U.S. MUST LET IN MEXICAN TRUCKS: NAFTA PANEL February 7, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C -- An arbitration panel has ruled the U.S. violated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rul...
Transportation PETRO-CANADA SLAPPED WITH STRIKE NOTICE February 6, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Petro-Canada has been served with strike notice by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Un...
Transportation CLARKE NAMES NEW FINANCE CHIEF February 6, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- James Lawn has been appointed vice-president of finance, and chief financial officer for Clarke In...
Transportation ALBERTA TO SPEND OIL BUCKS REDUCING DEBT February 6, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- Alberta's finance minister Steve West says his province is poised to cut its accumulated debt by...
Transportation MICHELIN ADDS BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE TO RETREADING SUIT February 6, 2001 LAVAL, Que. -- Michelin Retread Technologies and Michelin North America, as part of an antitrust lawsuit versus Ban...
YANKE ADDS 53-FOOT, HIGH CUBE INTERMODAL CANS February 6, 2001 SASKATOON, Sask. -- The Yanke Group of Companies has added 100 new double stack, high cube rail containers to its f...
Transportation U.S. DRIVER PAY CLIMBS 15 PER CENT February 6, 2001 ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- An American Trucking Associations study indicates truck drivers in the U.S., on average, receive...
PACCAR REVENUES FALL DESPITE SECOND BEST YEAR EVER February 6, 2001 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Heavy-truck manufacturer Paccar's fourth quarter revenues declined 28 per cent, to US$1.7 billio...
Transportation INTERMODAL TONNAGE FALLS 10.8 PER CENT February 6, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Statistics Canada reports that intermodal traffic tonnage during the 10-day period ending Dec. 31,...
Transportation FLEETS ENDORSE DISPATCH TRAINING PROGRAM February 6, 2001 CALEDONIA, Ont. -- Following a three-month pilot project, participating carriers have endorsed a new training regim...
DETROIT DIESEL LAUNCHES EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM February 5, 2001 DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit Diesel has begun selling a new exhaust aftertreatment system, developed in cooperation wi...
Transportation EX-NAVISTAR EMPLOYEE GOES ON KILLING SPREE February 5, 2001 MELROSE, Ill. -- A disgruntled former employee killed four people at Navistar's Chicago-area factory this morning b...
Transportation NOVA SCOTIA HANDS OUT $20,000 FINE FOR UNSAFE TRUCK February 5, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- A.W. Leil Cranes and Equipment Ltd. has been fined under Nova Scotia's Occupational Health and Saf...
Transportation STOCK ACTIVITY HINTS AT NAVISTAR TAKEOVER February 5, 2001 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Volatile trading of Navistar International's stock--as well as the recent decision to vote at its...
Transportation WINTER OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS ASK TRUCKERS TO STAY AWAY February 5, 2001 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The organizers of the 2002 Winter Olympics have asked transport-truck drivers to avoid Salt...