Transportation Best Practices Of Commercial Driver Training Shared March 1, 2009 OTTAWA, Ont. - A recent summit on the training and licensing of commercial truck drivers has offered new insight into some of the promising practices that are being embraced by jurisdictions across th...
Know Your Limitations preview image Transportation Know Your Limitations March 1, 2009 People who are technically gifted amaze me. I have trouble changing a light bulb, so I guess I'm easily impressed. Most owner/operators, at least to some degree, maintain their own vehicles. In today'...
Transportation US Truck Tonnage Gets Hammered March 1, 2009 ARLINGTON, Va. - Truck tonnage in the US plunged 11.1% in December, which is the largest month-to-month decline since April, 1994 when unionized LTL truckers were on strike. December also represented ...
Transportation Recession To Take Toll On US Carriers, Equipment Manufacturers: Analysts March 1, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A leading industry forecaster held a Webinar recently to discuss the state of the US economy and its impact on carriers and equipment manufacturers.
Transportation Michigan Exempts Canadian Firms From State Tax March 1, 2009 TORONTO, Ont. - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed into law a bill exempting Canadian cross-border trucking companies and auto parts manufacturers that do not have a permanent establishmen...
Transportation The Cabot Straitjacket March 1, 2009 PORT AUX BASQUE, Nfld. - Imagine never knowing from one day to the next, month after horrid month, if your favourite 180-kilo-metre stretch of Trans-Canada Highway is open or closed.
Transportation Moving Containers On The Seaway March 1, 2009 MONTREAL, Que. - The Montreal Port Authority reported this January that container cargo rose 7.2% to a record 1.5 million TEUs (one TEU equals one 20-foot container) in 2008. Although the Port Authori...
Mark Dalton – Special Delivery preview image Transportation Mark Dalton – Special Delivery March 1, 2009 The story so far...
Transportation Cleanout Conundrums March 1, 2009 STRATHCLAIR, Man. - The office manager of a Manitoba grain and fertilizer hauling company is greatly frustrated with the lack of cleanout facilities available in that province. Yet grain companies are...
Transportation Daimler, CAW Agree On Sterling Closure Terms March 1, 2009 ST. THOMAS, Ont. - Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and the CAW Local 1001 have agreed to terms surrounding the closure of the Sterling truck plant here.
Transportation Cummins Closes Record Year On Down Note March 1, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins remained profitable through 2008, despite a downturn in the fourth quarter.
Transportation New Dates For Early Hardy Big Rig Nationals March 1, 2009 GRAND BEND, Ont. - This year's Earl Hardy Trucking Big Rig Nationals will be held July 10-11 at Grand Bend Motorplex.
Are You Worried About Losing Your Job Due To The Recession? preview image Transportation Are You Worried About Losing Your Job Due To The Recession? March 1, 2009 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - If trends continue on their current path, stimulus plan or not, 2009 may prove to be one of the scariest times for the trucking industry in recent memory. Already trucking companie...
Transportation Ontario Fleets Reducing Capacity, Bracing For Further Challenges: OTA Survey March 1, 2009 TORONTO, Ont. - Trucking companies are reducing capacity and bracing for even greater challenges over the next three to six months, according to the Ontario Trucking Association's Business Pulse e-Sur...
