Province big winner in toll deal, APTA says
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
There must be something wrong with Sheldon Lee’s phone line. The New Brunswick transport minister told a Moncton newspaper last month that truckers aren’t complaining about the tol
Pay your fine -- or do the time, judge says
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
When Robert Dunn appeared before a judge in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, last month on the matter of an outstanding speeding ticket, he figured he’d fess up, pay up, and hit the road.
Paccar continues capacity boost
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Paccar Inc. reported record sales and net income for both the third quarter and first nine months of 1998, chairman and CEO Mark C. Pigott said.
And despite
Freightliner teams with Microsoft to develop e-commerce products
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner Corp. and software giant Microsoft Corp. will explore ways to develop products for Internet-based business transactions, or e-commerce, the truck-mak
Buy online: Kenworth brings used trucks to the net
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth Truck Co. is taking used-truck shopping to the web. The truck-maker’s “Used Truck Locator” site lists used trucks available for sale at participating Ke
Prospects dim for XTRA merger
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- XTRA Corp., the St. Louis, Mo.-based transportation equipment leasing company, says its planned merger with Wheels MergerCo LLC, a limited liability company, are
Doctors chill to driver medicals
Monday October 26, 12:00 AM
TORONTO -- In a bulletin to members sent last month, the Canadian Medical Protective Association, an Ottawa-based legal defence group, recommended that doctors no longer complete t
Qualcomm broadens focus as wireless communications provider
Tuesday October 27, 12:00 AM
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Qualcomm Inc., whose OmniTRACS satellite communications products helped change the way truckers and shippers do business, will broaden its focus and develop mor