA, Ont. - The finish line may finally be in view nine months after a report blasted bureaucratic foot-dragging for being one reason Canada still lacks a nation-wide commercial-vehicle safety rati...

Rock group celebrates first birthday

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - Fresh from several major successes, the Newfoundland and Labrador Carriers Association (NLCA) is looking for stronger ties with owner/operators and the Newfoundland government for ...

Table 1: Truck Collisions 1998

CanUSTotal trucks involved in collisions44,144411,935Trucks involved in collisions as percent of all vehicles involved in collisions...

Nova Scotia looks to ban cell phones while driving

HALIFAX, N.S. - The province of Nova Scotia may look to ban the use of cell phones while driving, a move that could rob truck drivers and their fleets of an invaluable communication tool."We are looki...

Do not pass go, do not collect $200

MONTREAL, Que. - If you are among the fleets that receive an "unsatisfactory" rating from the Commission des transports de Quebec (CTQ) you will likely be looking for a new line of work for anywhere f...

A steady diet of safety

MONTREAL, Que. - Quebec truckers are now getting a little more to digest with their lunch: a liberal side-serving of safety.A total of two million paper place mats and 1,000 posters addressing four sa...

Woodward headlines CFMS

TORONTO, Ont. - A renowned speaker from Down Under will be one of the highlights of this year's Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar (CFMS), running from Apr. 29 to May 2 in Toronto.Australian Bob Woodw...

Dot.com troubles not the kiss of death for the Internet in trucking

I concur, with your advice "Don't write off dot.coms yet" (Viewpoint, March/April 2001). The reasons, as you point out, that dot.coms got hurt are not the kiss of death for the Internet in trucking.I ...

A new plan of attack

OTTAWA, Ont. - Members of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) are in the process of refocusing their organization, and part of that activity involves placing a new emphasis on education.Con...