Transportation Truck News offers it all January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I do a lot of traveling on the 401 and 402 between Toronto and Sarnia. I took a copy of your publication from my favorite truck stop (the Husky just east of London, off the 401).I wanted t...
Transportation All of Navistar to carry International name January 1, 2000 CHICAGO, Ill. - Navistar International Corp. has aligned its business groups under the International brand as part of its updated business strategy.John Horne, Navistar chairman, president and chief e...
Transportation Improve or shelve any unpopular CTHRC products January 1, 2000 In response to George Lloyd's letter (Mailbag, November/December issue) accusing me of beating up on the CTHRC on a regular basis, let's get the facts clear. I have never "beat up" the CTHRC. I have o...
Transportation Liberals want to spend $7.5 billion on roads January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - While the Liberal-dominated finance committee is calling on the federal government to slash taxes by $46 billion between now and 2004, it also suggests that it's time to re-invest in Ca...
Transportation Training choices on line with many programs January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Training Alternatives has launched an E-commerce site that takes its Flex School on line, bringing training for the transportation industry to the world of the Web.Courses include an i...
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...
