Transportation Eaton to build transmissions in Mexico March 1, 2000 KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Eaton Corp.'s Truck Components Operations has selected a site at the Tres Naciones Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for the location of its new manufacturing plant to bui...
Transportation Historic GDP gains continue March 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - The freight volumes keep rolling ahead.Gross Domestic Product shot up 0.6 per cent in November, marking the 16th consecutive increase for the Canadian economy and continuing the longest...
Transportation Detroit Diesel braces for a slowing market March 1, 2000 DETROIT, Mich. - Detroit Diesel is projecting that truck production will drop 10 to 15 per cent this year, and the company is already preparing for a drop in the first quarter.But despite that news, t...
Transportation Fuel for the fire March 1, 2000 OSHAWA, Ont. - What mighty things can grow from gripes aired in a coffee shop.Thousands of the province's truckers have answered the National Truckers Association's call to shut down rigs, and still o...
Transportation Industry faces used truck crisis: Hebe March 1, 2000 PORTLAND, Ore. - A "virtual crisis" in North America's used truck market could shake the very foundation of the trucking industry, Freightliner president Jim Hebe warns. And to solve it, he's calling ...
Transportation Mack centennial trailer to tour March 1, 2000 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Mack Trucks has unveiled the Mack Centennial Trailer Exhibit as part of its year-long centennial anniversary celebration.The exhibit is a mobile museum that integrates custom vide...
Transportation Failing trucker questions Drive Clean testing March 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Peter Gerjol is a trucker who has beaten the odds. But the owner/operator doesn't feel that lucky.While about 93 per cent of trucks are passing Ontario's Drive Clean emissions tests on...
Transportation There is hope for lower prices … eventually March 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The good news is that factors driving up the price of diesel are expected to ease. Thank everything from promises of warmer weather in the northeastern U.S., to indications that countr...
Transportation Pointing fingers March 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - By its very name, the Ontario Gas Prices Review Task Force wasn't formed to look at the price of diesel. But a sharp increase in those prices in January and February forced the fuel to...
Transportation ATA appoints Al Smythe as its general manager March 1, 2000 EDMONTON, Alta. - Al Smythe is the new general manager of the Alberta Trucking Association. He assumed the post officially on Jan. 13.Smythe has served the ATA for the past three years as director, re...
Transportation Dhillon should practice what he preaches March 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I was totally amazed at your article on racism in the trucking industry (TN - February 1999).Rampal Dhillon went on to say that Sikh drivers do not spend as much time in truck stops or wat...
Transportation Don’t mandate the use of governors March 1, 2000 Traffic speeds - particularly the speeds of big rigs traveling down the highway - have recently attracted a lot of attention in Eastern Canada.We've heard calls for slower commercial vehicles made by ...
Transportation Burn less, save more March 1, 2000 With fuel prices as high as they are today, any business-conscious owner/operator should have a burning desire to, well, burn less fuel. Luckily, there are steps that you can take to reduce the amount...
Transportation Counting the hours March 1, 2000 Your wallet is a few bills short of a decent paycheque because your carrier's bottom line, despite the booming economy, remains a few bills short of robust. And that's the case because the shippers fo...
