Should truckers be responsible if ice from their trailer top damages a vehicle? preview image Transportation Should truckers be responsible if ice from their trailer top damages a vehicle? March 1, 2007 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - After weeks of balmy winter weather, cold temperatures have finally spread their way across Canada, dumping heaps of snow and ice over miles of highway and the vehicles that travel...
Transportation Editorial Comment: Preparing for a bump in the technology superhighway March 1, 2007 As the saying goes, you're not supposed to cry over spilled milk. It's as good advice as any, but it does not say anything about a glass of water, which as it just so happens nearly reduced me to tear...
Transportation Democratic reforms? March 1, 2007 TAMPA, Fla. - With the US Congress now controlled by Democrats, American Trucking Associations (ATA) vice-president Tim Lynch is warning that federal mandates and a push for biodiesel are probably goi...
Preventive Maintenance: The Skinny on Fat preview image Transportation Preventive Maintenance: The Skinny on Fat March 1, 2007 Is 'Fat' actually a four letter word? Many people think so. Diet/weight-loss promoters make millions each year helping customers get rid of their unsightly bulges.
Industry Issues: Smart Border Vision Blurred preview image Transportation Industry Issues: Smart Border Vision Blurred March 1, 2007 The picture of trucks backed up for miles, waiting to cross into the United States in mid-September 2001, is seared into the memory of everyone connected with the trucking industry. Despite the frustr...
Private Links: Speeding Redefined preview image Transportation Private Links: Speeding Redefined March 1, 2007 Let's be honest with one another. We've all been behind the wheel of a vehicle that is moving too quickly at some point in time.
Transportation Wacky Winter Weather Creates Container Backlog March 1, 2007 VANCOUVER, B.C. - A span of wild winter storms along Canada's Pacific Coast left maintenance and cleanup crews in B.C. working overtime cleaning up the debris left in the storm's aftermath.Tree debris...
Transportation RCMP aim to dial-in on drug smugglers March 1, 2007 SURREY, B.C. - In the drug smuggling trade, only so much product can be attempted to be shipped undetected in passenger vehicles.
Transportation 18 Wheels campaign makes its largest delivery March 1, 2007 CALGARY, Alta. - Across Alberta the giving spirit of the Christmas season helped make 2006 the most successful 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign to date.
Transportation Viewpoint: Looking at transportation’s future March 1, 2007 What will the trucking company of the future look like? If we were able to look 25 years into the future, how different would our industry be?
Transportation Ministry looks to revitalize Maritime Atlantic service March 1, 2007 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Ministry of Transport has released a long-term strategy to revitalize the passenger and freight ferry service operated by Marine Atlantic in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Transportation Publisher’s Comment: Trucknews.com launches new online job site March 1, 2007 This month, I'm pleased to introduce you to Truckopolis, Canada's newest and most advanced trucking job site in the market today. Launching on www.trucknews.com Feb. 26, it's the latest addition in a ...
Transportation Reminder: Keep an eye on the clock March 1, 2007 OTTAWA, Ont. - In the past, the second Sunday in March has come and gone with little fanfare, but beginning in 2007 the date will have new significance in the US and a handful of regions in Canada.
Transportation Cummins extends Uptime Guarantee to 07 engines March 1, 2007 TAMPA, Fla. - Cummins says it is confident in its 2007 engine technology, so much so that it's offering its Uptime Guarantee on new heavy-duty ISX and ISM engines. Both the engines themselves and the ...
A trucker’s wife: Eating healthy on the road is no easy task preview image Transportation A trucker’s wife: Eating healthy on the road is no easy task March 1, 2007 Dear Kelly,
