Transportation Eaton to build transmissions in Mexico March 1, 2000 KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Eaton Corp.'s Truck Components Operations has selected a site at the Tres Naciones Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for the location of its new manufacturing plant to bui...
Mack centennial trailer to tour preview image Transportation Mack centennial trailer to tour March 1, 2000 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Mack Trucks has unveiled the Mack Centennial Trailer Exhibit as part of its year-long centennial anniversary celebration.The exhibit is a mobile museum that integrates custom vide...
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Transportation Nameplate preferences March 1, 2000 H ard-charging Volvo has been the clear winner in market share gain in the Class 8 market over the past three years while Freightliner continues to hold the lead and Navistar International remains a s...
Transportation Potatoes focus of border dispute March 1, 2000 FLORENCEVILLE, N.B. - Truck drivers in New Brunswick are beginning to balk at the chance to ship potatoes, now that U.S. Customs has begun to turn back some of the shipments that have already been app...
Quebec loggers win deals after shutdowns preview image Transportation Quebec loggers win deals after shutdowns March 1, 2000 LAC ST-JEAN, Que. - As protests over fuel costs began to emerge in eastern Canada, it was Quebec's logging trucks that saw the first signs of relief from the price of the liquid gold.It began early in...
Transportation Customs to carriers: Take a number March 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - While the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency wanted to phase out most 2ITN carrier codes from the Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS) by June 30, it's likely that the date will be pushed ba...
Province awaits word on tolls preview image Transportation Province awaits word on tolls March 1, 2000 FREDERICTON, N.B. - A decision on whether to remove the tolls from a four-lane highway linking Fredericton and Moncton is close, but not final. New Brunswick's Premier Bernard Lord told the provincial...
Transportation Ontario considers tolls March 1, 2000 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario's Transportation Ministry is considering more toll roads, like Hwy. 407 north of Toronto, and perhaps a toll expressway running parallel to the Queen Elizabeth Way that run...
Transportation Province strikes deal with truckers March 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Transport Minister Guy Chevrette said Feb. 11 that the Transport Ministry would help out by raising the rates it pays drivers working for the ministry, retroactive to Jan. 1 of this y...
Threat of user fee returns with proposed U.S. budget preview image Transportation Threat of user fee returns with proposed U.S. budget March 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Plans for a new user fee to help update U.S. Customs' crash-prone computer system have once again found their way into a proposed U.S. federal budget.The idea - thought by the Canad...
Transportation Failing trucker questions Drive Clean testing March 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Peter Gerjol is a trucker who has beaten the odds. But the owner/operator doesn't feel that lucky.While about 93 per cent of trucks are passing Ontario's Drive Clean emissions tests on...
Transportation Dhillon should practice what he preaches March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I was totally amazed at your article on racism in the trucking industry (TN - February 1999).Rampal Dhillon went on to say that Sikh drivers do not spend as much time in truck stops or wat...
New committee to address Quebec driver shortage preview image Transportation New committee to address Quebec driver shortage February 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - A government committee involving several ministries is expected to meet for the first time in February to address what's seen as an increasing shortage of truck drivers in the provinc...
