Transportation Get organized May 1, 2000 Dear Editor,As March began, the current truckers' dispute over the price of diesel fuel was still in the news. As the wife of a long-distance trucker, I do sympathize with their plight, but I think th...
Transportation Caccaro named branch manager May 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Kelron Logistics has appointed Sandro Caccaro as branch manager of its Toronto branch. It will be a familiar job for Sandro, who had previously worked as a branch manager with Yellow F...
Transportation Rating the BOSS May 1, 2000 Drivers asked to rate their supervisors gave their highest marks for being treated with respect but they were not as impressed with their supervisors' performance in following up on their concerns and...
Transportation Trucker’s vigil comes to an end April 1, 2000 SUDBURY, Ont. - Dennis Cleary's 1999 Century Class became a fixture on the shoulder of Hwy. 69 as he protested the high fuel costs that were putting him out of business. Now they have.His truck is bei...
Transportation Volvo Trucks guarantees cost per mile April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation The right time for grease? April 1, 2000 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new Recommended Practice for using semi-fluid grease in wheel ends is now the rule presented by the Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. But the maintenance ...
Transportation Crude economics April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Watch for the details written on all tickets April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Improved power sources needed for trucks: panel April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Freightliner brings Mercedes power to heavy-duty trucks April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Homework is key for smooth crossings April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation PARS forms need date, time info April 1, 2000 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: April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Engineers dash to clean up the dash April 1, 2000 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...
Transportation Are you ready to team up with your mate? April 1, 2000 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 ...
