Trucking company plays dirty

I received an e-mail today, of which this was the main body of the text:

"Good afternoon,

We saw on your blog pictures of our units and information concerning the cargo. You did not receive written permission from [name deleted] allowing you to use such images, pictures and information pertaining to our equipment and/or cargo. Having confirmed this we ask that you remove from your blog immediately .

In default of the immediate removal of our images and information we, [name deleted] will have no choice but to seek legal action as may our Client if legal action they choose.

We ask you by the present, a confirmation in writing as soon as the removal has been completed."

I removed the "offending" entries which were in fact quite flattering to their equipment, not because they asked me too, but  because of their heavy handed approach. I suspect they have no right to make such a request, and their e-mail was a form of intimidation. If that is how they wish to operate their company, then I do not wish to be associated with them in any way, nor to publicize them, even though they have nice trucks.

RSB Logistic Inc

Despite being based in Saskatoon, SK, RSB Logistic trucks show up in Halifax on a regular basis. As part of the RSB LOGISTIC Projekspedition GmbH of Koln, Germany, the company is tied into world wide transportation chain. It specializes in the transport of hazardous matrerials, and that's what brings it trucks to Halifax.
The trucks come here to load containers of enriched uranium from the UK bound for South Carolina. The containers arrive by ship at Fairview Cove  and are soon on the road for the US.

On March 13 a container was dropped while unloading, and although there was no spill, the container terminal was locked down as a precaution until it could be secured and landed. 
See Shipfax March 15  for more detail: http://shipfax.blogspot.ca/2014/03/fairview-cove-back-in-business.html

RSB has recently added some new Internationals, but seems to have a wide variety off vehicles in its fleet.

RSB also has a flat deck division and I have seen this Volvo in Halifax several times. Most recently it was stuck in Halifax for several days due to a storm, although it was a nice evening when it fist arrived. Note the wheel covers.

For more on RSB see their web site: www.rsblogistic.com

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Autocar report

It has been some time since I featured an Autocar, simply because I haven't seen any for months. Last Saturday's chance spotting in the Burnside Industrial Park was nicely kitted out for snow plow operation, but was not wearing its plows at the time.

It was instead towing a trailer with a roller onboard. The dump box colour is suggestive of a former Nova Scotia Department of Transportation history, but the white painted cab is a bit of a mystery.

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American LaFrance - down for the third time, and out.

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Clarke goes big

Despite its recent acquisition by TransForce, Clarke Road Transport has maintained its identity and has unveiled new graphics, in the same scheme as TransForce.

 This sharp new Freightliner was the first truck I saw in the new scheme, spotted March 3.

Clarke is also advertising for drivers with a large billboard at the entrance to the Fairview Cove container terminal. If the photo looks familiar it is because it appeared on Truckfax October 25, 2013: http://truckfax.blogspot.ca/2013/10/clarke-freightliner-and-big-scoop.html and was used with my permission.

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Scania in Halifax

A sure sign of an imminent spring is the arrival of rare birds (or in this cast trucks) from Europe. Most trucks from Europe, wisely avoid a winter arrival, so this Scania seems to be rushing it by several weeks.

That it may be a Dutch truck is hinted at by the "Kerkdriel" mud flaps on the back, but otherwise all I can say is that it is a tilt cab, with top mount sleeper and has a horsebox body.

The truck has a Nova Scotia temporary license plate taped in the front windshield, but is likely destined for farther away.

Scania is a noted Swedish truck and engine builder, but is owned in the majority by Volkswagen (MAN has a minority position).Its trucks are sold and serviced around the world, with the exception of North America, where sightings remain quite rare.

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Oldies at work

It was a case of calling all trucks as massive amounts of gravel were needed for the new pier 6 construction at Halifax Shipyard. Most of the material came in with semi-trailer dump trucks, many with walking floors, but these two oldies caught my eye.

 

 

Ford L 9000 Louisville twin steer may be ancient, but it is still earning its crust.

 

 

 

Even older, the International Paystar 5000 model always appealed to me - the poor man's Autocar?

 

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