Transportation

Truckers can teach us how to deal with rage

While thumbing through the boards for this issue, I noted that we've run a story about road rage between two truckers in Ontario.I spend enough hours on the highway each month to almost be a part-time...

TANS convention registration opens

TRURO, N.S. - Registration forms for the annual meeting and convention of the Truckers Association of Nova Scotia (TANS) are now available.It will be held April 20 - 21 in Truro, N.S. Phone 800-232-66...

OTA unveils a pair of new seminars

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has announced two new carrier information sessions that will take place over the coming months.On Mar. 28, the OTA will offer an Overview of Cana...

Truck News raises Web bar

DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News/Truck West and Motortruck have reaffirmed their leadership role in delivering trucking industry news via the Internet with the introduction of a new Oracle-based Web site....

Navistar to build trucks with Ford

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. and Navistar International announced Feb. 12 a joint-venture deal to make Class 6 and 7 commercial trucks.The trucks will be marketed separately in North America, unde...

Winnipeg to build heavy-use route

WINNIPEG, Man. - The City of Winnipeg plans to spend $1.2 billion over five years on capital improvements, but most of that money will go into infrastructure that will rarely see a transport truck.The...

Recycled iron

BIG BEND, Wis. - The current glut of used trucks on the market is a major problem for lots of folks. Along with high fuel prices and a slowing of the economy, the glut has caused a bust in the new-tru...

Aggressive handling

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Don't be surprised if the players in Canada's trailer game show up one day in a future Don Cherry video: They're all willing and able to 'shoulder the load' and they definitely spe...

Tunes of trucks, sung for Canucks

TORONTO, Ont. - Why are there so few Canadian trucking songs? Outside of "Bud the Spud," one is hard pressed to come up with any truck driving tunes that fly the Maple Leaf.Yes, there was Hank Snow an...

On-line labor pain

Dear editor,I have just read your article on Internet usage for truckers (Truck News, February 2001).You have written a very useful list of Web sites of interest to drivers and owner/operators. It inc...

First thing’s … last?

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - So you're buying a new truck, eh?No matter the manufacturer you choose, the procedure for picking an engine - one with the power you need but reasonable on fuel - is the same. The or...

Hebe’s Take on the Reasons Behind the Truck Market Crash

Blaming the crash of the Class 8 truck market in North America on the overproduction of heavy-duty trucks by the OEMs is an "idiot's perception of the industry," according to Jim Hebe, president and C...

Stop the country, one truck at a time

Dear editor,I have read your editorial in the February issue of Truck News (In with a bang, but it's gone out with a whimper) and fully agree with it.I would like to join such a group for the long hau...

Western Star gets Freightliner gear

KELOWNA, B.C. - Three proprietary Freightliner features have been added to Western Star trucks.The EzyRider air-suspension seat will be made standard in all Western Star Constellation sleeper-equipped...

CN will be building a new intermodal hub in Montreal

CN Railway is building a new intermodal facility at its Taschereau Yard in Montreal as part of a $47-million consolidation of its terminals.The consolidation, scheduled for completion by year-end 2001...