Transportation Strength in numbers December 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - You can pick any industry you choose and there is probably a better-than-even chance it has some kind of association linked to it. From flower store owners to building contractors, i...
Transportation Adding fuel to the fire December 1, 2000 OSHAWA, Ont. - Frustrated at the lack of progress being made at the provincial level to gain relief from escalating fuel costs for independent truckers, the National Truckers Association (NTA) has tak...
Transportation Mark Dalton: Owner/Operator Just in Time – Part 2 November 1, 2000 The story so far: Mark Dalton returns to Toronto and checks up on his post office box where he receives both bills and checks. Everything is in order, but when he drops into a nearby coffee shop he me...
Transportation Kill your deadheads October 1, 2000 If there is one thing that cuts into a fleet's profitability or an owner/operator's business it is deadhead miles. Finding freight for a backhaul is essential to the success of every trucking business...
Transportation Customs seminar set for Oct. 24 October 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Carriers who deal with Customs agencies in the U.S. or Canada and want to help expedite international shipments have the opportunity on Oct. 24 to learn some tricks of the trade.Semina...
Transportation ProMiles, CustomLink package integrated September 1, 2000 ProMiles Canada has integrated the ProMiles 99 Mileage Guide with CustomLink dispatch software. The current integration will provide mileage calculations, route optimization, and graphic color maps fo...
Transportation Unique carrier codes needed August 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - The days of generic 2ITN carrier codes are numbered.As of Jan. 8, 2001, Canada Customs will no longer accept these codes on Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS) loads, or on manifests used ...
Transportation Driving in red ink June 1, 2000 Jim saw his financial life spiraling out of control.While he had made a decent living in the trucking industry for 10 years, the owner/operator found himself staring at a rent bill that he couldn't pa...
Transportation B.C. gears up for championships June 1, 2000 PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - For the first time since the 1980s, a female trucker will compete in the British Columbia Professional Truck Driving Championships, scheduled for May 27 at the Tradex Centre in...
Transportation Busted! June 1, 2000 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - The former head of a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. carrier will serve an 18-month conditional sentence for fraud after collecting advances on loads that never existed.But while it's ...
Transportation Customs abandons mandatory ETA plans May 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada Customs has abandoned plans to mandate an estimated time of arrival of goods at a Customs office of release, following concerns that the times could not be accurate enough to be ...
Transportation Quebec loggers win deals after shutdowns March 1, 2000 LAC ST-JEAN, Que. - As protests over fuel costs began to emerge in eastern Canada, it was Quebec's logging trucks that saw the first signs of relief from the price of the liquid gold.It began early in...
