Avion Group makes a pitch for Atlas Cold Storage

TORONTO -- Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust, a provider warehousing, distribution and logistics to the refrigerated food industry, is seriously considering a takeover offer from Iceland-based Avion Group.

CTA produces cargo securement handbook for truckers

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is offering truckers a handy handbook detailing the new cargo securement rules in place in Canada and the U.S.

Grote taps two new Canadian execs

TORONTO -- Grote Canada has hired technical specialists for Atlantic Canada and Northern Alberta and B.C.

NB fences off moose from highway

FREDERICTON -- In an effort to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions on New Brunswick highways, the provincial government is erecting a fence along stretches of the Trans-Canada notorious for moose crossings.

Hwy. 103 twinning almost complete

HALIFAX -- Drivers and truckers traveling on Hwy 103 between Otter Lake and Upper Tantallon, N.S. will soon have more than one lane to motor.

Western Star, Sterling are ‘serious all day’

REDFORD, Mich. -- Western Star Trucks and sister company Sterling have announced new ad campaigns for their respective product lines.

Green energy firm expands commercial engine research

ANDERSON, Ind. -- O2Diesel, a pioneer in the commercial development of clean-burning diesel fuel alternatives has been enlisted by Flagship Energy Systems Center in offering an ethanol-based green technology for significantly improving both the performance and emissions of heavy-duty diesel engines.

Mack to slash jobs for ’07 downturn

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks is the latest truck OEM to scale back its workforce as it gears down for 2007.

ArvinMeritor powertrains recalled

TROY, Mich. -- Commercial vehicle component systems supplier ArvinMeritor has recalled about 3,800 power train drivelines because of the potential for parts to separate.

Irving pulls all the stops with HotSpot WiFi

SAINT JOHN -- Now truckers hauling in Atlantic Canada can stay connected to the world wide web while out on the road thanks to new wireless high-speed Internet access at eight Irving Big Stop locations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Trucking hinges on cloudy U.S. economic forecast: Analysts

NASHVILLE, Ind. -- The 2007 forecast of the U.S. transportation economy is being clouded by several factors, reports a leading American transportation research firm.

401 in Cobourg will widen to six lanes

COBOURG, Ont. -- The Ontario Liberals are dishing out $24 million to expand Hwy 401 to six lanes between Port Hope and Cobourg, Ont.

Truck lanes closed on Peace Bridge

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- The Peace Bridge at the Fort Erie, Ont.-Buffalo border will close commercial lanes 5, 6, & 7 for about a week, starting this Thurs. Oct. 26, reports the Ontario Trucking Association.

Hino pins down ’07 engine surcharge

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Medium-duty truck maker Hino Trucks has told its dealers that the 2007 EPA compliant premium for upcoming low emission engines will be $3,950 US.

Cat names new director of on-highway engines

PEORIA, Ill. -- George Taylor has been appointed director of Caterpillar Power Systems North America. Formerly the marketing manager for the Caterpillar Asia Pacific Marketing Division in Singapore, Taylor replaces Jim McReynolds, who now will lead the Caterpillar Global Paving Division.