Transportation DaimlerCrysler, Nissan reported back at talks February 1, 2000 DUSSELDORF, Germany - Freightliner and Sterling parent DaimlerChrysler is again negotiating a possible takeover of Japan's Diesel Motor Co.'s commercial vehicle business, a German newspaper reports.Th...
Transportation Ontario launches its fourth joint enforcement campaign February 1, 2000 NORTH BAY, Ont. - Police and Transportation Ministry officers in Northern Ontario have launched their fourth-annual joint inspection campaign, meaning a focused inspection blitz in the region over the...
Transportation People (February 01, 2000) February 1, 2000 Grant Brothers Sales' traditional division has announced the appointment of Brad Chesney as district manager for Northern Alberta, based in the Edmonton area.The Snap-on/Sun Equipment Division has an...
Transportation Michelin retreads coming to Canada February 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Michelin Retread Technologies' first Canadian franchise will officially be open for business in March, once full production begins at Robert Bernard TRM Ltd. of St-Paul d'Abbotsford, ...
Transportation Volvo set to build truck of future for U. S. Army February 1, 2000 GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo Trucks North America will team with Lockheed Martin Control Systems and Radian Inc. to build a truck of the future for the U.S. Army.The Class 8 tractor will be powered by a h...
Transportation Report suggests options to improve emissions January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The need for better driver training and an industry code of conduct to drive in a fuel-efficient way topped the list of recommendations by the Transportation Table on Climate Change.Th...
Transportation Plan to be safe January 1, 2000 I don't know of any professional driver who actually goes to work planning to be unsafe. And most fleets try to do a good job in the arena of safety.According to a recent American Trucking Association...
Transportation Tests shedding light on ABS warning systems January 1, 2000 This winter's road testing of as many as 100 combination vehicles with the sometimes-controversial PLC4Trucks integrated circuit chip should help establish the reliability of the device, which is supp...
Transportation New CVOR system is a cut above the past January 1, 2000 I have to hand it to the trucking industry and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for developing the new and improved CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operating Record) and its associated carrier abstract...
Transportation Future crossings should be faster, easier January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - New technologies and approaches to border crossings currently being considered by governments on both sides of the 49th promise to make transborder hauls a much less time-consuming and...
Transportation Paccar.com, PNV begin new union January 1, 2000 CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - PNV, formerly Park 'N' View, is teaming with paccar.com to form a strategic marketing agreement.The announcement follows close on the heels of paccar.com's US $10-million investm...
Transportation Westport tech is ‘cost effective’ January 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Canadian-made technology that substitutes natural gas for diesel fuel has been deemed in a government report to be the "most cost-effective" technology to reduce greenhouse gas e...
Transportation People (January 01, 2000) January 1, 2000 Detroit Diesel Corp. will move Robert Allran into the role of executive vice-president of engineering and operations, effective January. Allran will assume the engineering responsibilities currently h...
Transportation U.S. creates new trucking agency January 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. has created a new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - a trucking equivalent to the Federal Aviation Administration governing airlines - that promises to be far fr...
