Transportation Ontario Green Rebate Forms Now Available January 1, 2009 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario government is now accepting applications for rebates towards environmentally-friendly commercial vehicles and anti-idling technologies.
Transportation Fergus Truck Show Looks For New Home January 1, 2009 FERGUS, Ont. - The Fergus Truck Show may be a victim of its own success, and is seeking a new location now that two owners of land that's located adjacent to the main show site have decided to withdra...
Transportation CTA Lobbies For Weight And Length Leeway For Aerodynamic Devices January 1, 2009 TORONTO, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recently called upon the National Task Force on Vehicle Weights and Dimensions to alter weight and length restrictions that limit the use of enviro...
Transportation Shaw Tracking Hosts Customer Demos January 1, 2009 HALIFAX, N. S. - Shaw Tracking recently hosted a series of executive conferences, to demonstrate the capabilities of its latest products and technologies. Among the topics covered was 'Getting the mos...
Transportation Allison Transmission Introduces New MY09 Prognostics January 1, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Allison Transmission has announced that it has introduced its new prognostic features for routine maintenance, which are available on MY09 Allison 1000/2000/3000/4000-series model...
Transportation Daimler Financial Services Americas Launches New Operations Centre January 1, 2009 FORT WORTH, Texas - Daimler Financial Services Americas has officially launched its new, cutting-edge, 164,000-sq.-ft. operations centre, which will initially employ 550 people but has the capacity fo...
Transportation Truck West 2009 Calendar of Events January 1, 2009 JANUARY • 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Jan. 11-15, www.trb.org. • NPTC Private Fleet Management Institute, Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel, Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 17-21,…
Cianbro Group Vows Toll Route Through Maine Will Proceed preview image Transportation Cianbro Group Vows Toll Route Through Maine Will Proceed December 1, 2008 HALIFAX, N. S. - The global credit crisis has made finding investors with deep pockets increasingly difficult, however Cianbro says it still plans to build a private toll road through Maine, linking t...
Transportation OTA Survey Identifies Industry Trends December 1, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. - Only 24% of OTA member companies that responded to the association's first Business Pulse e-Survey are optimistic about the industry's overall outlook, confirming that Ontario carriers...
Fergus Truck Show Gives Back preview image Transportation Fergus Truck Show Gives Back December 1, 2008 FERGUS, Ont. - On Oct. 28, the directors and staff of the Fergus Truck Show presented cheques totalling $45,986.50 to 25 area groups who assisted at this year's event. The groups, which were made up o...
Transportation Driving For Profit To Return In 09 December 1, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. - The room at the Sandman Signature Hotel was abuzz with transportation executives, stakeholders and media as the fourth and final session in the Driving for Profit Seminar Series got un...
Transportation Ontario Announces Cell Phone Ban December 1, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario has introduced new legislation that would ban the use of handheld devices such as cell phones and GPS systems while driving.
Preventive Maintenance preview image Transportation Preventive Maintenance December 1, 2008 Many drivers take better care of their trucks than their own bodies. Maybe we need to rearrange our priorities?
Set Benchmarks And Measure Your Progress preview image Transportation Set Benchmarks And Measure Your Progress December 1, 2008 It's probably safe to suggest that most fleet managers measure their success against a series of financial benchmarks. Unless they tracked any changes to income and freight volumes, it would be imposs...
Transportation Cash Or Credit? December 1, 2008 MONTREAL, Que. - We've been hearing a lot about the financial crisis that struck the US before the entire world's markets sunk as well. At the root of the problem were hazardous housing loans, but the...
