Transportation Cancom to bring Qualcomm north January 1, 2000 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - CancomTracking Solutions will bring Qualcomm's MVPc system into Canada in the first half of the year, giving fleets a computer and communications system that's easily customized.Qu...
Transportation GE Capital enjoys E-commerce rush January 1, 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - In just five months since its initial launch, GE Capital Fleet Services' web ordering application, located at gefleet.com, now averages more than $3 million a day in online vehicl...
Transportation IRP restricts third-party plating January 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The International Registration Plan's (IRP) Dispute Resolution Committee has decided it will no longer allow fleets to base plate their equipment in a third-part licensing outfit's s...
Transportation Teachers get top marks January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, I passed my Class A road test and graduated from Transport Safety and Compliance Systems at their Belleville location.You may remember my letter that you printed in the November issue abo...
Transportation Letters wanted January 1, 2000 Truck News always welcomes letters to the editor.Feel free to send them by fax to 416-442-2092, E-mail jsmith@corporate.southam.ca, or surf to our Web site at www. trucknews.com.By regular mail, submi...
Transportation Don’t look overseas for truckers January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Hurray to the HRDC for recognizing that the shortage of drivers in Canada is an industry problem that must be solved within the industry. With all due respect to Andrew Rowland, and I am s...
Transportation Drug tests will tighten to catch cheaters January 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. is looking to strengthen its drug and alcohol testing program to crack down on those who try to cheat the system.Specifically, the DOT is proposing that laboratories test a...
Transportation It’s time to pressure shippers, and tell them to look for another carrier January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, Re: word of the driver shortage and push to find new recruits.Truck manufacturers are building the safest, most comfortable trucks ever, and we can't supply even the most important safety...
Transportation Keep up your good fight January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I have been involved in the trucking industry for 20 years, the last 10 as a driver trainer.I wanted to let you know that I think you're right on the money with your column on the driver s...
Transportation Reader wants a consultant section January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, On Oct. 25 , 1999 I started a truck driving course in Belleville Ont. I had just retired from 27 years of communications with the OPP and wanted to start another career. I have always lov...
Transportation Truck News offers it all January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I do a lot of traveling on the 401 and 402 between Toronto and Sarnia. I took a copy of your publication from my favorite truck stop (the Husky just east of London, off the 401).I wanted t...
Transportation Cat maintains dividend rate January 1, 2000 PEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. has declared a cash dividend of US $32.5 per share on its common stock.The dividend will be payable on or after Feb. 19, to stockholders of record at the close of busin...
Transportation Meritor trims LVS January 1, 2000 TROY, Mich. - Meritor Automotive has sold its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) sun visor operations (to Grupo Antolin-Vosges S.A.S. of France), marking the second chunk of the division to be sold off in as...
Volvo VNs among designs of the decade preview image Transportation Volvo VNs among designs of the decade January 1, 2000 GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo Trucks North America and the VN Series tractors were recently recognized at the Designs of the Decade award ceremony sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (...
Transportation Volvo Trucks’ deliveries jump January 1, 2000 STOCKHLOM, Sweden - Volvo Trucks' delivery totals for the first three quarters of the year totaled 70,000 tractors worldwide.Sales showed the following distribution: Europe 34,333 ('99), 33,806 ('98)...
