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ChevronTexaco unveils extended life coolant

TORONTO, Ont. - ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants held a press conference at Truck World to announce the launch of its new Delo Extended Life Coolant (ELC).Jim Arner, technical services manager with Che...

Checkfluid debuts two new products

TORONTO, Ont. - Checkfluid has introduced a soot analyzer designed to measure soot in diesel engine lube oil on-site and in less than one minute. Soot levels are expected to increase with the release ...

Better O/O rates coming soon

Attending both Truck World 2002 and Truxpo over the last few weeks gave me the opportunity to talk to owner/operators from one end of the country to the other. The majority were concerned about their ...

New partnership

TROY, Mich. - ZF Meritor LLC announced a new partnership with Sachs Mexico S.A. de C.V. which is a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG.Sachs will now manufacture current Meritor 14-inch and 15.5-inch ...

What do you look for at a trade show?

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Truckers in the East and the West had an opportunity to attend a major trucking trade show over the past few weeks, with Truck World being hosted by the Ontario Trucking Association...

Moose-vehicle collisions targeted

FREDERICTON, N.B. - The departments of public safety and transportation are taking steps to slow down Route 7 drivers in an effort to reduce moose-vehicle collisions..Statistics collected in the past ...

AMTA presents annual awards (November 01, 2002)

EDMONTON, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) took the chance to recognize some of its finest members at its recent conference in Edmonton.The Volvo Driver of the Year was Irvin Dun...

Collenette suggests shifting freight from road to rail

OTTAWA, Ont. - The federal government wants to reduce traffic congestion and help the environment by taking trucks off Hwy. 401.Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is part of the Liberals' fall agenda, ...

Ask now, before you sign

With the trucking industry seemingly always getting the short end of the stick from government and the mainstream media in general, it's important to have a strong, unified voice that can stand up and...

Sarnia border upgrades on the way (November 01, 2002)

SARNIA, Ont. - Help is on the way to improve the flow of goods across the Sarnia-Port Huron border crossing.The provincial government recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Blue Water B...

New Brunswick to improve highways

DIEPPE, N.B. - With federal and provincial government funding, a $29 million boost to New Brunswick's main interprovincial artery has been announced.Federal Transport Minister David Collenette and his...

Another Irving Mainway slated for Mountain Road

MONCTON, N.B. - Ground has recently been broken by Irving Oil Ltd. in anticipation of the new 24-hour fuel station that will open in November.The rest stop is slated for the east side of Mountain Road...

AAA online map not being offered in Atlantic Canada (November 01, 2002)

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - The Canadian Automobile Association in Atlantic Canada has told the American Automobile Association that it will not bring the AAA's online Triptik map service to Atlantic Canada m...

PeopleNet, Maddocks team up

TORONTO, Ont. - PeopleNet Communications Corporation has completed integration with Maddocks Systems for its wireless fleet solution software programs.MacKinnon Transport of Guelph, Ontario is among t...

Readers Respond

Let's harmonizeDear editor,Well I have got say that things are changing.However when I cross the border, where most of the Canadian truckers drive, the changes won't mean a hill of beans.Did anyone ev...