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Important Questions for the Future

There seems to be a great deal of interest lately in the future of trucking. Industry analysts have been devoting a heck of a lot of ink in trying to figure out how the face of the industry will change over the coming decades. Last month, I...

Competition Watch (March 01, 2010)

Rtl-Westcan Group of Companies has acquired the business and transportation assets of Calgary-based ECL Transportation Ltd. ECL has more than 60 years experience delivering bulk commodities and freight throughout North America. Jim Davis,...

Don’t Wait: Get Involved Today

"Aspecter is haunting Canada - the specter of complacency."Although tongue-in-cheek, this statement points to a very serious matter in this country, the tendency towards risk-aversion. It is going to be up to new entrepreneurs who are not...

Family Matters

David Shlagbaum uses a joke to illustrate the challenging dynamics of a family business. A father calls his son into an office where there are two hats on the table. One hat says "boss" and the other says "dad." The father puts on the "boss"...

Level of Concern Regarding Driver Needs

With the memory of the deep recession still fresh and the pace of the recovery frustratingly slow, motor carriers still troubled with excess capacity can be forgiven for not thinking too deeply about the prospect of another acute driver...

Wakefield Canada takes over Canadian BP Lubricants plant

Wakefield Canada has inked a deal to purchase a Toronto-based Castrol blending and packaging plant from BP Lubricants.As per the agreement, Wakefield will assume ownership and manufacturing responsibilities for the plant, where it will blend...

Long and tall is now ‘dead and gone,’ says Hebe

Navistar executive Jim Hebe has proclaimed the days of long nose conventional trucks "dead and gone" among a series of pronouncements that suggest North America's trucking industry is about to face a series of radical changes.The outspoken...

SAF-Holland introduces new vocational suspension

SAF-Holland has introduced a Neway ADZ Series drive axle air-ride suspension for vocational trucks it claims is 220 lbs. lighter and 54% more durable than its predecessor.The new suspension also boasts 27% less rolling resistance, the company...

Shell Lube Express machine offers faster, cleaner oil changes

Shell Lubricants' new Lube Express system has emerged from tests in Australia, promising a quicker way to complete oil changes. Technicians can even complete the work without getting their hands dirty, so there is no worry about spills or...

Stemco unveils new brake training vehicle, pushing further into market segment

Last year, about 20,000 technicians gathered around the back of one of Stemco's 40 training vehicles to learn how to install wheel seals and adjust bearings. Now they'll be able to learn about brakes as well - for free.The metal stand that...

Has Wheel Torque Solutions found a solution to wheel offs?

Four companies have joined together to unveil a wheel fastening system that they say will maintain higher torques and eliminate the need to re-torque wheels.Chicago Pneumatic, Alcoa, ITW CIP, and B and D Cold Heading unveiled the system at...

Volvo, Mack tracking repair information with online folders

Volvo and Mack dealers will now have the opportunity to better track every step in a vehicle repair, using an online system known as MVASIST that will become mandatory at each dealership in 2010.The online electronic folder is gradually...

Better Balanced Recovery Still a Year Away, Warns Conference Board of Canada Economist

For the many motor carriers reliant on transborder trade, the light at the end of tunnel remains somewhat dim, according to the insights on the economic recovery shared by Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist at The...

Executive Q & A

John Abate, president MSM Canadian Transport, on surviving the downturn and growing in the upturn

Explore New Markets, Monitor Risk, says FedEx Express Canada President

There are many lessons the transportation industry can learn from what just happened in the world economy, according to David Binks, president of FedEx Express Canada."Growth is returning, but the biggest issue was a tremendous failure to...