Port restores fleet’s licence

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Port of Vancouver has re-instated the operating licence of PRTI Transport in Delta, B.C., now that the company has begun to pay its owner/operators an hourly wage.The port author...

Shift to fitness gear

Our health-crazed society demands summer-ripe vine tomatoes in the dead of winter, but the drivers bringing them to market are probably relying on a diet of snack foods and caffeine to get through the...

SAE elects first female president

WARRENDALE, Pa. - The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has elected its first woman president in Rodica Baranescu, currently the chief engineer at Navistar International.Baranescu first joined SAE...

Grace gone

MARKHAM, Ont. - It coughed and sputtered out of the starting gate, but Ontario's Drive Clean emissions program is now a fact of life for heavy trucks that are at least three years old.A transition per...

New tridem policy in Alberta

CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta Infrastructure has announced a new policy governing the use of tridem drive tractors in the province. The policy stipulates the following:1. Tridem drive axles must be equally...

Slower but sure

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Trucks making the run to Vancouver Island from B.C.'s Lower Mainland will again be departing from Horseshoe Bay now that BC Ferries has decided to return C-Class conventional ferry s...

Let’s close the licensing mills

Dear Editor,To have new drivers with the knowledge they need for entry-level trucking , we need to get truck schools up to a certain criteria. Let's get rid of all the $500-and-we'll-get-you-an-A-lice...

French truckers end crippling blockade

PARIS, France - French trucking companies returned to work on Jan. 13 after blockading border crossings and highways throughout the country for three days, and they have a new deal in hand.The comprom...

ECL, Yanke on top 50 list

TORONTO, Ont. -The Financial Post's annual hunt for Canada's 50 best-managed private companies is over and two Prairies-based carriers - Calgary's ECL Group of Companies and Saskatoon's Yanke Group - ...

Help coming to food banks

Dear Editor,We at the Canadian Association of Food Banks would like to thank you for profiling our efforts in the January edition of Truck News. We have already received several offers of help, and yo...

Cummins, Wartsila end venture

COLUMBUS, Ind. -Cummins Engine has agreed with Wartsila NSD of Finland to divide the operations and assets of their European joint venture, Cummins Wartsila.The joint venture, created in 1995, was set...

Hours-of-service concept is deeply flawed

Ever since the inception of formal Hours-of-Service regulations, there has been much controversy and debate surrounding them, and considerable discussion about how these regulations are insufficient a...

Hot stuff (February 01, 2000)

OTTAWA, Ont. - Members of the Bytown Fire Brigade are readying to take their show on the road. They will they spend this summer rolling coast-to-coast to celebrate the new millennium.The group will pr...

Exports rebound in October

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canadian export volumes recovered in October following their drop in September. Exports rose 1.2 per cent in October to $30.7 billion - that's 7.9 per cent higher than in October last y...

New Products (February 01, 2000)

East offers crush-resistant floorsEast Manufacturing's new crush-resistant floor package is available on its full line of platform trailers.The Concentrated Load Package (CLP) offers better support an...