EUROPEAN DIESEL TAXES STILL A MESS January 26, 2001 BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Months following promises to compromise on diesel taxes after widespread protests brought many...
UNION BOSS AT PACCAR PLANT GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE January 26, 2001 MONTREAL -- Yvan Bourgois, the head of the union representing workers at Paccar's truck plant in Ste-Thrse, Que.
CUMMINS REPORTS LOSS IN FOURTH QUARTER January 26, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins Inc., a maker of heavy-truck engines, reports it lost 45 US cents per share in the fourth...
COMDATA CARDS ACCEPTABLE AT PETRO-CANADA LOCATIONS January 25, 2001 BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Comdata Corp. has reached a three-year agreement with Petro-Canada to enable acceptance of Comc...
MADDOCKS INTEGRATES TRUCKMATE WITH TERION’S SYSTEM January 25, 2001 LANGLEY, B.C. -- Maddocks Systems has succeeded in integrating its TruckMate dispatch system with Terion's mobile w...
EATON’S ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS January 25, 2001 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Heavy duty engine maker Eaton Corp. had operating earnings per share of US$1.40 during the fourt...
ALTA GROUP TO HOLD DISPATCHER/FLEET MANAGER TRAINING COURSE January 24, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) will be holding a dispatcher/fleet manag...
‘FEAR MONGERING’ WON’T HELP O/O’S BARGAIN FOR FUEL SURCHARGES: OTA January 24, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Claims from the National Truckers Association (NTA) that high fuel prices are pushing its inde...
P.E.I. ROAD CONDITIONS NOW ONLINE January 23, 2001 CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. -- Road conditions for Prince Edward Island are now available online at the province's Web si...
ONT. POLICE LOOKING FOR DISLODGED TRAILER TIRES January 23, 2001 BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Peel Regional Police Service's newly formed Regional Traffic Enforcement Unit is asking for the p...
HAMILTON, ONT. DRIVERS MORE RECKLESS THAN TORONTO DRIVERS: STUDY January 23, 2001 HAMILTON, Ont. -- Maybe it's all those Steel City drivers loose in Hogtown that is giving Toronto, Ont. it's reputa...
SHIPMENT VOLUMES REMAIN FLAT IN NOVEMBER January 23, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Rising prices in the refined petroleum and coal products industry led to a modest 0.3 percent incre...
QUE. COMPANY TO OFFER TRUCK TRACKING TECHNOLOGY January 22, 2001 LAVAL, Que. -- A new transportation-industry application service provider has been launched in Quebec.
CYCLIST PEDALS THROUGH ‘CARNAGE ALLEY’ January 15, 2001 CHATHAM, Ont. -- Police say a man found riding his bicycle in the passing lane of Highway 401 near Chatham yesterda...
TRUCK ACCIDENT NABS RED-HANDED THEIF January 15, 2001 CAYUGA, Ont. -- An accident involving a tractor-trailer has led to the arrest of a Tillsonburg, Ont. man in connect...