Transportation

How Carriers Rate in Meeting Driver Needs

% OF DRIVERS RATING THEIRCARRIERS AS SATISFACTORYMaking sure71.1% equipment is safeGiving enough time54.5% to comple...

A well-adjusted PLAN

Nothing can tarnish a fleet's safety record faster than brake defects. Brake stroke and adjustment defects are the predominant problems uncovered during roadside inspections. Of the 19,775 truck brake...

Braking Into the Future

Meritor has seen the future of braking systems and it doesn't include S-cam brakes controlled by a supply of air. The stopping power of tomorrow is lightweight, electronic and fully integrated into th...

Operating revenues up for top carriers

OTTAWA, Ont. - The country's 82 largest for-hire carriers (those earning $25 million or more annually) generated operating revenues of $1.6 billion during the last three months of 1999, a four per cen...

This day has 24 hours

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation has unveiled plans to radically change hours of service regulations applied to truckers.While the rules are all based on a 24-hour cycle, speci...

Into the fire

WINDSOR, Ont. - The provincial coroner's office has set June 7 as the beginning of an inquest into an 82-vehicle pile-up that has been described by police as one of the nation's worst traffic disaster...

People (May 01, 2000)

Neil A. Schilke, general director of engineering and product planning for GM of Canada Ltd., has been named as president of the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) International for 2001. He was se...

Q: What security features have you used on your rig?

When you look at unlocked trucks idling in a truck stop, you begin to wonder if any truckers have security on their minds. Truck News went to the Flying J Truck Stop on Hwy. 540 in Vaudreuil, Que. to ...

International trade drops

OTTAWA, Ont. - International trade dipped in February with both export and import levels dropping.After four consecutive monthly increases, exports decreased by 2.6 per cent to $32.3 billion in Februa...

GDP rise continues

OTTAWA, Ont. - Gross domestic product (GDP) advanced 0.5 per cent in January, marking the 18th consecutive monthly increase for a booming Canadian economy enjoying its longest growth cycle since 1961,...

PC*MILER 14 Web-enabled

PRINCETON, N.J. - PC*Miler 14, the latest version of the routing software, has now merged with the information superhighway that is the Internet.Among the latest product lines are the Web-enabled PC*M...

Leclerc elected to second term as QTA president

MONTREAL, Que. - The Quebec Trucking Association has re-elected Serge Leclerc as its president, bringing the Clarke Transport Quebec executive into a second term.Marc Brouillette and Jacques Dulude wi...

Link links food bank shipments

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Link Logistics has created a program to help the Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB) distribute food to the 190 food banks under the organization's umbrella.Under the program...

Lepp elected MTA president

WINNIPEG, Man. - Alvin Lepp, the owner of Redline Transport in Rivers, Man., has been elected president of the Manitoba Trucking Association, succeeding Allan Penner of Penner International.Lepp, 37, ...

B.C. trucker held for 30-year-old desertion charge

NEWPORT, Wash. - A trucker from Castlegar, B.C. who deserted the U.S. Army almost 30 years ago was jailed during a routine stop at the border on March 22.Richard Allen Shields, a 47-year-old Vietnam v...