Transportation Don’t look overseas for truckers January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Hurray to the HRDC for recognizing that the shortage of drivers in Canada is an industry problem that must be solved within the industry. With all due respect to Andrew Rowland, and I am s...
Transportation Cat maintains dividend rate January 1, 2000 PEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. has declared a cash dividend of US $32.5 per share on its common stock.The dividend will be payable on or after Feb. 19, to stockholders of record at the close of busin...
Transportation Wrapping it up January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - It will be almost another year before North America has a common set of guidelines to tie down and secure loads on trailers, wrapping up a five-year process."November 2000 is the revise...
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 Some predictions for a millennial year January 1, 2000 Certain topics have dominated this space over the past few years, and I'd like to engage in some wishful thinking as we turn the calendar to the year 2000.Cabotage: A more liberal viewBut over the pas...
Transportation Meritor trims LVS January 1, 2000 TROY, Mich. - Meritor Automotive has sold its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) sun visor operations (to Grupo Antolin-Vosges S.A.S. of France), marking the second chunk of the division to be sold off in as...
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...
