Transportation Couriers join forces with OTA January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The Canadian Courier Association will join forces with both the Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance on Jan. 1, with alliances that will involve the sharing of m...
Transportation Truck focus continues January 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Canadian National president Paul Tellier is continuing his public focus on revenue lost to the trucking industry, looking for his industry to be more competitive, and asking for tax b...
Transportation Pay by the Hour January 1, 2000 Is mileage pay, the economic pillar so much of the trucking industry is built upon, showing signs of crumbling? The industry's desperate need to attract more people to sit behind the wheel, drivers' m...
Transportation Winnipeg set to allow RTAC equipment weights January 1, 2000 WINNIPEG, Man. - The city elders here have finally approved intra-city movements of RTAC equipment, so all that stands between one set of weight thresholds across all of Manitoba is for the new bylaw ...
Transportation Trial and tribulation at a modern keyboard January 1, 2000 So who was the Einstein who invented this marvelous piece of technology called the computer? This "tech-no" piece of machinery that makes our lives easier. This space-age wizard of wonderment. This, t...
Transportation Comdata ready for Y2K January 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Comdata says you need not worry about the Millennium Bug now that its fuel and cash advance system has been tested and found to be ready for the Year 2000."Comdata has taken every a...
Transportation Court upholds tax-free sale of Volvo car biz January 1, 2000 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court ruled yesterday to allow Volvo to stick with its calculations regarding the sale of Volvo Car Corp. to Ford, and as a result the US $6.4-billi...
Transportation CRASH can’t get it right January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,In the Canadian Memorandum of Understanding on truck weights and dimensions, there is reference to three kinds of "road trains": A train, B train and C train. Whilst I know what the first ...
Transportation Trucking industry could work with the railways: Bradley January 1, 2000 The next few months will be pivotal in terms of determining whether the phony war between Canada's railways and the trucking industry is finally over. For many, we have been down this road before. But...
Transportation CRISIS IN THE MAKING January 1, 2000 Those who build the heavy trucks on which this industry runs have enjoyed a booming market in recent years. Canada's Class 8 truck business has grown from 21,394 trucks in 1996 to 27,205 in 1997, 29,1...
Transportation Alberta fatigue pilot to start by April January 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) says its fatigue management pilot project is almost ready to begin, looking for a way to manage driver fatigue beyond traditio...
Transportation Column, Curran collect kudos January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, I read your column in the December 1999 issue regarding the shortage of truckers in the trucking industry.I hope companies read your message because the industry has me totally frustrated...
Transportation New road rules proposed for Quebec January 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Quebec is eyeing a series of road safety initiatives that could do everything from allowing right turns at red light to re-introducing photo radar.These are among five issues in the p...
Transportation New ferry service set to run the Rock January 1, 2000 ARGENTIA, Nfld. - Plans are in the works for a new ferry to start plying the waters from Portland, Me. to Argentia, Nfld., but don't expect to make the trip anytime soon. That's because it will initia...
Transportation The lucky drove during the hungry ’30s January 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - Today many truckers complain the rates are too low, but Lyle Lebbert can remember driving during the Great Depression when people drove truck for free."It went with the times, everybo...
