Transportation Less NOx , more fuel economy demonstrated with cold EGR March 1, 2001 Cummins Inc. says it has reached an important milestone in the development of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology required to meet future emissions requirements, which are legislated at ...
Transportation Don’t write off dot.coms yet March 1, 2001 It has become fashionable these days to view the online market as a wreck. News about the demise of this or that online superstar have dominated the financial pages the last two quarters. And the onli...
Transportation Mid-America Trucking Show Report (March 01, 2001) March 1, 2001 Arguing that a significant recovery of the new truck market can't happen until the used truck crisis has been resolved, Freightliner LLC President and CEO Jim Hebe has announced several initiatives de...
Transportation POWER STRUGGLE March 1, 2001 Heavy-duty diesel engines today are emitting about a third less carbon dioxide than gas engines and 70 per cent fewer nitrous oxides. Nevertheless, diesel engines continue to be the focus of ever more...
Transportation PeopleNet and Profit Tools form integration partnership March 1, 2001 Minneapolis, Minn.-headquartered PeopleNet Communications and Profit Tools, a software company providing business, operations and e-commerce solutions, have formed an integration partnership.The agree...
Transportation Battle Hardened March 1, 2001 MT: When disgruntled owner/operators formed the National Truckers Association you worked with them as they tried to establish ties with the different governments. Yet in the end they ended up giving t...
Truckers can teach us how to deal with rage preview image Transportation Truckers can teach us how to deal with rage March 1, 2001 While thumbing through the boards for this issue, I noted that we've run a story about road rage between two truckers in Ontario.I spend enough hours on the highway each month to almost be a part-time...
Transportation TANS convention registration opens March 1, 2001 TRURO, N.S. - Registration forms for the annual meeting and convention of the Truckers Association of Nova Scotia (TANS) are now available.It will be held April 20 - 21 in Truro, N.S. Phone 800-232-66...
Transportation OTA unveils a pair of new seminars March 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has announced two new carrier information sessions that will take place over the coming months.On Mar. 28, the OTA will offer an Overview of Cana...
Transportation Truck News raises Web bar March 1, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News/Truck West and Motortruck have reaffirmed their leadership role in delivering trucking industry news via the Internet with the introduction of a new Oracle-based Web site....
Transportation Navistar to build trucks with Ford March 1, 2001 DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. and Navistar International announced Feb. 12 a joint-venture deal to make Class 6 and 7 commercial trucks.The trucks will be marketed separately in North America, unde...
Transportation Winnipeg to build heavy-use route March 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - The City of Winnipeg plans to spend $1.2 billion over five years on capital improvements, but most of that money will go into infrastructure that will rarely see a transport truck.The...
Recycled iron preview image Transportation Recycled iron March 1, 2001 BIG BEND, Wis. - The current glut of used trucks on the market is a major problem for lots of folks. Along with high fuel prices and a slowing of the economy, the glut has caused a bust in the new-tru...
Aggressive handling preview image Transportation Aggressive handling March 1, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Don't be surprised if the players in Canada's trailer game show up one day in a future Don Cherry video: They're all willing and able to 'shoulder the load' and they definitely spe...
Tunes of trucks, sung for Canucks preview image Transportation Tunes of trucks, sung for Canucks March 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - Why are there so few Canadian trucking songs? Outside of "Bud the Spud," one is hard pressed to come up with any truck driving tunes that fly the Maple Leaf.Yes, there was Hank Snow an...
