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Ontario Budget Short on Specifics

TORONTO, Ont. - The McGuinty government didn't break any promises to the trucking industry when it tabled its budget, but it didn't make many either. And the few it did make were short on specifics.

When Truckers Break Down…

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The following was read at Mike O'Rourke's May 12 funeral at St. John Chrystosom Church in Newmarket, Ont. The service was reportedly attended by over a thousand friends and loved ones. "This is the essence of Mike's philosophy...

APTA Is Asking Truckers to Slow Down

DIEPPE, N.B. - As the price of fuel soars, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) is urging truckers to ease up on their acceleration pedals.

Labour Code Changes Mean More Paperwork for Employers

TORONTO, Ont. - Private carriers are disappointed with recent amendments to Ontario's Employment Standards Act dealing with overtime hours, says Bruce Richards, head of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada.

Shell Intros Coolant Conversion Kit That Can Service Up to Five Trucks

Shell Rotella has introduced a new do-it-yourself coolant conversion kit to convert a heavy-duty diesel engine's cooling system from conventional to extended life coolant.

Making Intermodal Transportation Work Starts With Creating a Common Vision

With intermodal movements increasing an average of 13% each year since 1996, the growing importance of intermodalism as a transportation option is without question. So is the growing frustration of many carriers picking up freight at increasingly...

Alasdair McNellan

MT: Truck sales on both sides of the border are gathering steam and are expected to continue growing the next two years. How are you keeping up with the demand? Are there specific plans to increase production?

A Sobering Look in the Mirror

A recent business study surveyed 1500 transportation managers in North America on workplace issues. The survey attempted to assess the attitude, motivation and desires of managers when it came to their overall satisfaction and work-life balance in...

Who and What Is a Transportation Sales Professional?

Transportation sales people are the unsung heroes, without whom all the flashy manoeuvrings of high- priced executives would end up as losses. Digging daily in the trenches, absorbing all of the front-line abuse, and knowing full well that it's ei...

Industry Out to Get Apprenticeships

GUELPH, Ont. - It's one of the industry's main sore points that driving a truck isn't recognized as a skilled trade and truck driver training does not qualify as an apprenticeship course.

Cattle Ban Enters Second Year, Still No End in Sight

CALGARY, Alta. - A year after the U.S. closed its border to Canadian beef due to a single case of Mad Cow disease, there is less optimism than ever before among cattle haulers.

MTI Offers Mountain Driving Course

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Mountain Transport Institute (MTI) has launched a new week-long Mountain Driver Training course for truckers looking to gain mountain driving experience.

Internet Truckers Trade Steering Wheel for Keyboard

SURREY, B.C. - Hank Suderman loves trucks. And since 1999, the Surrey, B.C. resident has thrown his passion into his Web site.

Boys Will Be Boys

TORONTO, Ont. - They grew up playing with trucks as kids and today they're still at it.

Trucking Two Continents

My position at Truck News has put me in touch with a lot of trucking friends from across North America-and now Europe.