Transportation DaimlerCrysler, Nissan reported back at talks February 1, 2000 DUSSELDORF, Germany - Freightliner and Sterling parent DaimlerChrysler is again negotiating a possible takeover of Japan's Diesel Motor Co.'s commercial vehicle business, a German newspaper reports.Th...
Transportation TAC elects board February 1, 2000 The Transportation Association of Canada has elected its 1999-2000 board of directors. Ed Stelmach, Alberta's minister of infrastructure, has been appointed chairman of the board. Blair Redline, presi...
Transportation Nova Scotia names new February 1, 2000 HALIFAX, N.S. - Following Premier John Hamm's recent cabinet shuffle, there is a new minister holding the Transportation and Public Works portfolio in Nova Scotia.Ron Russell becomes the new transport...
Transportation Nova Scotia tendering under review February 1, 2000 HALIFAX, N.S. - An overall review of Nova Scotia's government programs is raising questions about whether roadwork should be divvied up under a so-called 80-20 rule or thrown open to tenders.The decad...
Transportation French truckers end crippling blockade February 1, 2000 PARIS, France - French trucking companies returned to work on Jan. 13 after blockading border crossings and highways throughout the country for three days, and they have a new deal in hand.The comprom...
Shippers cool to idea of CN-IC merger preview image Transportation Shippers cool to idea of CN-IC merger February 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - December's announcement by Canadian National and Burlington Northern Sante Fe of their proposed merger gave shipper groups on both sides of the issue something to stew over heading into...
Transportation Hot load moves by air instead of truck February 1, 2000 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - The federal government has bypassed threats of protests and roadblocks around a shipment of nuclear fuel by keeping off the highway ... and flying it overhead.The mixed oxide ...
Transportation CRASH dodges censure February 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways (CRASH), has survived a bid to censure its involvement in the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) - the group that hel...
Transportation BC Rail off track, say truckers February 1, 2000 PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Trucking Association has gone on the offensive against BC Rail, accusing the railway of undercutting the rates charged by for-hire truckers."In a free marke...
Transportation ECL, Yanke on top 50 list February 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. -The Financial Post's annual hunt for Canada's 50 best-managed private companies is over and two Prairies-based carriers - Calgary's ECL Group of Companies and Saskatoon's Yanke Group - ...
Transportation Clarke, CN launch logistics joint venture February 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Clarke Inc. and Canadian National (CN) have launched a new third-party logistics joint venture they claim offers shippers seamless rail and over-the-road freight transportation and log...
Transportation SAE elects first female president February 1, 2000 WARRENDALE, Pa. - The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has elected its first woman president in Rodica Baranescu, currently the chief engineer at Navistar International.Baranescu first joined SAE...
Transportation New tridem policy in Alberta February 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta Infrastructure has announced a new policy governing the use of tridem drive tractors in the province. The policy stipulates the following:1. Tridem drive axles must be equally...
Transportation Help coming to food banks February 1, 2000 Dear Editor,We at the Canadian Association of Food Banks would like to thank you for profiling our efforts in the January edition of Truck News. We have already received several offers of help, and yo...
Transportation Shipments resume upward trend February 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Manufacturers' shipments were up again in November after a brief downward trend in October, according to data from Statistics Canada.Shipments increased 1.8 per cent to $42.6 billion du...
