Transportation Cummins Ontario hosts Punjabi day May 1, 2000 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cummins Ontario continued to focus on a high-profile community of ethnic truckers in its region with its second Punjabi Trucking Appreciation Day.More than 100 people attended the...
Transportation No Dancing in the Streets May 1, 2000 The survey found that overall driver satisfaction dropped to 46 per cent, the second lowest level since the survey was started four years ago. What is also of concern is that the number of drivers who...
Transportation News (May 01, 2000) May 1, 2000 Carrier activity spurred on by resurgence of economyImproved economic activity spurred the transportation sector to raise output by 1.4 per cent in March. The increase benefited trucking firms the mos...
Transportation Council limits truck parking May 1, 2000 BLIND RIVER, Ont. - Truckers who already park their rigs at home in this northern Ontario community will be allowed to continue, but the town council has decided that other truckers won't be allowed t...
Transportation Plug in, turn on and master your power May 1, 2000 Last summer, Cummins Engine Co. held its first Signature Appreciation Days at company headquarters, essentially a picnic for the owners of the chrome-topped Signature Series engines.Like any other pic...
Transportation Transport Canada announces latest recalls May 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Transport Canada has unveiled its latest lists of recalls, this time focusing on selected Mack, Peterbilt, Kenworth and Volvo models.1998-99 Mack CX chassis: These trucks do not comply...
Transportation Dealership shifts May 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - The Volvo Trucks dealership VTCI (Calgary) has changed ownership and began operating as Volvo Trucks Calgary on March 22. Ron Froese is the general manager of the new dealership and h...
Transportation COMPARING CARROTS May 1, 2000 Since trucks hit our roads slightly more than a century ago, governments have had to choose between two philosophically opposite methods of ensuring they were being operated safely - to entice truck o...
Transportation Axa dumping commercial truck business May 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Axa Canada has announced that it will be leave the commercial fleet trucking business, focusing its insurance products on owner/operators with nine trucks or less, or private carriers....
Transportation International trade drops May 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - International trade dipped in February with both export and import levels dropping.After four consecutive monthly increases, exports decreased by 2.6 per cent to $32.3 billion in Februa...
Transportation Art Joosse: 1941-2000 May 1, 2000 ANCASTER, Ont. - Art Joosse, founder of the Ontario-based Comcar Owner/Operators Association, died April 7 after a brief battle with liver cancer. He was 58.Owner/operators who belong to the associati...
Transportation Mertior expects decline to continue May 1, 2000 TROY, Mich. - Looking toward the remainder of the year, Meritor Automotive continues to expect a weakening truck market."We anticipate the North American heavy truck and trailer markets will soften ab...
Transportation Major players to study E-business May 1, 2000 TOLEDO, Ohio - Six major industry suppliers have joined together to study business-to-business Internet-enabled technologies.The companies involved - Dana Corp., Eaton Corp., Valeo S.A., TRW Inc., Mot...
Transportation More officers for Carnage Alley May 1, 2000 CHATHAM, Ont. - Another 22 Ontario Provincial Police officers will soon be assigned to a stretch of Hwy. 401 between London and Windsor that has become known as Carnage Alley.There have been 33 deaths...
Transportation Parked in Havelock May 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I have had my truck parked since Oct. 14, 1999 because I am fed up. The company that I worked for out of Montreal closed its doors and started up the next day under a new name, and left me...
