Lower fuel taxes

Dear Editor,I have been watching the fuel crisis and the effect it is having on the trucking industry. I say just get out there! Turn off your trucks, block outside carriers, and shut this province do...

Cummins expands QuickServe support

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine has expanded its QuickServe support initiative to deliver parts and service whenever and wherever they're needed in Canada and the U.S.Cummins introduced its in-shop, d...

Port plan put off

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Container drivers who are awaiting a permanent licensing system for those who truck through the Port of Vancouver may have to wait until this fall to see a new system put in place, e...

Saskatchewan ferry is open

REGINA, Sask. - The Riverhurst Ferry, which crosses Lake Diefenbaker west of Riverhurst, opened for the season in late April. The Riverhurst Ferry is the only ferry in the province that can carry full...

what’s driving your drivers?

Know the answer to that question and you can fight the destructive driver churn experienced by just about every fleet across the country. Yet that's easier said than done. Understanding the driver's s...

UPS offers new office equipment lease program

ATLANTA, Ga. - Most courier companies may be offering on-line tracking capabilities these days, but UPS has gone a step further with a program that purchases and leases computers to do the work.The de...

How Carriers Rate in Meeting Driver Needs

% OF DRIVERS RATING THEIRCARRIERS AS SATISFACTORYMaking sure71.1% equipment is safeGiving enough time54.5% to comple...

Operating revenues up for top carriers

OTTAWA, Ont. - The country's 82 largest for-hire carriers (those earning $25 million or more annually) generated operating revenues of $1.6 billion during the last three months of 1999, a four per cen...

Fewer horses save fuel

Dear Editor, We've had a number of inquiries about reprogramming engine horsepower. In some cases, engine hardware changes are necessary.In the majority of cases, only reprogramming is required.Resett...

DaimlerChrysler to hold steady

STUTTGART, Germany - DaimlerChrysler expects its commercial vehicle division to reach sales and revenue numbers enjoyed in 1999, even though the North American market is expected to drop, chairman Jue...

Mail

Is there more info on average weekly driver pay?In the Jan/Feb issue of Motortruck, there was an interesting article called "Pay by the Hour; has its time come?" On page 25 there is a graph that shows...

Fuel prices cited in suicide

TRURO, N.S. - A 36-year-old Newfoundland trucker hanged himself from his truck's exhaust stacks in early April, leaving behind a suicide note that complained of personal problems and the high price of...

Volvo buys Mack, Renault truck businesses

GREENSBORO, S.C. -- Mack's famous bulldog has a new master.Volvo AB has taken control of North America's oldest trucking company, acquiring century-old Mack Trucks with its US $2-billion takeover of p...

Customs abandons mandatory ETA plans

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada Customs has abandoned plans to mandate an estimated time of arrival of goods at a Customs office of release, following concerns that the times could not be accurate enough to be ...

Columnist, former student, remembers Art Joosse

Maybe it's a product of age or the fact I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ont. and that I attended school there. But I went straight to the obituaries in the Hamilton Spectator that Friday night.It j...