Paccar studies logging in Ontario preview image Transportation Paccar studies logging in Ontario February 1, 2001 KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. - From region to region, the applications and work environments heavy-duty vehicles face can vary dramatically.Even within a single industry like logging, for example, the demands ...
Transportation Dead hogs may mean fines, jail February 1, 2001 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta-based pork company and a truck driver are facing charges related to a shipment of hogs that froze to death last winter en route to a Winnipeg processing plant. The incid...
Q: How has the Internet changed the way you run your business? preview image Transportation Q: How has the Internet changed the way you run your business? February 1, 2001 NAPANEE, Ont. - It's no secret that the Internet is a big technological advancement that, like the internal combustion engine, has revolutionized the way the world works. The world of trucking, of cou...
Transportation Driver meeting February 1, 2001 KITCHENER, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is holding its second annual Professional Driver and Operator Forum conference in Kitchener, Ont. on Feb. 17. The conference, which the OTA bil...
Transportation EPA drops the boom February 1, 2001 WASHINGTON. D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled the emission rules for 2006. In addition to requiring "near-zero" emission standards for heavy-duty diesel engines, they ...
Transportation Tories trumpet road safety February 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario's Tory government believes it made major improvements in the area of road safety in the province in 2000, and Transportation Minister David Turnbull made a point of listing his...
Transportation GOTA expands into Toronto February 1, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Greater Ottawa Truckers Association will have to start thinking about a name change if its latest venture proves successful.The GOTA opened a new office in Cannington, Ont. (just no...
Fleet makes time for special stops preview image Transportation Fleet makes time for special stops February 1, 2001 PRESCOTT, Ont. - When he steps in the room, there's a hush and all eyes fall on Diesel Dan."I know you," says the little girl with cartoon-character eyes and pigtails, pointing up at the six-foot-tall...
Canuck convoy takes Christmas to Mexico preview image Transportation Canuck convoy takes Christmas to Mexico February 1, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. - A group of Canadian companies recently teamed with Operation Christmas Child to bring thousands of gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children in Mexico.East West Express, Great West Ken...
Transportation NTA limps to anniversary February 1, 2001 OSHAWA, Ont. - A year after its birth amid last winter's diesel fuel protests, some leading members of the the National Truckers Association (NTA) are wondering out loud whether or not the group can s...
Transportation Manitoba muses new all-weather roads February 1, 2001 BLOODVEIN, Man. - When freight comes up here it generally arrives in one of three ways: the Manitoba Northern Airports-operated gravel airstrip, the provincial ferry from Pine Dock, or via a winter ro...
Transportation SMART SPEC: fifth wheels January 1, 2001 Call them the Rodney Dangerfields of the trucking world. When it's time to spec a new truck, fifth wheels get no respect. While hours are spent going over the smallest of details for more glamorous co...
Transportation Tire Speak January 1, 2001 Ever wonder how they come up with the names for the various truck tire models?Unlike car tires, which often go by catchy descriptive names like Tiger Paw and Wilderness, truck tires usually wear handl...
Transportation PeopleNet Communications developing vehicle performance monitoring product January 1, 2001 PeopleNet Communications, a vehicle locating and mobile communications solutions provider, is beta testing PerformX, a new vehicle diagnostics product it claims will give fleet managers the informatio...
Transportation A CHALLENGE IN EVERY CORNER January 1, 2001 Heading the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association may be the toughest job in the industry - four different provincial governments, a distant federal government and a local economy that can be challe...
