Meritor Automotive Honors Engineers August 1, 2014 TROY, Mich. (Jan. 12, 2000) - Meritor Automotive has named Nigel Spurr, a product-applications engineer in the U.K., its 1999 Engineer of the Year, while Swedish-based production e
Ontario’s “Drive Clean” Transition Period Wraps Up August 1, 2014 TORONTO (Jan. 13, 2000) - Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has confirmed that January 15th remains the final deadline for implementation of the province's "Drive Clean" emissi
Online equipment broker, Schneider Logistics form alliance August 1, 2014 AUSTIN, Tex. (Jan. 12, 2000) -- iMark.com, an Internet-based broker of used industrial equipment, and Schneider Logistics announced an alliance in which Schneider's business-to-bus
Pre-Budget Report Recognizes Trucking Issues August 1, 2014 OTTAWA (January 13, 2000) - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says its efforts to present issues of concern to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as it undertook
C-class ferry service reinstated on Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo run August 1, 2014 VICTORIA, B.C, [Jan. 13, 2000) --A conventional ferry will be reinstated on the Depar-ture Bay ? Horseshoe Bay route, beginning Feb. 1, 2000, but the reinstatement will last only
Mexico: Our Truckers Not Ready for NAFTA August 1, 2014 MEXICO CITY (January 11, 2000) - The president of Mexico's National Chamber of Cargo Trucking (Canacar), Miguel Quintanilla, has said that his country's truckers need five more yea
Detroit Diesel Named “Company of the Year” by SAE August 1, 2014 DETROIT, Mich. (January 11, 2000) - The Detroit-based Society of Automotive Engineers has named Detroit Diesel Corporation "Powerplant and Off-Highway Company of the Year" for 1999
Mack Announces Record Sales for 1999 August 1, 2014 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Jan. 20, 2000) -- Mack Trucks Inc. says that 1999 brought record sales of 34,264 class-8 trucks. This gave the veteran truckmaker -- these days a subsidary of Franc
Driver Pay Must Rise, says Hebe August 1, 2014 Portland, Oregon -- Trucking is an "under-rated industry," says Freightliner Corp. president and CEO Jim Hebe, meaning carriers can't get paid what they're worth - and thus can't p
Two Trials Reveal Driver Problems August 1, 2014 SASKATOON, SK and SUDBURY, ON (January 18, 2000) -- Two separate trials involving heavy-truck drivers yesterday heard evidence of apparent improper conduct that resulted in serious
Hino Says It May Supply Engines To U.S. Heavy-Truck Maker August 1, 2014 TOKYO, Japan (Jan. 20, 2000) -- Hino Motors Ltd., the leading manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in Japan, has revealed it is in discussions with an unnamed U.S. heavy-t
Volvo In Consortium for New-Generation U.S. Army Heavy Truck August 1, 2014 GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 13, 2000) - Volvo Trucks North America has joined Lockheed Martin Control Systems and Radian Inc. in designing and building a class-8 tractor powered by both
Delivery-Tracking System Planned by Isuzu August 1, 2014 TOKYO (January 14, 2000) -- Isuzu Motors Ltd. and nominal rival DaimlerChrysler have said they'll work together to develop a data system for delivery-truck fleets in Japan to enhan
Western Star sells UK truck division to MAN August 1, 2014 KELOWNA, B.C. (Jan. 31, 2000) -- Western Star Trucks Holdings Ltd. said it has sold its British truck making subsidiary ERF to German truck and machinery maker MAN AG for about $15
Ottawa sitting on $3 billion fuel tax surplus August 1, 2014 WINNIPEG (Jan. 31, 2000) -- A new Manitoba government study suggests that the current annual federal transportation surplus is almost $3 billion and growing, fuelling calls for a n