Transportation Carrier Choice Quantified March 1, 2007 Carriers are well aware of what they need to do to attract customers in today's competitive shipping environment. They need to provide better on-time reliability at a lower price and make sure their c...
Transportation Cost Cutters March 1, 2007 Falcon Transportation 's Joe Fleming knows that managing a fleet "starts and ends with the numbers" - and he expects the focus on such numbers to intensify, thanks to the introduction of equipment des...
Transportation Competition Watch (March 01, 2007) March 1, 2007 CONTRANS, MULLEN, and TRIMAC are among the Canadian income-fund structured transportation companies to report a strong financial performance despite the uncertainty created by Ottawa's recent move to ...
Transportation Prolam using new trailer floor undercoating March 1, 2007 Prolam has introduced a new hot-melt polyurethane reactive (PuR) coating the company is now using on the underside of its trailer floors to protect them against water spray and road debris.
Transportation Sterling introduces Bullet at Work Truck Show March 1, 2007 Sterling Trucks came out firing at the NTEA Work Truck Show, introducing the latest addition to its mid-range lineup - the Bullet.
Transportation Hendrickson rolls out new trailer suspension March 1, 2007 Hendrickson unveiled its new Quaantum FX trailer suspension at the Technology and Maintenance Council meetings in Tampa yesterday, featuring HNP and HUS long-life wheel ends.
Transportation Take Warning March 1, 2007 There are several means by which operators in Ontario are monitored by the Ministry, with all carriers of course being well aware of both on-road enforcement and their CVOR abstract. Many more are fam...
Transportation Mid-America Trucking Show Report (March 01, 2007) March 1, 2007 Cummins introduces more powerful ISX
Transportation Kinedyne simplifies standard winch bar March 1, 2007 Truck drivers have a new tool to take on the road - the Ratcheting Winch Bar. Available exclusively through Kinedyne Canada Limited, the patent pending product provides drivers with a versatile tool d...
Transportation International showcases tech truck at TMC March 1, 2007 International was on-hand at the Technology and Maintenance Council meetings in Tampa to showcase its 'Innovation 2' interactive technology truck.
Transportation Slipping shipment volumes taking bite out of rate increases March 1, 2007 Slower economic growth on both sides of the border is having a measurable impact on shipment volumes. For the past three years more than 60% of shippers reported double-digit increases to their shipme...
Transportation Truck purchasing plans: An international look March 1, 2007 How do the purchasing plans and beliefs of Canadian fleets compare with those in other major industrialized nations? GE Capital Solutions sought to find out by surveying 1,200 international trucking i...
Transportation The Ethical Divide March 1, 2007 In the "Me First" era of the 1980s, there was very little worry for ethics in the business world, and you would have searched long and hard to find a university that dealt seriously with the need for ...
Transportation Protecting Personnel Privacy March 1, 2007 Businesses have long needed to collect personal information for a number of reasons, such as to pre-screen job applicants, register for benefits plans, or comply with regulatory requirements.