FLEETS ENDORSE DISPATCH TRAINING PROGRAM February 6, 2001 CALEDONIA, Ont. -- Following a three-month pilot project, participating carriers have endorsed a new training regim...
EX-NAVISTAR EMPLOYEE GOES ON KILLING SPREE February 5, 2001 MELROSE, Ill. -- A disgruntled former employee killed four people at Navistar's Chicago-area factory this morning b...
NOVA SCOTIA HANDS OUT $20,000 FINE FOR UNSAFE TRUCK February 5, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- A.W. Leil Cranes and Equipment Ltd. has been fined under Nova Scotia's Occupational Health and Saf...
STOCK ACTIVITY HINTS AT NAVISTAR TAKEOVER February 5, 2001 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Volatile trading of Navistar International's stock--as well as the recent decision to vote at its...
WINTER OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS ASK TRUCKERS TO STAY AWAY February 5, 2001 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The organizers of the 2002 Winter Olympics have asked transport-truck drivers to avoid Salt...
US. TRANSPORT PROFITS FALL 13 PER CENT February 5, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released...
EX-HIGHWAYS WORKER COMPLAINS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT February 5, 2001 NANAIMO, B.C. -- Terry DeCiantis has never been allowed to see the promotional videos shot of her by the B.C. Minis...
EASTERN STRETCH OF 401 TO BE SLOW THIS SUMMER February 2, 2001 BROCKVILLE, Ont. -- The Ontario government is spending $973,148 to replace and upgrade guardrails and bridge pier b...
BRAZILIAN TRUCKS STRIKE OVER TOLLS, FREIGHT COSTS February 2, 2001 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -- Truck drivers in Brazil have gone on strike to protest tolls and freight costs. The strik...
RECORD TRAFFIC AT EASTERN PORT February 2, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- More than 500,000 intermodal cans moved through the Port of Halifax last year -- a double-digit pe...
SHEDDING A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON DRUNK DRIVERS February 2, 2001 TRENTON, Ont. -- Police in Ontario are ordering a new flashlight specially engineered to aid in the war against dru...
BLUE WATER BRIDGE GETS FEDERAL SUPPORT February 2, 2001 SARNIA, Ont. -- Federal Transport Minister David Collenette has introduced in the Senate an amendment to help the B...
U.S. FOUR-WHEELERS OFTEN AREN’T INSURED February 2, 2001 MALVERN, Pa. -- A new study suggests in addition to being inconsiderate road users, according to the complaints of...
THE PUSH IS ON TO UPDATE THE MVTA … AGAIN February 2, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Federal Transport Minister David Collenette has reintroduced a series of amendments to the Motor Ve...
RAIL FREIGHT ON THE DECLINE February 1, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Rail freight loaded during the week of Dec. 21, 2000 totaled only 4.6 million tonnes, that's down 1...