Transportation

Art Joosse: 1941-2000

ANCASTER, Ont. - Art Joosse, founder of the Ontario-based Comcar Owner/Operators Association, died April 7 after a brief battle with liver cancer. He was 58.Owner/operators who belong to the associati...

Feds need to invest more in highways: Ashton

WINNIPEG, Man. - Manitoba Highways Minister Steve Ashton used an April 7 speech during the Manitoba Trucking Association's annual convention to chide the federal government for its failure to introduc...

Learning curves

EDMONTON, Alta. - Mike Morigeau is probably the only trainer in Canada who's happy when his students roll a truck. It's specially equipped equipment, mind you, but he feels his company's Rollover Dyna...

Dead driver made several mistakes

There's something to be learned from every accident scenario, and the following situation is no different.I was reviewing the death of an Ontario trucker who was killed after he was thrown from his tr...

The future Freightliner

What will the future Freightliner look like? Much of that information is hidden behind locked doors at Freightliner offices in Portland, Ore.But in a speech during a Society of Automotive Engineers Bl...

U.S. Senate votes to keep fuel tax

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The high cost of diesel fuel has been threatening the whole North American trucking industry since the beginning of the year, but don't expect any relief from Washington any time so...

Fewer horses save fuel

Dear Editor, We've had a number of inquiries about reprogramming engine horsepower. In some cases, engine hardware changes are necessary.In the majority of cases, only reprogramming is required.Resett...

Ensure that the lights are right

REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan's Department of Highways is attempting to clarify what types of headlamps are legally allowed on the province's highways."A lot of discussion has taken place recently on t...

Drawing the strike line

Dear Editor,Today I read, with much displeasure and not any surprise, that our present (Nova Scotia government) decided for us that the Truckers Association of Nova Scotia can no longer organize and s...

Meritor, Arvin form alliance

TROY, Mich. - Meritor Automotive and Arvin Industries have announced plans to merge their businesses, creating a global automotive supplier with 121 plants and 36,500 employees in 25 countries.The new...

DaimlerChrysler to hold steady

STUTTGART, Germany - DaimlerChrysler expects its commercial vehicle division to reach sales and revenue numbers enjoyed in 1999, even though the North American market is expected to drop, chairman Jue...

Mertior expects decline to continue

TROY, Mich. - Looking toward the remainder of the year, Meritor Automotive continues to expect a weakening truck market."We anticipate the North American heavy truck and trailer markets will soften ab...

Timken elects new directors

CANTON, Ohio. - Jacqueline Woods has joined The Timken Company's board of directors, for a three-year term. Woods has served as president of Ameritech Ohio, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc., si...

Mail

Is there more info on average weekly driver pay?In the Jan/Feb issue of Motortruck, there was an interesting article called "Pay by the Hour; has its time come?" On page 25 there is a graph that shows...

See the real benefits and forget the handouts

Not every fleet owner wants to see the government dig into its pockets to reward superior safety performance.Joe Bogach, president of Edmonton's Grimshaw Trucking, played a key role in getting Alberta...