Volvo Trucks guarantees cost per mile

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Unexpect-ed maintenance issues can often wreak havoc on budgeted costs per mile. Volvo Trucks, however, has unveiled a Cost Per Mile program that removes the uncertainty for fleets.T...

Improved power sources needed for trucks: panel

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As trucks are stuffed full of more electric and electronic gadgets, the trucking industry needs to consider new ways to supply power to equipment, according to a panel presenting at...

Freightliner brings Mercedes power to heavy-duty trucks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Freightliner has unveiled a proprietary heavy-duty engine line in the MBE 4000, flexing the muscle of its parent that is Daimler Chrysler.The 12.8-litre in-line, six-cylinder Mercede...

Crude economics

TORONTO, Ont. - Over the past few months, there's been quite a furor over the price of fuel. There's also been a lot of rhetoric. Depending on what camp you're in, and how the rising price of fuel has...

Watch for the details written on all tickets

Looking through my files and a few recent cases, it quickly became apparent to me that it was time for another question-and-answer column. So without further ado...Q. I was stopped at the scales by an...

PARS forms need date, time info

OTTAWA, Ont. - Carriers using the Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS) will have to advise Canada Customs about the date and time goods will arrive at their location, in a change that will become effectiv...

More class:

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Both Peterbilt and Kenworth are beefing up their presence in the medium-duty market. This market is expected to heat up with the change to more regional distribution patterns that will...

Engineers dash to clean up the dash

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Whether bolted into the cab or in the form of a hand-held computer, a record level of computing power is emerging in today's trucks. And while more tools are on the horizon, enginee...

Homework is key for smooth crossings

Canada and the United States may share the longest undefended border in the world, but crossing it is becoming an ever-growing challenge.The main reason for the tightening bottleneck in recent years i...

van Belkom nominated

BRAMPTON, Ont. - For the second year in a row, Brampton author Edo van Belkom is up against horror meister Stephen King for the Bram Stoker Award, the top prize for horror writing, presented by the Ho...

Goin’ green

LOUISVILLE, Ky - International put what it considers the next critical step in cleaner diesel engines on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show, and it hinges on better fuel.International says it ca...

Are you ready to team up with your mate?

1. Are you compatible?This is the key question. You have to enjoy spending time together - a lot of time. And you have to both like driving- a lot of driving.There's no use imagining that life on the ...

Companies unveil new Web plans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Mid-America Trucking Show, usually dominated by the unveiling of new equipment, was used as the launching pad for several new or improved Web-based initiatives in what some indus...

INS begins issuing five-year waivers

In an unannounced and somewhat surprising move, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has begun issuing waivers with five-year validity dates, rather than the usual one-year term - an ...

Transport Canada issues latest recalls

OTTAWA, Ont. - Several 1999 International models, selected Freightliner Century Class trucks and Peterbilt 387 brake pedals are among the latest vehicle recalls posted by Transport Canada.For Navistar...