Features

Improving safety on a WIM

SASKATOON, Sask. - In Colorado, a young truck driver faces his first drive through the Rockies, and before beginning down the long mountain grade ahead of him, a road sign lights up and tells him that...

The soldier, the preacher and the public reacher

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Jacob Froese says trucking saved his life - literally.Four and a half years ago he was a practicing Mennonite minister with a busy parish in Edmonton, Alta. But beneath a rock-like ex...

Natives plan to clog B.C. roads

VICTORIA, B.C. - West Coast native leaders are threatening to derail the provincial transportation network if the government doesn't put the brakes on a land-claims referendum that could come as early...

Carriers brace for longer-term impact of terrorist attacks At press time the transportation industry was still in a wait and see position with regard to the direction and impact of heightened border security following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the US. Also being called into question was the industry’s ability to service customers with JIT delivery if such heightened security were to continue.

"Right now, in the intermediate period, the JIT cycle has been impacted. But we've got to understand that JIT can be any length of time, as long as it arrives just in time," said George Kuhn, executiv...

OTA calls for increase to minimum liability insurance Transport Canada announces more funding for the NSC

The Ontario Trucking Association is making a series of recommendations to the provincial government to update the Truck Transportation Act (TTA). The TTA came into force in 1989, ushering in the econo...

Yokohama reengineers design for long-haul steer axle tires

Yokohama Tire (Canada) says the introduction of its new RY637 radial is a solid solution to industry concerns about long-haul steer axle tires.Steer axle tires experience irregular wear, often resulti...

In Search of the Right Man in the Middle

More than just mouthpiece and headset, the dispatcher is the primary link to your drivers and customers -- a voice of reason when customers need an update on the status of their loads; a sympathetic e...

Q & A time

I frequently receive mail from readers with questions about problems that are likely faced by many others in the industry. To that end I am providing my responses to four important questions so that a...

RAISE THE BAR

Paul Landry, president and CEO of the British Columbia Trucking Association, speaks his mind about the association's top concerns and prioritiesMT: A good part of your summer was spent travelling arou...

Cover Story: Super-managing the private fleet

It is a decent bet that no 20th century Canadian carrier remained unchanged, clung to bad habits and survived in good health to serve the new millenium. But where a miscreant owner of a common carrier...

ITS Technologies: The Benefits and Challenges

On-Board Radar and Other Technologies: Freightliner was the first truck manufacturer to provide a collision warning system developed by Eaton VORAD Technologies. This radar-based collision warning sys...

Technology to the rescue

Part IV of a seriesAmerican researchers are analyzing truck crashes to see if there is a place for smart technologies to help reduce the number of collisions or, at least, to lessen the impact of the ...

the challenge ahead

The events of September 11 - events whose horrific images will likely be burned into our memory forever - pose a challenge to us all.For our political leaders the immediate challenge is to bury their ...

Eastern MOU rolling along

WINDSOR, Ont. - Atlantic Canada is again bracing for harmonized weights and dimensions for rigs rolling across provincial boundaries; this time they say it's going to happen.Soon you'll be able to hau...

Equipment prices on the climb

OTTAWA, Ont. - In the second quarter, the Machinery and Equipment Price Index was 137.8, that's up 0.7 per cent from the first quarter of 2001.The domestic and imported components increased by 0.4 per...