EDC predicts 4% climb in Canadian exports August 1, 2014 OTTAWA -- Canadian exports are expected to increase by 4% -- slightly more than this year's 3.2% growth -- according to a forecast released yesterday by Export Development Corp.
New Brunswick unveils new permit scheme August 1, 2014 FREDERICTON -- Effective Jan. 4, 1999, permits will be required for trucks to travel on routes considered by the province to be alternates to a 195-kilometre toll highway being con
Terminal delays enrage container haulers August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Container haulers in the southern Ontario market are fed up with long delays at intermodal rail terminals. Ted Driehuis, Chairman of the Toronto-based Container Carriers
Newfoundland improves winter-driving info August 1, 2014 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. -- As part of its winter-driving safety campaign, Newfoundland transport officials unveiled a Web site and a 1-900 telephone number to deliver reports about road
CP Rail looks to the U.S. East for expansion August 1, 2014 MONTREAL -- Canadian Pacific Railway plans to expand service to New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit, Buffalo and much of New Jersey next year as it tries to build business in the
Freightliner delivers 100,000th truck of 1998 August 1, 2014 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner Corp. has reached a manufacturing milestone, producing its 100,000th Freightliner-nameplate truck of 1998. The landmark truck, a Century Class tracto
Hurricane Mitch: more relief help needed August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- The Toronto office of the Consul of Nicaragua has asked the Ontario Trucking Association for help moving 12 containers from Toronto to Wilmington, Del., as soon as possi
Sterling begins operations in Australia August 1, 2014 WILLOUGHBY, Ohio -- Sterling Truck Corp. has formed an Australian division to distribute vehicles Down Under. Sterling will sell its LT7500, LT9500, and AT9500 conventional truc
Alberta calls for more comments on Traffic Safety Act August 1, 2014 EDMONTON -- The Alberta Dept. of Transportation and Utilities is looking for public reaction to its new Traffic Safety Act, Bill 50. Tabled Nov. 26, the new act combines four e
Navistar, Delco Remy form venture to rebuild engines August 1, 2014 CHICAGO -- Delco Remy International, a maker of automobile starters and alternators, has formed a joint venture with Navistar International to rebuild engines and provide parts for
Truckers stuck with last-minute shopping for N.B. transponders August 1, 2014 FREDERICTON, N.B. -- Toll-collection transponders for the new Fredericton-to-Moncton toll highway go on sale Dec. 15, a mere two-and-a-half weeks before the Jan. 4 opening of a sec
U.S. truckers sentenced in log fraud case August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Shuttle Service Xpress, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking firm, was sentenced to a $50,000 fine and three years' probation on a charge stemming from the falsi
U.S. behind schedule on hours of service changes August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New U.S. hours-of-service rules remain in the idle mode as the Federal Highway Administration continues to consider a negotiated rulemaking. New proposed ru
Report: DaimlerChrysler postpones Nissan talks August 1, 2014 FRANKFURT -- DaimlerChrysler AG has postponed until next spring a decision on whether to invest in Japan's Nissan Diesel Motor Co., according to a Kyodo News Service report. D
Kenworth adds air bag as T2000 option August 1, 2014 KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth Truck Co. will offer a driver's side front air bag as an option on its T2000 tractor. The new system deploys in severe frontal collisions to help pr