Eaton receives largest ever order of hybrid systems (April 01, 2008) preview image Transportation Eaton receives largest ever order of hybrid systems (April 01, 2008) April 1, 2008 ATLANTA, Ga. - Eaton Corp. received its largest single order of hybrid electric drivetrains in late February.
Transportation Trucking companies among Canada’s best managed April 1, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. - Transportation companies continue to dominate the annual list of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award. New among transportation companies on the list of the top 50 Best Managed Win...
UPS Canada goes from brown to green preview image Transportation UPS Canada goes from brown to green April 1, 2008 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - UPS Canada will be rolling out 139 additional cleaner-burning, propane delivery trucks. The majority of these vehicles will be deployed in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta and the rest ...
Transportation Keeping the industry supplied with quality drivers is a challenge April 1, 2008 Dear Editor:
Feds should help pay for hybrids preview image Transportation Feds should help pay for hybrids April 1, 2008 Hybrids are getting a lot of press these days. And so they should. With fuel savings of 30-50% a year in medium-duty applications, the trucking community is taking notice. Investing in one of these be...
How would you redesign Ontario’s rest stops? preview image Transportation How would you redesign Ontario’s rest stops? April 1, 2008 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - In Joanne Ritchie's monthly column in the January issue of Truck News, the executive director of the Owner-Operators' Business Association of Canada touched on the marked lack of r...
Transportation Alberta installs warning systems for over-height loads April 1, 2008 EDMONTON, Alta. - Alberta highways are no strangers to super-sized loads, and the province is taking steps to ensure drivers hauling these loads do not take out overpasses in the process.
Transportation New inspection station opened in Saskatchewan April 1, 2008 YORKTON, Sask. - The province of Saskatchewan opened a new commercial vehicle inspection station here recently. Highways and Infrastructure Minister, Wayne Elhard, cut the ribbon at the new weigh scal...
Transportation B.C. unveils Carbon Tax April 1, 2008 VICTORIA, B. C. - The new B. C. carbon tax is creating a great deal of controversy in this province, especially amongst the trucking industry, which is faced with the greatest cost increase.
Transportation Fuel supply running low in Alberta April 1, 2008 CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta has been hit hard by a fuel shortage at Esso stations, but diesel users are suffering less than gasoline consumers and it appears neighbouring provinces have not yet been impa...
Transportation Is B. C.’s carbon tax just a thinly-veiled fuel tax? April 1, 2008 While environmental groups laud B. C. for becoming the first North American jurisdiction to announce a full-fledged "carbon" tax, the trucking industry must feel like it will be shouldering an unfair ...
Transportation Guest column: Carbon tax leaves few choices for trucking April 1, 2008 LANGLEY, B. C. - Sifting through B. C.'s 2008-09 budget reveals that the trucking industry isn't getting much for the carbon tax that we're going to be paying. By 2012, the carbon tax on diesel fuel w...
Transportation GE’s VeriWise gets wiser April 1, 2008 WAYNE, Pa. - GE Trailer Fleet Services is upgrading its VeriWise trailer tracking system, by adding Tractor ID and GPS Mileage capabilities, the company announced.
