Salt-haulers reject Nova Scotia surcharge offer August 1, 2014 FREDERICTON (Feb. 14, 2000) -- Truckers who haul road salt for the Nova Scotia government rejected the province's offer of an 8% fuel surcharge, electing instead to continue a with
Fuel prices putting truckers, economy in peril, ATA economist tells Congress August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14, 2000) -- Soaring prices for diesel fuel threaten to disrupt the supply chain for industrial and consumer goods and drag down the North American economy,
Ontario convenes hearings on gas, diesel prices August 1, 2014 TORONTO (Feb. 14, 2000) -- With gasoline and diesel prices at all-time highs, an Ontario government task force will hold public hearings today to review gasoline and diesel fuel pr
New York Thruway Authority proposes 3% toll hike August 1, 2014 ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 16, 2000) -- The New York Thruway Authority proposes to raise tolls in June. Authority chief John Platt told the state Assembly's Transportation Committee that w
Eaton plans transmission facility in Mexico August 1, 2014 DETROIT (Feb. 10, 2000) -- Eaton Corp. announced plans to build a $100-million US, 350,000-square-foot plant in Mexico to manufacture transmissions for heavy trucks. To be loc
Volvo 4Q operating profit surges August 1, 2014 GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Feb. 15, 2000) -- The world's second-largest maker of heavy trucks, Volvo AB, says that 4Q/99 operating profit (excluding the car division, which it sold to For
Navistar 1Q Profit Rises 15% August 1, 2014 (Chicago, Feb. 15, 2000) - Navistar International says its fiscal first-quarter (Nov 99 to Jan 00)earnings rose 15%, thanks mainly to record demand for heavy trucks and the firm's
B.C. firm joint-ventures for routing system August 1, 2014 BURNABY, B.C. (Feb. 15, 2000) -- Platon Consulting Ltd., a subsidiary of Group West Systems, has entered into a joint venture with Crane & Associates, of Portland, Ore.,to market
Revamped U.S. shipping categories could ease rate-hike pressure August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 16, 2000) -- The U.S. Surface Transportation Board said that trucking firms like Roadway Express and Yellow must work with their customers to jointly decide
Quebec truckers cancel go-slow protest August 1, 2014 QUEBEC CITY (Feb. 16, 2000) -- Plans by Quebec truck drivers to delay traffic through widespread slow driving on the province's highways in protest of high diesel-fuel prices and o
New York reconsiders plan to raise tolls August 1, 2014 ALBANY (Feb. 18, 2000) -- The New York Thruway Authority said it will reconsider its proposed toll hike and look for other ways to pay for improvements it says is needed on the tol
Dina doubles production of class-7 truck for Western Star August 1, 2014 KELOWNA, B.C. (Feb. 16, 2000) -- Mexican truckmaker Consorcio G. Grupo Dina S.A. de C.V. said it has more than doubled production of a class-7 truck introduced last fall as a joint
Canada Customs details plan to phase out 2ITN carrier code August 1, 2014 OTTAWA (Feb. 16, 2000) -- As soon as June 30, 2000, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency will no longer accept 2ITN carrier codes, meaning that goods presented to Customs with a 2
OOIDA: Fuel crisis a “national emergency” for owner-operators August 1, 2014 GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (Feb. 21, 2000) -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Associationn and the Teamsters Union are urging President Clinton to view the current fuel crisis as an
Shipper files petition to reopen BN-Santa Fe merger August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 16, 2000) -- One of the largest corn processors in the United States filed a petition with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board yesterday to reopen the 1995