Transportation

APTC officially shuts its doors

MONCTON, N.B. - The Atlantic Provinces Transportation Commission will officially close on May 31, after 75 years in Atlantic Canada. Lost funding through government restructuring and financial constra...

Truckers band together for change

OTTAWA, Ont. - Seven long-haul driver-based organizations are joining forces in a move they hope will even out the balance between drivers and carriers.The group is so far known as The Standing Commit...

Mounting procedures could lead to faulty measurements

TORONTO, Ont. - Widespread installation problems involving brake drums could be placing trucks out of service even when fleets think their brakes are properly adjusted, an Ontario brake expert says.Th...

‘Go for it’, Jordan tells Internet weary

DON MILLS, Ont. - Embrace the Internet because, if you don't, it will steamroll over you, TruckLite's Greg Jordan warned fleet managers attending the 37th annual Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar."If...

School bus to feature Green Diesel technology

LOS ANGELES, Ca - International has announced that it will build a school bus next year that features the ultra-low emissions of its so-called Green Diesel technology. The system that treats exhaust g...

Fleet begins operations in Kootenays

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. -Overland has begun new, regularly scheduled, overnight trucking and courier services for freight and parcels moving to all the major communities throughout the B.C. Kootenays, f...

O/O issues being addressed: Minister

Dear Editor,The following letter was sent to Bill Wellman of the National Truckers Association:Dear Mr. Wellman,I enjoyed the opportunity to meet with you and the members of the new executive of the N...

International unveils camless engine

MELROSE PARK, Ill. - Cams begone.International recently unveiled a camless engine at its technical centre in Melrose Park, Ill., expanding on the electro-hydraulic platform at the heart of its low-pre...

Volvo, Mack identities will remain after deal, says Gigou

HAGERSTOWN, Pa. - Mack trucks will continue to have a separate identity once Renault VI's truck business is sold to Volvo AB, Mack Trucks president and CEO Michel Gigou says. In fact, there are still ...

AADCO, Volvo Toronto to salvage trucks

TORONTO, Ont. - It appears there is life after death for heavy trucks. A new strategic alliance between AADCO Industries and Volvo Trucks of Toronto will see old or written-off trucks pulled apart, an...

Huck models Japan

DON MILLS, Ont. - At a time when talk of Japanese management has fallen into relative obscurity, Huck International - the makers of the Huck bolts that hold truck equipment together - sees the approac...

People (June 01, 2000)

McCoy Bros. will lose the last of its founding family members at the end of next month with the retirement of president and chief operating officer Terry McCoy. McCoy has worked since 1966 with the bu...

New video teaches motorists to share

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has unveiled a 20-minute video and accompanying pocket guide meant to teach the general public how to share the road with trucks."It's important ...

U.S. DOT will investigate CDL program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An ongoing federal investigation of the Illinois commercial driver's licence program is looking into alleged fraudulent issuing of commercial drivers' licences to drivers in two sta...

Are you singing the trucking blues?

Dear Editor,I am a Toronto truck driver and musician (guitar/harmonica) who is looking to put together a band of truckers. The idea is to have some fun jamming and maybe play a gig or two.The music wo...