PEOPLENET LAUNCHES ON-ROAD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM April 12, 2001 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Mobile communications maker PeopleNet Communications has released PerformX, a new vehicle dia...
CUMMINS, WESTPORT TAKE ORDER FOR 13 NAT-GAS TRUCKS April 12, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Cummins and Westport Innovations are building 13 natural gas-powered heavy-duty trucks for Norca...
RAIL FREIGHT GREW TO START THE YEAR April 12, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Statistics Canada has released the January numbers on railway carloadings and the totals are growin...
GROTE UNVEILS LONG-LASTING LED STROBES April 11, 2001 AGINCOURT, Ont. -- Grote Industries has now delivered LED technology to the emergency, construction and service veh...
U.S. EARMARKS $144 MILLION TO OPEN MEXICAN BORDER April 10, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. has inked a deal calling for the full opening of its border with Mexican trucks by 200...
HUDSON’S BAY SHIFTS TRAILERS ONTO CP April 10, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Retailer Hudson's Bay has announced a partnership that will shift 16,000 trailers a year off the h...
FREIGHTLINER LURES DETROIT DIESEL CUSTOMERS April 10, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner is launching a sales program to lure Detroit Diesel heavy-duty engine purchasers who...
DIESEL ADDITIVE BOOSTS FUEL ECONOMY: COMPANY April 10, 2001 STAMFORD, Conn. -- Clean Diesel Technologies says a study has shown that its Platinum Plus DFX fuel additive for he...
MEXICO’S TRUCKERS MAY BLOCADE U.S. BORDER April 6, 2001 MEXICO CITY, Mex. -- Canacar, trucking group representing Mexico's trucking industry, has threatened to blockade th...
NORTHERN MINERS GET CUSTOMIZED TRUCKS April 6, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- A group from Aboriginal-owned mining company Kete Whii Ltd. received Thursday five custom-built...
FIGHT ON OVER BIG APPLE RULES April 5, 2001 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. -- The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is asking for help in a fight over the enforcement...
BLIZZARD, STRIKE STRAND NFLD. TRUCKERS April 4, 2001 ST. JOHN'S Nfld. -- A spring blizzard coupled with the largest public-workers strike in the province's history has...
HWYS AREN’T MEANT FOR HEAVY TRUCKS: STUDY April 4, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. -- A University of New Brunswick study suggests some North American highways were never properly...
MACK CUTS BACK PRODUCTION, JOBS April 3, 2001 MACUNGIE, Pa. -- Mack Trucks is lowering production and laying off over 700 employees in several states.
BLIZZARD SHUTS DOWN TCH, STRANDS TRUCKERS April 2, 2001 PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. -- Icy roads and white-out conditions caused police to shut down the Trans-Canada Highway...