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Goodyear crowns 2009 Highway Hero

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Oregon truck driver Junichi Shimizu, who helped save the lives of three people involved in a fiery traffic accident, has taken the title of Goodyear North America Highway Hero.

Is there still a future for long-nose conventional rigs?

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. -At the recent annual meeting of the Technology and Maintenance Council, Navistar executive Jim Hebe proclaimed that the market for long-nose conventional trucks is "dead and gone."

Fear May Drive Markets, but Solid Fundamentals Drive Economic Recovery

This month, we held our second annual Profitability Workshop for carriers in partnership with Dan Goodwill and Associates and with the support of PeopleNet Canada. Profitability, of course, has been an all too elusive concept the last couple of...

Why Long and Tall Still Makes Sense

I was intrigued by Jim Hebe's comments at a recent TMC meeting held in Florida. There are a lot of reasons why "long and tall" should be dead, but Jim Hebe in his keynote address to TMC missed the mark on this one and I would like to take...

Competition Watch (May 01, 2010)

BISON TRANSPORT has been awarded the 2010 Supply Chain and Logistics (SCL) Green Supply Chain Award. Don Streuber, president and CEO of Bison Transport, was on-hand to receive the award at the organization's annual supply chain and logistics...

Get It In Writing

A mistake so many transportation companies make is thinking they don't need contracts with clients, subcontractors, and employees. They don't want to be seen as untrusting. In a perfect world, that would work. In a perfect world, a handshake...

Executive Decision

Mike McCarron doesn't need to look very far to see the advantage of hiring executives from outside the trucking industry. Three of his top managers had no industry experience before they arrived at MSM Transportation, and he believes the team...

ArvinMeritor Unveils New Trailer Suspension Series

Determined to push any lingering thoughts of "recession" behind, ArvinMeritor has unveiled an all-new series of durable, trailing-arm air-ride trailer suspensions: the Meritor Trailing-Arm Air (MTA) suspension series.Coming on the heels of...

More Than the Sum of its Parts

In the months leading up to the launch of EPA2010-compliant engines using selective catalytic reduction (SCR), much was made of the driver's role in ensuring compliance by monitoring and maintaining diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) levels.As if to...

Protect thyself

In our business, it is incumbent to take as many measures as possible to ensure we insulate ourselves against any and all repercussions. That being said, how do we do so?Some shippers and consignees want to have their cake and eat it too....

Hurry Up…and Wait

The border between Canada and the US remains a vast and concrete physical entity, but the "border" in the figurative sense also looms ever-larger as Customs administrators on both sides continue to up the regulatory burden imposed on all supply...

It’s a Matter of Power

Electrical system repairs are the second largest cost segment for overall vehicle maintenance and have the potential to deliver a nasty charge to a fleet's maintenance budget if not properly managed. Corrosion is a constant threat that requires...

Keep It Clean

A leaking exhaust system may not be best practice, but for the longest time, it has been part of the reality for many trucks on our roads. That reality is going to have to change, however, under the new engine emissions standards or it could...

Shell Looks to Change the Way Fleets Change their Oil

Shell has introduced a new oil change service to the Canadian market that allows operators to do a complete oil change in as little as five minutes when the engine's hot, without any of the mess that normally accompanies such work.Shell...

Know your Application

AGM battery technology is moving quickly into the trucking industry, bringing with it the benefits of a dry energy system. But even though OEs such as Freightliner have either adopted AGM technology or are considering doing so, there still...