Transportation OTA SAYS SURCHARGES WON’T SAVE TRUCKERS March 5, 2001 MISSISSUAGA, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has sent out a letter-to-the-editor arguing that compet...
Transportation SLUMPING SALES CLOSES B.C. DEALER March 5, 2001 ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Thirty-six Orion Truck Centre Ltd. employees are looking for work after the Abbotsford, B.C. Wes...
Transportation LIONS GATE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION CLOSURES IN STORE March 2, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver will be periodically closed for construction this summer.
Transportation GRANDE PRAIRE LOOKS TO CUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION March 2, 2001 GRANDE PRAIRE, Alta. -- The City of Grande Prairie, Alta. is looking for ways to alleviate traffic congestion, and...
Transportation CANADIAN RIGS GUZZLE MORE DIESEL IN JANUARY March 2, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Statistics Canada says 1,858,100 cubic meters of diesel fuel was sold in January, up 4.9 per cent f...
Transportation VANCOUVER PORT GETS NEW PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE March 2, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Vancouver Port Authority has named Captain Gordon Houston as president and chief executive o...
Transportation U.S. DOT PLOTS TRUCKING SLIDE March 2, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New statistics released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) trace the continuing sli...
Transportation ONTARIO MAPS OUT NEW HIGHWAYS March 2, 2001 DOWNSVIEW, Ont. -- The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) has provided more details in connection with Pre...
Transportation ELDON BRUCE JOHNSON NAMED ALTA. DRIVER OF THE YEAR March 2, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) has honored Eldon Bruce Johnson as thei...
BORGWARNER RELEASES NEW FAN CLUTCH March 1, 2001 MARSHALL, Mich. -- BorgWarner is introducing the new K26RA Fail Safe On-Off Fan Clutch.
Transportation QUALCOMM BUYS EATON’S TRUCKING INFO-SERVICES UNIT March 1, 2001 SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions has purchased the assets of Eaton's Trucking Information...
Transportation NAT-GAS HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK RUNNING IN B.C. March 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Westport Innovations has begun testing in Canada a low-emissions heavy-duty truck that uses liqu...
Transportation BUSH GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO TIGHT EMISSION RULES March 1, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving ahead with tightening emission standar...
Transportation QUAKE HITS WASHINGTON, HWYS DAMAGED March 1, 2001 SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Washington Department of Transportation (WDOT) is reporting numerous highway closures and tra...
Windfall from strike shrinks on the way to O/Os preview image Transportation Windfall from strike shrinks on the way to O/Os March 1, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. - Intermodal owner/operators are earning more cash as a result of the Montreal strike late last fall - just not as much as they'd hoped.Carriers applied a $50-per-container surcharge to...
