Transportation Dana, SmarTire combine to offer SmartWave TPMS (April 01, 2006) April 1, 2006 TAMPA, Fla. - Dana Corporation has teamed up with Canadian company SmarTire Systems to deliver the new SmartWave Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)....
Transportation ECL driver answers the call of the open road April 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - After a series of fortunate, but unplanned events, Allan Armour now finds himself seated behind the wheel of a Freightliner hauling fuel to various parts of Alberta and B.C....
Transportation Doing double duty April 1, 2006 COWLEY, Alta. - Profit margins are slim enough in trucking when you're hauling paying freight. When you're hauling a trailer full of air half the time, you're probably not making a lot of money. But t...
Transportation Freightliner revs up with NASCAR April 1, 2006 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Freightliner has announced it's expanding its relationship with NASCAR, becoming the official hauler of the racing series as well as several of its teams....
Transportation Freightliner’s NASCAR deal means new upgrades April 1, 2006 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Along with the announcement that Freightliner has become the official hauler of NASCAR comes news of new upgrades and options on the company's highway tractors....
Transportation Sunoco introduces Gold Diesel April 1, 2006 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Sunoco has once again improved and re-launched its enhanced diesel fuel, Gold Diesel. The new and improved additive package has several unique features, according to company offici...
Transportation Mack winners announced (April 01, 2006) April 1, 2006 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Mack Canada and Mack Commercial Finance have announced the 2005 fourth quarter winners of the Mack Highway FREE PAYMENT Extravaganza. Each quarter, the program gives Canadian cust...
Transportation Clarification (April 01, 2006) April 1, 2006 In the March issue of Truck News, an article listing the winners of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies neglected to include Tandet Group. Tandet was listed under the automotive category, although the...
Transportation CTA clarifies criminal waiver requirements April 1, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says drivers requiring criminal waivers will no longer have to go to secondary inspection and pay US$6 every time they enter the U.S....
Transportation Home Hardware fleet certified April 1, 2006 WETASKIWIN, Alta. - Home Hardware has announced the qualification of its Wetaskiwin trucking fleet with CSA International's Carrier Safety Management System Standard (CSMS), completing certification o...
Transportation Bison wins fleet safety award April 1, 2006 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Winnipeg-based Bison Transport has won third place in the 50-99.99 million miles division of the Truckload Carriers Association's (TCA) National Fleet Safety Awards Program....
Transportation Cream of the Crop April 1, 2006 Purolator recently rewarded some of its safest drivers at the Purolator Ground Transportation banquet, held Feb. 18. These five drivers combined for more than a century of safe driving....
Transportation Back behind the wheel: Stretch just for the health of it April 1, 2006 Sitting in your truck for most of the day is not good for your back. This is a long known fact in the trucking industry. All you have to do is look around you and see how many of your friends have bac...
Regulations Law and the Border: Traffic violations away from home can be costly April 1, 2006 The regulation of drivers' licences and the administration of justice for traffic violations are normally considered to be a matter of state or provincial concern, as the case may be....
Transportation Preventive Maintenance: Food for thought April 1, 2006 Let's face it; since we're not dead, we must be getting older. Our mirrors remind us every day. And so may our memory, or should I say, lack of memory?...