Contracts: A simple clause can prevent major issues with customers preview image Transportation Contracts: A simple clause can prevent major issues with customers January 1, 2008 MONTREAL, Que. - Lawyers are generally not the most popular people in the world. Still, some of them really know their trucking. And Simon Rainville, from Lamarre Casgrain Wells in Montreal, is certai...
Drinking and driving laws are about to get tougher in Ont. preview image Transportation Drinking and driving laws are about to get tougher in Ont. January 1, 2008 Tis the season to be jolly fa-la-la-la- la la-la-la-la (I think I got them all in).
US group buys Consolidated Fastfrate preview image Transportation US group buys Consolidated Fastfrate January 1, 2008 WOODBRIDGE, Ont. -US private equity firm Fenway Partners has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Consolidated Fastfrate, Canada Drayage and Koch Transport.
TransX celebrates opening of new, larger hub in Montreal preview image Transportation TransX celebrates opening of new, larger hub in Montreal January 1, 2008 By Eric Berard VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. - On Nov. 21, the TransX Group of Companies celebrated the official opening of its brand new terminal for the Montreal region. Established in the city of Vaudreui...
Transportation Another “inconvenient truth” January 1, 2008 If International Truck and Engine Corp. president Dee Kapur was looking for some notoriety while addressing the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association in late January, he certainly hit the mark.
Transportation Competition Watch (January 01, 2008) January 1, 2008 DAY & ROSS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, a wholly-owned division of McCain Foods Limited, is acquiring WESBELL LOGISTICS SERVICES, a division of The Wesbell Group of Companies Inc. Wesbell Logistics is be...
Transportation Perfect Procedures January 1, 2008 Corporate policies and procedures are often dismissed as empty bureaucratic demands - assuming, of course, that your employees read the related manuals in the first place. Still, such documents can be...
Transportation A More Profitable Way To Handle Severance Pay January 1, 2008 Let's take a look at what has become in the last decade an all too shortsighted and by far too unimaginative business phenomenon. No, it's not bankruptcy - but you're close; severance packages.
Transportation See The Savings January 1, 2008 I n the illustrious words of Kermit the Frog, it's not easy being green; a mantra Eric Lange knows all too well after spending months converting Lange Transportation and Storage's Mississauga, Ont. fa...
Transportation Enhancements To Hendrickson PRIMAAX Planned For 2008 January 1, 2008 Hendrickson Truck Systems Group is pushing ahead with design enhancements to its PRIMAAX heavy-duty air-ride rear suspension for mid-2008.
Transportation Top Tier (January 01, 2008) January 1, 2008 Our third annual Top Tier report offering a comprehensive look at the nation's largest for-hire carriers, finds an industry in the midst of transition. The heady growth in freight volumes, rates and f...
Transportation Meritor WABCO Upgrades Trailer Stability System January 1, 2008 Meritor WABCO has introduced an enhanced version of its Roll Stability Support (RSS) trailer stability system which the company says boasts more advanced features and added value.
Transportation The Price Of Leadership January 1, 2008 For many years, Yellow, Roadway and Consolidated Freightways represented the big three in North American LTL shipping. Then the national LTL scene changed dramatically with the closure of CF and the a...
Transportation Let’s Talk Profitability January 1, 2008 MT: Ted, you have more than a quarter century of experience in transportation, and are one of only 6 Canadians to have chaired the National Tank Truck Carriers. You're also a past director of the Onta...
