SHIFTING FREIGHT TO RAIL BAD FOR ENVIRONMENT: STUDY March 12, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- A new study for the three NAFTA countries' environment ministers, shows that trucks are taking a le...
MICHELIN EYES EXPANDED CANADIAN RANGE FOR X-ONE March 9, 2001 LAVAL, Que. -- Tire manufacturer Michelin is lobbying the provinces to accept the use of super-single tires, in att...
CUMMINS, WESTPORT LAUNCH NAT-GAS ENGINE VENTURE March 9, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins and Vancouver, B.C.'s Westport Innovations have formed a joint venture to develop and mar...
CATERPILLAR OFFERS EMISSION-RULE BEATING TECH. March 7, 2001 PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar has launched a new emissions-control technology which it says meets future U.S. clean a...
DAY & ROSS OPEN WHITBY, ONT. TERMINAL March 7, 2001 WHITBY, Ont. -- Day & Ross Transport Groups' Day & Ross general freight unit has opened a new terminal at 1850 Boun...
CHALLENGER BUYS ELGIN MOTOR FREIGHT March 7, 2001 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. -- Challenger Motor Freight has acquired Elgin Motor Freight, a full-service transportation carrier...
CUMMINS LOWERS EMISSIONS THROUGH CALIBRATIONS March 6, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins is now offering owners of its engines an electronic calibration that it says will lower l...
ALBERTA READIES FOR TRUXPO 2001 March 5, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association is busy preparing for Truxpo 2001, the ninth running of w...
BORGWARNER RELEASES NEW FAN CLUTCH March 1, 2001 MARSHALL, Mich. -- BorgWarner is introducing the new K26RA Fail Safe On-Off Fan Clutch.
FREIGHTLINER TO SELL SUV-LIKE UNIMOG February 22, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner LLC, the company that makes Freightliner trucks, will sell the Unimog, a SUV-like tr...
CANAM MANAC GROUP SALES HIT $1.1 BILLION February 22, 2001 BOUCHERVILLE, Que. -- The Canam Manac Group Inc. posted sales of $1,110,597,000 for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31,...
COLLEGE PUSHES TRUCK-RELATED EXPANSION February 20, 2001 SCARBOROUGH, Ont. -- Centennial College has moved into the letters-of-support phase of the expansion of its Heavy M...
HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK SPEC’ING MADE EASY February 19, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. -- Www.trucknews.com, the Web site of Truck News, Truck West and Motortruck, has introduced the lat...
VOLVO DELIVERS 1,244 TRUCKS IN JANUARY, DOWN FROM 1,552 February 16, 2001 STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Deliveries from Volvo Trucks in January 2001 totalled 5,294 trucks, with sales in North Americ...
NAVISTAR REPORTS LOSS IN FIRST QUARTER February 16, 2001 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Navistar lost US$35 million, or 58 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, c...