Features

Should You Take the Plunge?

Near the end of the 20th Century, Fortune magazine wrote, "Forget your tired old ideas about leadership. The most successful corporation of the 1990s will be something called a learning organization."...

Still Work to Be Done

There's definitely reason to celebrate following the recent release by Customs authorities on both sides of the border of reworked pre-notification standards for transborder hauls. And there's just as...

Law and the Border: Law and Pardons and Waivers – Part 1: Much Misunderstanding

The interplay between Canadian pardons and U.S. Immigration waivers has elicited much misunderstanding.The issues are subtle. We have heard people say, "If you have a pardon, you don't need a waiver."...

CTHRC’s Gauthier Wins Award

EDMONTON, Alta. - Linda Gauthier, Executive Director for CTRHC, received the 2003 Award of Achievement during National Transportation Week.To receive the award the candidate must have achieved, throug...

It’s About Time for a Rate Increase

Dear Editor,(Ed: With regards to "FCA recommends increase in trucking rates" which appeared on the Truck News Web site.)That's something everyone has been waiting for. Where was this brainstorm some 1...

Executive Publisher’s Comment: Getting a Dose of My Own Medicine – Lateness

If you were to ask the staff at Truck News when I normally turn in my column to the editor - they would to a soul say at the last minute.Of the one hundred and fifty plus columns I've written I've nev...

Atlantic Canada Get-Together Bigger and Better: Organizers

MONCTON, N.B. - The 2003 Atlantic Truck Show was a success, organizers say.Over 10,000 people passed through the gates at the Moncton Coliseum Agrena Complex June 13 and 14, to visit over 500 exhibito...

New Banking Regulations Put Truckers in a Tight Spot

Dear Editor,I am writing out of frustration, having just experienced the new reg's in place by Canadian banks, which are going to severely damage the independent truckers in this country.These rules h...

Editorial Director’s Comment: Analyzing the Yellow Merger

I must admit to doing a double take when I saw the news come across the wire services: LTL giant Yellow Corp. is buying one of its largest rivals, Roadway Corp. for $1.1 billion.Clearly, less than a y...

Publisher’s Comment: Time to Take Some Needed Rest and Relaxation

Take a break.I'm not talking about a few extra zzzs at the next truck stop or shutting down early at the end of the day.I'm talking about a real holiday, the kind that rejuvenates the soul.Ya right, y...

Why Did You Decide to Attend the Atlantic Truck Show?

MONCTON, N.B. - The Atlantic Truck Show is a two-day biannual event that brings together trucking professionals from across the Atlantic region and some from across the country as well.With the cancel...

Bandag Introduces New Tread Designs for Refuse and Construction

Bandag has launched two tread products molded from a new group of compounds called Longeviti Series, which the company claims increase tread wear by as much as 20%.Bandag's new BDM (Bandag Drive Mixed...

International Delivers Mid-Cab Tractor for Regional and Urban Applications

International Truck and Engine Corporation has launched the International 4400 4x2 Mid Cab tractor.Engineered for urban and regional applications where the vehicle mission requires more than 10% bobta...

PMTC Report: Interest of Company Should Come First, Says Logistics Expert

How do private fleet operators convince their parent companies of their value in the face of budget cutbacks and increased operating costs?This important question was the subject of a lunchtime speech...

N.B. Has Big Border Plans

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - New Brunswick and the state of Maine are in talks to create a new border crossing in St. Stephen, N.B."This is the only new border crossing currently being considered in Canada, an...