Mack hosts readymix driving challenge in Vegas

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks, Inc. is sponsoring a Ready Mix Driving Skills Challenge during this year's World of Concrete show.

Plain Talk About Canada’s New TDG Rules

A look at Transport Canada's proposed new "plain language" dangerous goods regs

Canadian APU maker opens U.S. manufacturing facility

TORONTO -- RigMaster Power Corp. announced the opening of a second manufacturing facility to build its popular RigMaster Power APU.

Tire Wear? Check the Axles

A properly aligned and maintained vehicle can extend tire mileage significantly

Sterling Canuck plant funds CPR training

ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Sterling Truck Corp. has announced its truck manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont. recently made a $20,000 donation to support the teaching of CPR in local high schools.

Drivers: Your Unsupported Assets

Drivers or trucks: which asset gets better support?

Warmer weather washing out ice roads in northern Prairies

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. -- Warm weather in northern Saskatchewan is preventing locals from building ice roads and preventing supplies from being trucked into the region.

U.S. wood packaging rules enter second phase

OTTAWA -- As of February 1, 2006, Phase II enforcement of the International Phytosanitary Standard for all regulated wood packaging material.

How to Keep Your Pre-Trips from Breaking Down

Tricks of the trade to teach your drivers

Communities should guide crash reduction programs: Task force

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. -- A new regional task force focused on log-truck crashes in northern B.C. suggests communities should guide their own local crash reduction initiatives.

CN, BNSF sign deal to expand network and boost capacity

MONTREAL -- CN and BNSF Railway Company announced today an agreement focused on improving rail network fluidity and infrastructure capacity, principally in Vancouver, B.C., Chicago, and between Memphis and southern Illinois.

Transport Besner’s Uphill Battle

One fleet's trials with automated transmissions

CN buys Alberta feeder lines to oil sands

EDMONTON -- CN Rail has purchased the Alberta short-line railways owned by RailAmerica, Inc., of Boca Raton, Fla., for $26 million in cash. In addition, RailAmerica may receive up to $4 million in future payments, depending on the development of new business on the acquired railways.

Railroads in a Renaissance? Transport expert says maybe

WASHINGTON -- The railroad industry has passed through an inflection point and may now be in the early stages of a Renaissance, says John Larkin, managing director of Transportation Group-Equity Research, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

Playing the Waiting Game and Losing

Lost your profit margin? Try looking at the loading dock.