Features

VPA purchases new cranes

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Port of Vancouver may have recently been crippled by a container trucker strike, but that hasn't deterred it from bringing in two of the world's largest cranes to help expedite t...

Kinedyne’s new chains help to get a grip

TORONTO, Ont. - Kinedyne Canada has introduced its Stud chain system to help trucks achieve traction in slick conditions....

Reader of the Month: David Good

"Hi! My name is David Good and I drive a cargo van for TST Expedited Services out of Windsor, Ont. I drove a straight truck for 14 years before this, but I switched to expediting because I find it muc...

Happy Anniversery

And the winners are... ...

Behind the headlines (September 01, 2005)

Transportation Media editorial director Lou Smyrlis has been asked to moderate the opening session on infrastructure issues at the upcoming Transportation Infrastructure Conference organized by the Ch...

Herbie Walker: O/O of the Year

FERGUS, Ont. - Drizzling grey skies hung over a muddy field the morning Herbie Walker was about to take centre stage at the Fergus Truck Show July 24....

Canadian cattle hoof it into the U.S.

CALGARY, Alta. - May 18, 2003 is a date that no Canadian cattle hauler or rancher will forget. It's the day the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) discovered a cow from an Alberta farm tested posi...

Mark Dalton delivers the goods on fuel consumption

TORONTO, Ont. - If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, then it comes as no surprise that wise-cracking adventurer Mark Dalton, hero of the fictional series published in Truck News, should...

National Trucking Week kit now in the mail (September 01, 2005)

TORONTO, Ont. - Watch your mailbox in the days ahead for the arrival of an information kit about National Trucking Week (Sept. 18 - 24)....

In the Dark?

OTTAWA, Ont. - The U.S. has given the nod to an energy bill that will extend daylight savings time by one month, but that has Canadian carriers wondering if they'll be left in the dark....

People (September 01, 2005)

The Timken Company board of directors named Ward J. "Tim" Timken Jr. chairman, effective Aug. 15....

Mini Tankers not so mini any more

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Starting Aug. 1, you won't be seeing Mini Tankers Canada trucks on the road anymore. That's because franchisees and corporate drivers will be riding down the road in trucks with 4Ref...

Stats show FAST plan catching on

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada Border Services Agency recently release statistics on the Free and Secure Trade program which they believe indicate the program is catching on....

Study finds cell phones increase accident risks (September 01, 2005)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. insurance study has revealed that drivers using cell phones are four times as likely to be involved in an accident that causes injuries serious enough to send them to hospita...

Preventive Maintenance: Sports drinks

It looks like the heat is going to be with us a bit longer. It's not the best temperature to be slugging loads around....