Transportation No Easy Answers March 1, 2006 Q. My broker tells me that our insurer will be seeking a considerable increase in our insurance rating because of a CONDITIONAL safety rating. This was based on an audit where we failed one component...
Transportation Become a millionaire – the cheaper way March 1, 2006 I don't generally look forward to reading how-to business books. I usually find them full of platitudes, outmoded common sense, lacking wit and, worse, containing personalized advice that may only app...
Transportation The Power Over Anger March 1, 2006 It can be a manager's or dispatcher's worst nightmare: a driver storms into the office, the veins bulging from his neck, screams coming from the top of his lungs. He's mad. Really mad. And you're the...
Transportation Have we examined all the options? March 1, 2006 What's the best price you think you could get for a portable DVD player? $100, $80, maybe even as low as $50? Well, university students this year went off to school with a $39 DVD player packed in the...
Transportation Bring on 2007, confident DDC engineers proclaim March 1, 2006 Detroit Diesel says it's ready for 2007 and will be offering a full range of horsepower ratings for heay- and medium-duty applications....
Transportation J.B.Jaboor March 1, 2006 On getting the most out of your tire dollar, fuel saving tread technologies and dealing with Asian imports ...
Transportation Clean Machines March 1, 2006 Changes to the next generation of diesel engines are fairly easy to spot. You can trace the path that exhaust gases will follow on their way to new Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs). A careful eye wil...
Transportation Burning Issues March 1, 2006 For all the changes they're introducing, engine manufacturers seem to be breathing relatively easily. Equipment being designed to meet 2007 emission standards is performing well in test fleets, fuel e...
Transportation CJ-4: Progress, but at What Price? March 1, 2006 As the CJ-4 oil qualification and OEM engine tests near completion - the new Proposed Category 10 oil under development for the 2007 low-emission on-road diesel engines will officially be called API C...
Transportation Marketwatch (March 01, 2006) March 1, 2006 Chevron to offer CJ-4 and CI-4 Plus oils in 2007...
Transportation Fuelling Debate March 1, 2006 With more than 80% of shippers paying fuel surcharges across all modes, and fuel prices showing no sign of significant decline, shippers are starting to question the fairness of the current system....
Transportation The Year of Urea March 1, 2006 Fluid concerns in 2007 may be focused on the introduction of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, but the biggest fluid-related challenge of all may come in 2010....
Transportation 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign a success February 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - The 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign wrapped up its most successful food drive yet, this holiday season. About 65,000 lbs of food was collected by the trucking industry this year....
Transportation Cell phone manufacturers ring in new capabilities February 1, 2006 TORONTO, Ont. - Cellular phones have been part of a professional driver's tool belt for over a decade. No slouches when it comes to operating communications gadgets, truck drivers were quick to embrac...