Transportation Mark Dalton: Owner Operator Hands On Trucking September 1, 2009 After a short stint as a shunt driver in a huge truck yard in the Vancouver Area where he solved a murder, broke up a smuggling ring, and gave a widow some money she had coming to her, Mark had set ou...
Transportation TSQ (September 01, 2009) September 1, 2009 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. -Texting truckers: put down those phones. A recent study by the Virginia Transportation Institute has found that truckers who text while driving are a whopping 23 times more likely t...
Transportation Dare We Trust The Latest Economic Predictions? September 1, 2009 All of a sudden, after months of one depressing economic announcement after another, there seems to be a heck of a lot of good news about
Transportation Competition Watch (September 01, 2009) September 1, 2009 MACKINNON TRANSPORT has acquired the WALKER GROUP, including LE WALKER TRANSPORT and MID AMERICA FREIGHT SYSTEMS. Together, the companies will operate more than 1,300 pieces of equipment out of MacKin...
Transportation A World Of Opportunity September 1, 2009 Ayr Motor Express already knows what an acute driver shortage looks like. The fleet, based in Woodstock, N.B., is the largest employer in town, and it is counted among 57 trucking companies in the Upp...
Transportation Get The Most Out Of Your Employees September 1, 2009 Steve Jobs, the computer genius who co-founded Apple Corp., is a very charismatic leader of technical people. When his group was designing Apple's new Macintosh computer, Jobs flew a pirate flag over ...
Transportation Eaton Unveils New UltraShift Automated Transmission September 1, 2009 Eaton has introduced a new generation of its UltraShift automated transmission.
Transportation Cat/Navistar Name New Alliance NC2 Global September 1, 2009 More details are emerging about the joint venture transaction between Navistar International and Caterpillar, which will now operate under the name NC2 Global LLC.
Transportation Daimler Confirms $9K Surcharge For New Engines September 1, 2009 Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced its trucks equipped with EPA2010-compliant Cummins ISX15 engines will come with a $9,000 emissions surcharge.
Transportation Navistar Announces 2010 Pricing: $6K For Mid-Range, $8K For Big Bore September 1, 2009 Navistar has announced that vehicles with mid-range engines such as the MaxxForce 7, MaxxForce DT, MaxxForce 9 and MaxxForce 10 will include a $6,000 non-discountable emissions surcharge. Trucks with ...
Transportation Can You Pack The Room? September 1, 2009 "Good captains in fierce storms are made" is one of the first sayings I remember learning as a child and it has stuck with me these past four decades. The ability to handle adversity is the true test ...
Transportation Driver Satisfaction Survey (September 01, 2009) September 1, 2009 T here may be no better test of a company's human resource strategies than a recession. When times are good and the raises, bonuses and other forms of recognition are flowing, it's easy to believe you...
Transportation Respondent Profile And Survey Methodology (September 01, 2009) September 1, 2009 Over the course of the past year, company drivers and owner/operators were invited to participate in our fourth annual national Driver Satisfaction Survey in a variety of ways. E-mail invites were sen...