Transportation Manitoba to join the IRP March 1, 2000 WINNIPEG, Man. - Starting March 1, 2001, Manitoba will participate in the International Registration Plan (IRP), giving truck and bus operators streamlined vehicle registrations."Manitoba's strong gro...
Transportation Writer worried about training (March 01, 2000) March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I am writing to express my concerns about truck training schools that do and don't provide quality training. I have recently obtained my AZ drivers' license through a truck driving school....
ICBC extends review of service shops preview image Transportation ICBC extends review of service shops March 1, 2000 KELOWNA, B.C. - Dale Bieseck, who owns Interior Truck and Trailer Service, says he feels he's being held responsible for the irresponsible.Bieseck has been licensed to perform inspections since March ...
Transportation Pay rates less than in 1986 March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Recently, I decided to back on the road as a professional driver again after being off the road for over 10 years. I discovered that company drivers are not getting as much as I paid my dr...
Transportation Protests banned March 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - Owner/operators working at the Port of Vancouver may have lost their ability to shut down or picket the facility, meaning a possible end to some of the labor strife that has plagued ...
Transportation Dana approves stock re-purchase March 1, 2000 TOLEDO, Ohio - Dana Corp.'s board of directors has approved an additional stock buy-back plan that will allow the company to purchase an additional $250 million (all figures in U.S. dollars) of its co...
Transportation In Brief March 1, 2000 Transforce to acquire TSTSAINT-LAURENT, Que. - TransForce has announced that it will acquire TST Solutions, one of the largest carriers based in Ontario.The closing date is expected in March.The trans...
Transportation Fuel hikes like Russian roulette March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,In regards to the volatile and somewhat crude prices for a barrel of goo:The lowly independent operators are left to bear the burden of the decisions of OPEC as well as American price fixi...
Transportation Does Big Brother run the Cyber CB March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Did you get hit with the Y2K bug a little late? Your new format for Cyber CB (at www.trucknews.com) seems to verify this. I'll admit I'm not a computer whiz, but I can generally search aro...
Transportation DaimlerChrysler breaks records March 1, 2000 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - DaimlerChrysler broke sales and revenue records for 1999 at its commercial vehicle division.DaimlerChrysler revenues also rose by more than 15 per cent in 1999 to more than $26 b...
Transportation Class & Truck Sales Comparison March 1, 2000 OctoberNovemberDecemberJanuaryFebruary19982,425...
You aren’t alone preview image Transportation You aren’t alone March 1, 2000 SANTIAGO, Chile - Take heart that you aren't alone in this hemisphere.Truckers, bus drivers and cab drivers are threatening to walk off the job in Chile, as their government refuses to repeal a 16 per...
Transportation Sunshine offered Christmas lights March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,The Sunshine Parade of Lights made its second annual presentation Dec. 18, 1999 at 7 p.m. in the city of Thunder Bay, Ont. This is a totally unique event and was started and dedicated to c...
Industry faces used truck crisis: Hebe preview image Transportation Industry faces used truck crisis: Hebe March 1, 2000 PORTLAND, Ore. - A "virtual crisis" in North America's used truck market could shake the very foundation of the trucking industry, Freightliner president Jim Hebe warns. And to solve it, he's calling ...
Transportation B.C. enforcing RTAC wheelbase March 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - A number of carriers were issued $85 tickets in British Columbia recently for exceeding the RTAC wheelbase standard. The standard limits the distance between the king pin and the cen...
