Transportation Should Certain Sectors Within Trucking be Exempt from HoS? January 1, 2008 BOWMANVILLE, Ont. -Few topics tend to cause more grumbling among truck drivers than the mention of Hours-of-Service. The new HoS rules, implemented Jan. 1 in Ontario, prevent drivers from splitting th...
Transportation It’s in the blood September 1, 2007 BRIGHTON, Ont. - George Fraser is not retiring. At 73 years of age, the loss prevention, safety and compliance expert is just not ready. Certainly, most other men his age may be happy to be finished w...
Transportation Keep your focus: Adverse driving conditions exist year-round August 1, 2007 Now that winter has long since passed, it's easy to relax and think adverse driving conditions are behind us, even if it's just for the next few months.
Transportation Private Links: Celebrations marred by tragedy August 1, 2007 When I was preparing to write this column, my plan was to celebrate the accomplishments of three outstanding truck drivers. The three, Leonard Long of Kraft Foods, Henry Holland of Advantage Personnel...
Transportation Longhaul hope for displaced animals June 1, 2006 EDMONTON, Alta. - During the first weekend in March, Heather Petersen had a unique opportunity to combine two of her passions in life: trucking and animals....
Transportation The Hurricane Chasers November 1, 2005 NEW ORLEANS, La. - When owner/operator Brad Eadie got the call to deliver a load of bottled water from Tweed, Ont. to the hurricane-ravaged state of Mississippi, he had no idea what he was getting him...
Transportation Transportation sector comes to victims’ aid October 1, 2005 NEW ORLEANS, La. - There was no shortage of finger pointing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but while the blame game was still going on, members of the transportation industry were getting down to b...
Freightliner to introduce electronic stability control system August 1, 2005 SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Freightliner is launching a new electronic stability control (ESC) system that can greatly reduce the risk of rollovers, say company officials....
Transportation Billboards on wheels: August 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - When you've got a 53-ft. tractor-trailer combo roaring down the highway at 100 km/hr, it's bound to get seen. In fact, according to a recent study by the Traffic Audit Bureau, fleets c...
Transportation Let’s talk insurance: Devil’s in the details July 1, 2005 Have you ever thought that a 10 minute phone call or a mission statement could one day see your company being sued for $20-$30 million?...
Regulations Transport Minister addresses AMTA June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - Alberta's Infrastructure and Transportation Minister, Lyle Oberg, recently told Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) members that major infrastructure projects are in the works. B...
Regulations New law makes fleet managers, dispatchers more accountable February 1, 2005 OTTAWA, Ont. - Trucking company administrators may not know it yet, but a new corporate liability law, passed earlier this year, could severely punish a fleet manager and/or dispatcher for putting a d...
Transportation Transportation aids tsunami victims (February 01, 2005) February 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - Industry players were swift to respond to the recent disaster in South East Asia....
Regulations Alberta updates fleet of mobile scalehouses February 1, 2005 HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Alberta Transportation has purchased two new Kenworth T-300s which will serve as scalehouses on wheels within the province....
