From Don’s Desk

Note on a homecoming, spiffing up the trailers, federal enforcement and when to do your happy dance.

Fuel is the burning question: Private fleet poll

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (May 27, 2005) -- Private trucking fleets in the U.S. say escalating fuel costs is their number one concern. Unlike the for-hire sector, private carriers

Volvo unveils alternative-fuel truck

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, (May 27 2005) -- The Volvo Group has rolled out a truck equipped with a DME-powered engine. DME (dimethylether) is an LPG-like fuel that can be produced from bio

Summer’s Over

I know that summer is not really "officially" over, but the first week after Labour Day certainly makes me feel like it is. 

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: EPA eases ULSD fuel compliance date

WASHINGTON, (May 31, 2005) -- Sulfur standards will be temporarily eased in new diesel fuel blends mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA announced that to be

Trailer-Made Savings

This tale of two trailers proves that there’s savings to be had in some of the unlikeliest places. By Today’s Trucking Staff A team consisting of Manac Trailers, Cascades…

International Kemptville dealer gets Lifetime Achievement honor

KEMPTVILLE, Ont. -- Gerald Tallman, dealer principal at Kemptville Truck Centre in Kemptville, Ont, has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award honor by International Truck and Engine Corp.

ArvinMeritor enters into brake venture with Chinese firm

TROY, Mich. (June 1, 2005) -- ArvinMeritor Inc. has announced the formation of a joint venture with First Auto Works Sihuan Axle Brake Group of Changchun, China. The joint ven

Claude Robert named new CTA chair; lobbying for speed limiters a priority

OTTAWA -- Quebec's biggest trucker has been chosen by the Canadian Trucking Alliance to succeed John Cyopeck, who lost his hard-fought battle with cancer late last month.

Trucking still leading in freight-efficient transportation projects

OTTAWA -- Five new projects designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the freight transportation sector, including another two trucking-related ventures, have approved for the eighth round of funding under Transport Canada's Freight Sustainability Demonstration Program.

EPA adopts ‘real-world’ truck testing for ’07 diesel emissions

WASHINGTON, -- Testing highway diesel truck emissions under 2007 standards will be more accurate, less expensive, and more effective under a new in-use testing

Highway Hero saved teenage girl

TORONTO -- There's a teenage girl alive today, somewhere in the Toronto area, because a truck driver named Tim Ferguson, who drives for Guelph, Ont.,-based Mackinnon Transport, saved her life.

Trucks consume half of U.S. fuel: Study

Trucks now account for over half of all vehicle fuel consumed in the U.S., according to a new study. The U.S. Commercial Fleet Market Forecast, 20

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Stability control or ‘black boxes’ for Quebec TDG haulers

Hazmat-hauling tanker trucks made after August 2006 will need an electronic stability system or a 'black box' in Quebec.

DIESEL FUEL QUALITY: BUG ZAPPERS

The diesel you buy comes with all kinds of extras: Bacteria, microbes, and fungus. Here's how to filter them out.