Features

Michelin offers tire monitoring solutions for regional and long-distance fleets

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Michelin has revamped its eTire tire management system thanks to a new partnership with Honeywell.

Your in-depth look at the capacity, capabilities and future direction of the nation’s largest carriers

Welcome to our second annual Top Tier report offering a comprehensive look at the nation's largest for-hire carriers. In the following pages you will find detailed and up-to-date information about the...

Kriska’s Mark Seymour to serve as new OTA chairman

TORONTO, Ont. - Mark Seymour, president of Kriska Transportation has taken the helm as the Ontario Trucking Association's (OTA) new chairman.

Super Singles, not just a Bar in Toronto

There is nothing controversial south of the border when it comes to the often locally debated super single truck tire. Wide base equipment has been in fairly heavy rotation and in use there for quite ...

Let your tires do the rolling, not your heads

Given that tires are the only thing connecting your driver, their cargo and your profits to the road, spec'ing the right tire, and its subsequent use within your fleet can be one of the most crucial s...

More tough issues, more honest Answers

Thanks to conflicting cost pressures and their position on opposite sides of the bargaining table, buyers of transportation services can often have distinctly different points of view from those provi...

FAST cards will ‘likely’ meet WHTI requirements: Wilkins

TORONTO, Ont. - FAST cards will probably be an acceptable form of identification under the Western Hemisphere Trade Initiative (WHTI), David Wilkins, US Ambassador to Canada, told delegates at the Ont...

Publisher’s Comment: ‘Tis the season to overindulge (within reason)

Once again, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of silly season. Over indulgence is the word of the month. I know from personal experience that by the time the last week of December hits, I've g...

Editorial Comment: ATMs – don’t knock ’em until you’ve tried ’em

I admit, I've never owned a manual transmission car. I simply don't have any desire to shift continuously while battling rush hour traffic in the GTA. It seems an unnecessary waste of energy to me.

Competition Watch (January 01, 2007)

MULLEN GROUP INCOME FUND, TRANSFORCE INCOME FUND, CONTRANS INCOME FUND and UTi WORLDWIDE INC. were the most active acquirers in 2006, each with four announced transactions. In total there were 135 US ...

Freightliner taking hybrid technology on tour in 2007

The hybrid engine technology developed and introduced by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), Eaton and Detroit Diesel will be on public display for the first time at two of the trucking in...

Don’t lose sleep over it

Ontario's new hours of service regulations (HTA Regulation 555/06) became effective on January 1 of this year.

troubled transportation companies

Despite the fact that some transportation companies are currently enjoying their most profitable years ever, many have gotten into financial trouble for several reasons. It is not all related to a slo...

cleaning up the yard

All that great supply chain software - ERP, WMS, TMS - manages information and speeds the flow of goods, but radio-and-clipboard technology in the yard has the same effect as tossing a boat anchor out...

create your dream team

Anyone who ever played a high school sport has heard a coach expound that there is no "I" to be found in "T-E-A-M." When players work together, the whole will indeed be greater than the sum of its par...