Economy

Who Needs a Second Connector?

Hendrickson delivers a multiplexing solution for the here and now

How to Make a Graceful Exit

I want our exit interviews to be more productive. Any ideas?

And now one from the irony department …

BRANDON, Man. -- A truck crash gave a load of cows a frightful look into a crystal ball this weekend, as the cattleliner they were being hauled in hit another tractor-trailer moving hamburger.

Celadon wins back-to-back safety awards

INDIANAPOLIS -- For a second consecutive year, Celadon Trucking Services has been announced as the first-place winner of the Truckload Carriers Association's National Fleet Safety Award among carriers that haul more than 100 million miles annually.

Light Duty Gets Tough

Automatic transmissions for light-duty trucks

Schneider acquiring American Overseas Air Freight

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider Logistics has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire American Overseas Air Freight, an international freight forwarder and a licensed U.S. Customs Broker.

Working the System

While the CCMTA tries to create a graduated licensing plan that all provinces might accept, Ontario and B.C. prepare to go it alone

Driver Medicals: A Bitter Pill

A U.S.-Canada accord on driver medicals raises more questions than answers

Body Builders

Extra strength means extra long service for the van bodies built by Allison Drake'sPEI-based company

Computers: Road Warriors

Mobile computers for the office on the road

How K&G Foods Keeps Mushrooms on the Move

K&G modifies its Kenworth T300s for efficiency

OOIDA files court challenge against US HOS rule

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Last year, it was public interest and safety groups that took U.S. regulators to court over new hours-of-service rules. Now, North America's largest independent trucker group says it will challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest HOS regulation before a judge.

Private fleet completes nation-wide CSMS certification

WESTASKIWIN, Alta. -- Home Hardware Stores Limited announced qualification of its Wetaskiwin trucking fleet with CSA International's Carrier Safety Management System Standard (CSMS).

Foul Fuel

Fuel's a four-letter word, especially when it introduces impurities into your engine. Here's how to avoid the bad stuff.

Management by Association

Want proof that bottom-line success can be linked to industry involvement? Meet LeeAnn McConnell-joiner extraordinaire.