Transportation

PARS forms need date, time info

OTTAWA, Ont. - Carriers using the Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS) will have to advise Canada Customs about the date and time goods will arrive at their location, in a change that will become effectiv...

van Belkom nominated

BRAMPTON, Ont. - For the second year in a row, Brampton author Edo van Belkom is up against horror meister Stephen King for the Bram Stoker Award, the top prize for horror writing, presented by the Ho...

INS begins issuing five-year waivers

In an unannounced and somewhat surprising move, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has begun issuing waivers with five-year validity dates, rather than the usual one-year term - an ...

Daimler buys Mitsubishi stake

TOKYO, Japan - Daimler Chrysler AG, one of the largest automakers in the world and owner of nameplates such as Freightliner and Sterling, has purchased approximately one third of Mitsubishi Motors. Th...

Transport Canada issues latest recalls

OTTAWA, Ont. - Several 1999 International models, selected Freightliner Century Class trucks and Peterbilt 387 brake pedals are among the latest vehicle recalls posted by Transport Canada.For Navistar...

Q: Do you think anything wasaccomplished by recent protests?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Rising fuel prices have pushed the frustration level past the boiling point for many truckers in recent months, and that has caused some individuals to work out that frustration in...

No competition among petroleum companies

Dear Editor,As a small family-run trucking business, we will eventually be forced out of business due to high operating costs such as taxes, tolls, maintenance repairs and the ever-increasing cost of ...

Fuel price putting family on the ropes

Dear Editor,I find prices of fuel to be the issue now. My husband and I decided a year ago to become owner/operators, tired of being laid off from other occupations. We took whatever money we had and ...

Truckers should look in the mirror

Dear Editor,As an owner/operator, I have been watching recent protests and listening to the trucker's complaints. Everyone is feeling the effects of high fuel costs - be it the owner/operators, busine...

Governments should offer fuel assistance

Dear EditorPrime Minister Jean Chretien and Ontario Premier Mike Harris better open their eyes before it's too late.Do these "political leaders" not know how to operate a calculator? I they did, they ...

Freightliner brings Mercedes power to heavy-duty trucks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Freightliner has unveiled a proprietary heavy-duty engine line in the MBE 4000, flexing the muscle of its parent that is Daimler Chrysler.The 12.8-litre in-line, six-cylinder Mercede...

Seeing the light

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It turns out that Marvin the Martian isn't the only one who wanted to zap you with a laser. Both Mack Trucks and Detroit Diesel have unveiled systems that will send engine data betw...

More class:

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Both Peterbilt and Kenworth are beefing up their presence in the medium-duty market. This market is expected to heat up with the change to more regional distribution patterns that will...

OPP blitzes highways

DOWNSVIEW, Ont. - The Ontario Provincial Police has launched an intense road safety blitz that will run in different regions throughout the province this year.Focus 2000 will concentrate on monitoring...

Truckers bear it across Canada

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Tony Boone says he's never had a better co-pilot. This guy sits quietly in the jump seat, doesn't talk back, and simply watches the scenery pass by.That could be because he's a stuffe...