Off-duty driving may become a thing of the past in Ontario preview image Transportation Off-duty driving may become a thing of the past in Ontario January 1, 2001 The latest news out of Ontario's Ministry of Transportation is that the written policy pertaining to recording personal use of a commercial vehicle as off-duty is being changed. While I haven't seen a...
New law reduces the number of vehicle seizures preview image Transportation New law reduces the number of vehicle seizures January 1, 2001 Two recent developments in the law have had a dramatic effect on vehicle seizures and related matters involving the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).The most important development inv...
Transportation What do I do about this surcharge? January 1, 2001 Dear Editor,I was recently reading an article in this magazine about an industry-agreed 8.9 per cent fuel surcharge.As I am a load broker, I would like to know whether or not this was an amount that a...
Transportation Fort Garry opens location in Red Deer January 1, 2001 RED DEER, Alta. - Fort Garry Industries has announced the opening of its newest store at the former Heavy Duty Repairs location in Red Deer, Alta.The new store joins a growing team of fourteen locatio...
Fuel prices can go down preview image Transportation Fuel prices can go down January 1, 2001 With the federal elections over, we can hope to see positive moves in health and education and, hopefully, some relief from sky-rocketing fuel prices.No thanks to the federal-or the provincial governm...
Transportation Dana wins Baldridge quality award January 1, 2001 TOLEDO, Ohio - Dana Corporation's Spicer Driveshaft Division has earned the 2000 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for manufacturing.The Baldridge Award is the premier quality award in the U.S....
Transportation High Expectations January 1, 2001 Outsourcing has become trucking's new buzzword, and people have not been left out of the equation, especially in the industry's tight labor market.Enter driver leasing companies, which can ease your w...
Transportation Top Fleets January 1, 2001 The hunt for Canada's corporate elite is over and three motor carriers have made it on the list. MSM Transportation, Quik X Transportation, and the Kriska Group of Companies hold the distinction of be...
Transportation Top Fleets: Doing It Their Way January 1, 2001 MT: Quik X has experienced 58 percent growth over the last five years - 100 percent if you take in the Roadfast division, which you purchased in 1998. What has been the major driving force behind such...
Transportation Nova Scotia boosts tolls on Cobequid January 1, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. - The Nova Scotia government plans to boost commercial-vehicle tolls on Hwy. 104's Cobequid Pass by 25 per cent, a move that has enraged fleets commonly running the route.Starting Jan. 1...
Trucking dominates 50 Best list preview image Transportation Trucking dominates 50 Best list January 1, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. - Every year when the National Post, CIBC and Arthur Andersen release their list of the 50 Best Managed Private Companies, the Canadian trucking industry collects its share of kudos. T...
Mega trash preview image Transportation Mega trash January 1, 2001 WINDSOR, Ont.- It looks like no turning back now.Come the first week in January, trucks will have started hauling Toronto's municipal trash some 400kilometres between Ontario's largest city and Sumpte...
Fifth wheel, eh? One… two… three… preview image Transportation Fifth wheel, eh? One… two… three… January 1, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. - 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 ...
Fleet safety’s new faces preview image Transportation Fleet safety’s new faces January 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - It's the afternoon before Bison Transport's Christmas party and driver appreciation night and John McNab sits quietly in the company's driver lounge.He stares at a photograph of his s...
Transportation An open letter to Al Palladini… or any other politician January 1, 2001 Dear Editor,This is really an open letter to Ontario Minister of Economic Development Al Palladini.You have in the past repeatedly told the industry that regulation would return if fuel surcharges wer...
