Issue 8(38) / August 2010.
 
Volume 4.
The American trucking industry could save as much as $10 billion, or 3.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel, a year if devices being tested in a joint public-private initiative at the world's-largest wind tunnel in California are rolled out nationally...
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How to drive safely around trucks   Newspaper about trucks, cars, and ground transportation. Published monthly and distributed in Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.





NEWSLETTERS

05.27.2009 - ATA Supports Bill to Limit Spread of Tolling On National Highway System
03.19.2008 - Truck Speed Limiter Law Introduced in Ontario Legislature
03.17.2008 - ATA projects record-high fuel expenses for trucking in 2008
01.31.2008 - Trucking Alliance Tells Commons Committee How Industry Being Hit by Economic Conditions


• Issue 2, June 2007. Susan Leblanc, Crimson Logic Account Executive: What is ACE? It is a risk assessment for cargo going into the US that has been put in place as a result of 9/11...
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• Issue 1, May 2007. Single + Single = Team of QuikX. Starting with this interview we will publish some information about wide range of professions in the transportation industry... More Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ

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TRUCKING COMPANIES

AlliedSystems Canada
AndlauerTransportation Services
ArmourTransportation Systems
ArnoldBros. Transport Ltd.
ArrowTransportation Systems
Atlantic Gateway Inc.
B&REckel's Transport
Big Horn Transport
BigFreight Systems
Bison Transport inc
BLMGroup
BruceR. Smith Ltd.
C.A.T./CanadianAmerican Trans.
Canada Cartage System
Caravan Logistics Inc.
Caron Transportation Systems
CCC Inc. (Canadian Consolidated Carriers Inc.)
Celadon Canada
ChallengerMotor Freight Inc.
Cheetah Trans
ClarkeInc.
Conroy Trucking Inc.
ConsolidatedFastFrate
ContransIncome Fund
CooneyGroup
Day & Ross Transportation Group
DCT Chambers Trucking
ECLGroup of Companies Ltd.
ErbGroup of Companies
FlukeTransport
FormulaTransport
Gibson Transport
GibsonEnergy Ltd.
Glenncoe Transport Ltd.
Gosselin Express
Groupe Boutin
Groupe Goyette
Groupe Guilbault
Groupe Thibodeau
GroupeRobert
H&RTransport Limited
HBC Logistics
Highland Transport
HyndmanTransport
InternationalFreight Systems
Kindersley Transport Group
KriskaTransportation
LandtranSystems
Mackie Moving Systems
MacKinnon Transport
Manitoulin Transport Group
Mel Hall Transport
MeyersTransport
M-OFreightworks
Muir’s Cartage
Mullen Transportation
Multiline Transport Ltd.
Musket Melburne
Muskoka Transport
NeselFast Freight
Ninella Charters
Normandin Transit Inc.
Northern Industrial Carriers
OK Transportation
Porter Trucking Ltd.
ProNorth Transportation
Penner International
Payne Transportation Inc.
PurolatorCourier
Paul’s Hauling Group
Prorising Transport
QuikXGroup of Companies
RAM Contract Carriers
Reimer Express Lines
Roadnet Express Inc.
Robert
RosenauTransport
SchneiderNational Carriers Canadian Division
SGT2000
Shadow Lines Transportation Group
SimardTransport
SLHTransport
SokilTransportation Group
SpeedyTransport
Sunbury Transport Ltd.
Swanberg Bros. Trucking
System55 Transport
Team-Transport Services Ltd
Thomson Terminals
TransForceInc.
Transfreight
Transport Bourret Inc.
Transport Fortier
Transport Gregoire
Transport Herve Lemieux
Transport LFL
Transport V.A. Inc.
TransportMorneau
TransportNJN Inc.
TransX
TravelersTransportation Services
TrimacTransportation Services
UnitedParcel Service Canada
VerspeetenCartage
Vedder Transport Group
VitranCorporation Inc.
VPA Group Inc.
WestTransAuto Inc.
WGCI (Westway Group Canada Inc.)
Williams Moving & Storage
Wilson’s Truck Lines
Wolverine Freight System
XTLGroup
YankeGroup of Companies
Regulations? There are more to come. • Issue 37, July 2010.
Regulations? There are more to come.
Originally this article appears in a local Illinois newspaper Downstate Illinois Advocate. Although it’s related to American trucking first of all, it is well known how intertwined our industries are... Learn more...
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How to drive safely around trucks • Issue 36, June 2010.
How to drive safely around trucks.
Summer is here. It is a travel season; many more cars will browse our roads and highways taking their passengers to their destinations... Learn more...
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Is it enough Zoom-Zoom in a new Mazda2? • Issue 35, May 2010.
MEGA MOTORS treats truckers as family members.
Sadly enough, the warranty on a purchased truck usually expires long before the owner would want it to, so the vehicle owner should consider post-warranty service maintenance and upcoming repairs for the truck, as it is an important element of his continuous, uninterrupted work on the heavy-duty vehicle... Learn more...
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When nitrogen is better than the air. Issue 34, April 2010.
• When nitrogen is better than the air. The secret of the Green Cap.

We are talking to Konstantin Leonov from The Tire Domain - a well known tire company in the GTA. The company has lately started offering a new service to its customers: pumping car and truck tires with nitrogen.
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Toronto Auto Show 2010. Exhibition Notes. Issue 33, March 2010.
• Toronto Auto Show 2010. Exhibition Notes.

The 36th annual international auto show recently took place in Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It accommodated under its roof about a thousand of novelties of the auto world. Estimated over 300,000 people visited the exhibition.
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Is it enough Zoom-Zoom in a new Mazda2? Issue 32, February 2010.
• Is it enough Zoom-Zoom in a new Mazda2?

New car Mazda2 2011 year model was presented to Canadians at the Montreal International Auto show that wrapped up a couple of weeks ago. The car that is already well known to the world is coming to Canadian dealerships this summer.
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Buying Your Own Independence? Issue 31, January 2010.
• Buying Your Own Independence?

The transition of a hired driver to the owner-operator status, a seemingly simple decision, bears a multitude of nuances, surprises you will find out about after reading this article. Just about five-ten years ago an owner-operator job was one of most well-paid in Canada...
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DOROGAROAD 2009

• Issue 30, December 2009.
TAXPRO Canada saves your money

TAXPRO Canada  saves your money TAXPRO CANADA recently opened its office in Concord, Ontario. TAXPRO Canada’s cofounders Vadim Ermolenko and Luba Radchenko told us about the company and why its services are necessary for almost everyone...
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• Issue 29, November 2009.
No smoke, no dial, no…

National Trucking Week, September 6-13, 2009 It was earlier in October this year when Essex County Ontario Provincial Police pulled over a truck on Highway 401 near Windsor after the driver was seen smoking in the cab...
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• Issue 28, October 2009.
Find your next load at Load Surfer!

National Trucking Week, September 6-13, 2009 LoadSurfer is a relatively new Canadian freight matching board. We are talking to LoadSurfer’s President Roy Thacker in his office in Milton, Ontario...
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• Issue 27, September 2009.
National Trucking Week

National Trucking Week, September 6-13, 2009 National Trucking Week is held annually to spotlight the important contributions made by the more than 500,000 Canadian men and women who keep the country’s freight moving...
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• Issue 26, August 2009.
Same New LoadLink

Accutrac is more than just a factoring Claudia Milicevic is the Senior Director & General Manager of TransCore Linklogistics. Anyone related to the trucking industry in this country is familiar with one or another of this company’s products, the most popular product amongst others is probably LoadLink - domestic and international freight matching software....
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• Issue 25, July 2009.
Accutrac is more than just a factoring

Accutrac is more than just a factoring This interview is about factoring and more. We met with Charles Sheppard, Ken Judd, executives of Accutrac Capital Solutions and Denis Gourski, Director of Greenfield Capital Group in Accutrac’s office in beautiful Orillia, Ontario...
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• Issue 24, June 2009.
ITA: We are recognized

Arrow Truck Sales – is a great place to buy used truck Indian Trucking Association recently held a press-conference to inform the media about their achievements and preparation for their own second Indian Truck Show that will take place in Brampton in August 08, 2009...
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• Issue 23, May 2009.
"CANAM Drivers" sells results!

Arrow Truck Sales – is a great place to buy used truck DorogaRoad met with Jean-Pierre Fafra-Baltes, president of “CANAM Drivers”, staffing company that employs unique approach in drivers training and hiring. Company headquartered in Lachine, QC, although we met in its Ontario office in Mississauga...
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• Issue 22, April 2009.
Arrow Truck Sales – is a great place to buy used truck

Arrow Truck Sales – is a great place to buy used truck DorogaRoad paid a visit to Valentine Gordon at Arrow Truck Sales, popular used trucks dealership in Mississauga, Ontario...
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• Issue 21, March 2009.
Unemployed Smile

Thomas managed to stay positive while unemployed Hello everyone and thank you for reading this. I am a writer wannabe. Well, maybe, just a little more than a wannabe. I am currently working on my first yet unnamed novel. It’s about a corrupt politician that...
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• Issue 20, February 2009.
We help people to stay safe

Tire Domain Team: we help people to stay safe Everyone on a road has to be aware of that his/her safety is greatly relies on what type of tires the truck or the car is running on. Moreover, the most suitable tires for Canadian winter conditions are winter tires...
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DOROGAROAD-2008

• Another Challenging Year in Store for Ontario Economy, Trucking Industry Issue 19, December 2008. Another challenging year in store for Ontario economy, Trucking Industr, but those who weather current storm will be in good position for when turnaround comes, says OTA president David Bradley as association kicks off 82nd annual convention. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Trucking’s Bad Four Letter Words Issue 18, November 2008. This article is by Thomas M. Scopel. American Rig Radio recognized Thomas as "an articulate, thinking professional trucker who happens to have morphed into a writer." He is a regular contributor to an American Chronicle and is currently working on his first novel... Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Ice Wine or Ice Trucking. He knows the difference Issue 17, October 2008. Ice Road Truckers – popular movie premiered on History Channel some time ago. It’s all about truckers doing their day-by-day job far up north around the Polar Circle, in extreme conditions. Serge Anissimov, owner operator with Multiline Transport, experienced this type of job first hand. He is not yet a movie star; he is rather hero of the following interview. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Multiline Transport is a well run family business Issue 16, September 2008. We introduce you to Canadian trucking company Multiline Transport Ltd. We were talking to co-owners of the company S.Borawski, A.Golygowska and P.Borawski. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Fergus Truck Show 08 Issue 15, August 2008. Fergus Truck Show, with its convincing 23 year success history, truly becomes the leading family entertainment and trucking event in Ontario, Canada and in North America. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Winners are those who put service first Issue 14, July 2008. Arcady Burdo, Insurance and Financial specialist: I like to work with drivers, I share their concerns. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• NAL Insurance offers the best coverage available Issue 13, June 2008. Terry Everett, Personal Service Advisor: First of all, we always ask the question: “Can you afford the risk?” People believe insurance is evil with all the ads on TV, insurance companies talk... Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Volvo Trucks Canada Inc. thanks customers for their loyalty Issue 12, May 2008. Carol Fawcett, Marketing Manager: We have a large variety of highway tractors from the long haul with 880 and 670 models, right down to the day cab for city and local haulage... Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Caravan Logistics GM: There is no “I” in this business, only “We” Issue 11, April 2008. Mr.Kevin Snobel: Oakville is a great place to run trucking business; you get access to the Queen Elizabeth Way and all the major highways. This location is a lot better than... Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Indian Trucking Association Issue 10, March 2008. Mr.Nachhattar S. Chohan: Truck drivers from India and Pakistan represent about 60% of Canadian professional drivers’ pool in province of Ontario... Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ
• Atlantic Gateway has been a part of the business road for many owner operators Issue 9, February 2008. DorogaRoad is still on the quest to bring the information about different trucking companies. This time we visit Serge Chestak, the president of Atlantic Gateway Inc. Ðóññêàÿ âåðñèÿ