Curran’s correct

Dear editor, I read your article, Insurance is out of control, in the October issue of Truck News and must applaud your bold, yet truthful words.Our company provides drug testing programs for truckers...

DECISIONS 2002: Are you prepared for the challenges ahead?

ECONOMIC OUTLOOKToo many questions and no certain answers as carriers head into 2002 Motor carriers have come to rely greatly on transborder freight in recent years to grow their revenues and for good...

DECISIONS 2002: LEGISLATION: Security will dominate feds’ agenda but it won’t wipe out other concerns

It comes as little surprise that security is the number one concern on the federal government's transportation agenda for the immediate future. But Transport Minister David Collenette stresses that th...

DECISION 2002: TECHNOLOGY: Have exchanges evolved enough to help carriers survive the perfect cost storm?

The need for increased collaboration in transportation logistics may have become a certainty, but what does the buzzword 'collaboration' entail, and will exchanges help you achieve it?"Collaboration m...

Imperial Oil prepares to market Mobil-brand lubricants in Canada

Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil Corporation have reached an agreement under which Imperial will become the exclusive marketer of Mobil-branded lubricants in Canada. These Mobil-brand products will comple...

DECISIONS 2002: SERVICE: Getting a grip on the potential for change in JIT delivery strategies

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery?The supply chain strategy designed to reduce inventory holding costs for the manufacturing sector has proved particularly bene...

MSM raises $108,000 for charity (November 01, 2001)

BOLTON, Ont. - MSM Transportation's ninth annual Charity Golf Tournament and Sports Memorabilia Auction raised $108,368 for the Stephanie Gaetz Keepsafe Foundation.The event, attended by MSM customers...

Day & Ross completes move to K-town

KINGSTON, Ont. - Day & Ross has relocated its Belleville, Ont. facility about 45 minutes down Hwy. 401 to a 5,511 square-foot terminal in Kingston."The new Kingston terminal will provide improved serv...

Totalline offers up TLC Logistics

DON MILLS, Ont. - Totalline Transport has launched a new division called TLC Logistics.According to Totalline president Uwe Petroschke, the mission of the new division will be to, "Outshine other tran...

BCTA scholarship winners receive $1,000

LANGLEY, B.C. - The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) is making the transition to post secondary school a little easier for two students, thanks to their annual scholarship program.Aaron Robert Rizzard...

trucks as tools of terrorism?

With all due respect to the US Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA), which believes the threat of trucks being used in future terrorist attacks is real, I think ...

DECISION 2002: SECURITY: Is your risk management plan capable of dealing with the terrorist threat?

Heading into 2002, with the shock of the September 11 terrorist attacks still reverberating through the North American transportation system, risk management is taking on a whole new meaning for Canad...

DECISIONS 2002: CUSTOMS: Bilateral approach to customs critical to security and econmic growth

Can a proposal to fundamentally rework the way Canada scrutinizes imports across the border with the US survive in the climate of elevated vigilance that follows the September 11 terrorist attacks?Ind...

Communication for hire

The trucking industry operates in an environment of rapid change but one thing remains constant: customer communication is and will always be a vital component to exceptional service.Continual dialogu...

Never Compromise

MT: Cancom has been selling mobile communications into the Canadian market since 1990. Can you relate some of the most important market changes and how they have impacted the products Cancom offers?HA...