Features

How is the farm crisis different?

Dear Editor,As I watch the fuel prices escalate and the freight rates slump, I realize no one is fighting for the survival of the carriers.How long can we be expected to continue to operate with expen...

Hanson elected TCA chairman

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Robert Hanson has been elected chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). He was sworn in at the association's annual meeting last month in Florida.Hanson began his...

A new flow

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - While engineers continue to sculpt trucks to make them more aerodynamic, several researchers and entrepreneurs are paying more attention to uncharted territory - the gaps between tr...

Volvo Trucks guarantees cost per mile

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Unexpect-ed maintenance issues can often wreak havoc on budgeted costs per mile. Volvo Trucks, however, has unveiled a Cost Per Mile program that removes the uncertainty for fleets.T...

Watch for the details written on all tickets

Looking through my files and a few recent cases, it quickly became apparent to me that it was time for another question-and-answer column. So without further ado...Q. I was stopped at the scales by an...

Homework is key for smooth crossings

Canada and the United States may share the longest undefended border in the world, but crossing it is becoming an ever-growing challenge.The main reason for the tightening bottleneck in recent years i...

Companies unveil new Web plans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Mid-America Trucking Show, usually dominated by the unveiling of new equipment, was used as the launching pad for several new or improved Web-based initiatives in what some indus...

Volvo/Scania deal nixed by EU

ROME, Italy - The European Union has effectively halted any hopes Volvo had of merging with its Swedish rival, Scania.Last month, the European Commission rejected the proposed US $6.9-billion deal, cl...

Star, OOIDA deal

KELOWNA, B.C. - Western Star Trucks and the Owner/Operator Independent Driver Association (OOIDA) have a new agreement that will give the group's 48,000 members "substantial" discounts on a specifical...

Your lifelines

HAMILTON, Ont. - I first met Ross in the late '70s, trucking the endless Montreal turns that were our lives along Hwy. 401. From his first words on the CB it was evident that he had a dry, yet keen se...

One-on-one with Jonn Faustino

AJAX, Ont. - It was in the first week of February that about 50 angry owner/operators met in an Oshawa coffee shop to vent their frustration over rising fuel prices and dwindling incomes. But only thr...

B.C. to bail out provincial ferry

VICTORIA, B.C. - British Columbia will sell three of its so-called "fast ferries" that have been plagued with mechanical problems and couldn't carry trucks, as part of a financial bailout of the syste...

The right time for grease?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new Recommended Practice for using semi-fluid grease in wheel ends is now the rule presented by the Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. But the maintenance ...

Improved power sources needed for trucks: panel

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As trucks are stuffed full of more electric and electronic gadgets, the trucking industry needs to consider new ways to supply power to equipment, according to a panel presenting at...

PARS forms need date, time info

OTTAWA, Ont. - Carriers using the Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS) will have to advise Canada Customs about the date and time goods will arrive at their location, in a change that will become effectiv...