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Bison wins coveted TCA safety award

WINNIPEG, Man. - Bison Transport has been selected as the grand prize winner of the highly coveted Truckload Carriers Association 2005 National Fleet Safety Award in the over 25 million miles category...

Hauling group equips fleet with OmniTRACS satellite system

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Paul's Hauling Group has recently upgraded its technology and is fully implemented with Cancom Tracking's OmniTRACS Real-time satellite fleet management system....

Industry Issues: Should the load broker trust fund requirement be retained?

Economic deregulation in Ontario is now complete....

Law and the Border: A call for cabotage reform

It has been almost 10 years since the joint efforts of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and provincial trucking associations made some initial headway into a relaxation of the U.S. cabotage laws by gain...

A trucker’s wife: Why do drivers jump from job to job?

Dear Kelly,...

By the Book: Part 1

Mark returned from Mexico feeling like he needed a vacation. Sure, he'd spent some time on the beach, got a tan and made love to a beautiful woman, but he'd also had one of his most harrowing adventur...

Pete introduces new fuel efficiency solutions

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Peterbilt is offering its customers several new options which will help reduce fuel consumption, the company announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show....

Peterbilt expands truck lineup

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Peterbilt introduced its new product lineup with a renewed focus on aerodynamics at the Mid-America Trucking Show....

Bendix: Fleets will decide how to meet new brake regs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bendix announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it will be up to fleets to decide how to meet NHTSA-proposed stopping distances that call for a 20-30 per cent improvement....

Bendix looking to provide real-time ABS-related data

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bendix is working with fleets and telematics providers to determine the best way to share real-time information obtained through ABS-based on-board computers, the company announced a...

Should trailer graphics featuring controversial statements be allowed?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - According to a study by the Traffic Audit Bureau, a tractor-trailer travelling through a major city can pass by more than 40,000 sets of eyes in a single day. That's a lot of expos...

FCC Equipment Financing releases industry report

MOSSVILLE, Ill. - FCC Equipment Financing, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Financial Services, recently released a comprehensive report designed to provide a compilation of viewpoints on the current statu...

Hijacked

MONTREAL, Que. - Just three hours into a good night's sleep, Bob felt someone in his truck. At first I thought it was someone I knew playing a trick on me. Instead, he found himself staring into the b...

Trucking associations taking first steps to prepare for bird flu

TORONTO, Ont. - The chances of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu hitting North American soil seems more and more likely as the disease continues to creep its way across Asia and Europe. Many trucking a...

Clarification (May 01, 2006)

In last month's Truck News, it was reported that Petra Voelker had departed her former company to start her own business. The name of her new company is C.U.T.C. Inc. and she can be contacted by calli...