Editorial Comment: Is Ontario ready to allow larger trucks? preview image Transportation Editorial Comment: Is Ontario ready to allow larger trucks? April 1, 2007 The Ontario trucking industry treads very softly around the issue of the use of long combination vehicles (LCVs) - vehicles where the number of trailers and/or length of the vehicle exceed normal limi...
Things are looking up at the Downtime Lounge preview image Transportation Things are looking up at the Downtime Lounge April 1, 2007 WOODSTOCK, Ont. - For truck drivers tired of kicking back in the same boring, hole-in-the-wall driver's lounge, NAL Path Insurance Brokers is looking to provide an upside to downtime with its newly re...
Transportation Hwy. construction to US border April 1, 2007 SURREY, B.C. - Work has begun to complete the widening of the Hwy. 15 corridor, from Surrey, B.C. to the US border, in an effort to ease congestion and travel time. Having a continuous four-lane highw...
Transportation In it for the log haul April 1, 2007 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Logging is arguably the most rugged and demanding application you can force upon a Class 8 truck. And spec'ing a proper logging truck is equally challenging.
Publisher’s Comment: We need to throw the book at brazen cargo thieves preview image Transportation Publisher’s Comment: We need to throw the book at brazen cargo thieves April 1, 2007 The escalating incidence of cargo theft on our highways is a problem that won't go away anytime soon.
Transportation Problem solvers April 1, 2007 OTTAWA, Ont. - Too often one or two bad apples will spoil a situation for everybody.
Mining sector digs deep to sustain industry growth preview image Transportation Mining sector digs deep to sustain industry growth April 1, 2007 OTTAWA, Ont. - With all the talk of the oilpatch boom, it appears the thriving mining industry has been overlooked. But in four short years, manufacturing shipments of petroleum and coal products in C...
Transportation Riding high: Piloting the big rigs at Elk Valley coal mine April 1, 2007 HINTON, Alta. - After a disappointing stretch in log hauling, a former highway driver found refuge by trucking in a more controlled environment.
Webasto touts C5 heating/cooling system preview image Transportation Webasto touts C5 heating/cooling system March 1, 2007 TAMPA, Fla. - Webasto attended the Technology and Maintenance Council meetings to tout its latest engine-off comfort solution - C5.
Transportation Canadian inventor says his D-train configuration can save lives March 1, 2007 BURLINGTON, Ont. - With analysts predicting that the number of trucks needed to meet demand may double by 2020, current industry issues like the driver shortage and traffic congestion may only intensi...
Back behind the wheel: Coping with acid reflux preview image Transportation Back behind the wheel: Coping with acid reflux March 1, 2007 This month I am going to discuss another very important topic for truck drivers, Gastroesophageal reflex disease (GERD), which is commonly known as acid reflux. Due to your lifestyles on the road, tru...
Transportation Software (March 01, 2007) March 1, 2007 Routeware, a supplier of hardware and software for the waste industry, has launched Alurte in an effort to better manage a fleet's route operations. The Alurte system features GPS-based tracking, mapp...
Transportation Webasto touts C5 system at TMC March 1, 2007 TAMPA, Fla. - Webasto attended the Technology and Maintenance Council meetings to tout its latest engine-off comfort solution - C5.
Transportation Thousands Join Meal Campaign March 1, 2007 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Lunchbag Letdown Campaign, a joint effort from the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), the Owner/Operators' Business Association of Canada (OBAC), and Teamsters Canada, has already ga...
