Transportation People (June 01, 2007) June 1, 2007 Clarke Inc. has announced two appointments to its executive team. Robert Normandeau has been appointed to chief operating officer for Clarke's non-freight transportation business, and Neil Morley will...
Transportation CPPI honours safest petroleum haulers June 1, 2007 CALGARY, Alta. - Safety is at the number one concern of any professional driver or fleet manager, no matter what you're hauling. But the risk attached to transporting a load of gas or diesel is substa...
Transportation ‘Let’s work together’: North American transport ministers June 1, 2007 TUCSON, Ari. - Federal Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon has released a declaration along with his counterparts in the US and Mexico, vowing to work more closely to develop coordinated and interconne...
Farming success preview image Transportation Farming success June 1, 2007 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - I've been driving aimlessly up and down a country road in Peterborough this afternoon, trying in vain to find the address where my interview will take place. It's a trucking compa...
Who’s got gas? preview image Transportation Who’s got gas? June 1, 2007 The Ontario government, that's who. How else to explain Ontario's inability to stomach the use of long combination vehicles in Ontario, after Ontario's Ministry of Transport itself participated in a s...
Transportation Ambassador Bridge owners forging ahead with second crossing June 1, 2007 WINDSOR, Ont. - Despite widely publicized plans by a four-government consortium to build a new bridge and access roads on both sides of the Windsor-Detroit border, the company which owns the 78-year-o...
Transportation Up in smoke June 1, 2007 TORONTO, Ont. - When Challenger Motor Freight designed its state-of-the-art 126,000 sq.-ft. headquarters last year, it did so with the environment in mind. Part of the company's environmental strategy...
Transportation Mulroney urges free trade across Americas June 1, 2007 VAUGHAN, Ont. - The architect of the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the US, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, made an impassioned plea in his keynote address to Supply Chain & Logisti...
Transportation Did you know? (June 01, 2007) June 1, 2007 Transportation is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air contaminants. While considerable progress has been made in reducing transportation's contribution to air contaminants, GHG em...
Per diem pitfalls: Meal expense strategy has drawbacks preview image Transportation Per diem pitfalls: Meal expense strategy has drawbacks June 1, 2007 There are good reasons why government agencies and many corporations offer a per diem instead of reimbursing employees for travel expenses. A daily allowance simplifies expense reporting (generally, n...
Transportation CP prepares for strike June 1, 2007 CALGARY, Alta. - CP Rail plans to deploy trained management employees to maintain its operations during a strike announced May 12 by the union representing its maintenance of way workers.
Transportation Trucking industry gets training funds June 1, 2007 WINNIPEG, Man. - Manitoba Public Insurance will invest $5 million in a training partnership to offset tuition costs and train up to 250 drivers annually to National Occupation Standards. Over the next...
Pardon me preview image Regulations Pardon me June 1, 2007 EDMONTON, Alta. - With an estimated 60% of Canada's trade with our neighbours south of the border moving by truck, the ability to enter the US is an important asset for most truckers.
The silver bullet preview image Transportation The silver bullet June 1, 2007 THAMESVILLE, Ont. - Terry Vogler Tucking is a family-owned and operated business from Thamesville, Ont. Vogler started as an owner/operator with one truck and trailer. Today, there are over 30 trucks ...
