Today's Trucking Staff

Getting Bigger: What’s next for TransForce?

Alain Bedard is not a trucker whose ambition is blinded by chrome. "Trucks are a work tool," says the president of TransForce, the ever-expanding ground transport company based in

OTA sends the PR cavalry to educate media on truck safety

TORONTO -- The Ontario Trucking Association is dispatching its Road Knights Team to remind motorists of how to safely share the road with a truck after a fatal collision in Toronto.

Would special laws help curb their cavalier attitude to minor details like driving?

Yeah, I guess I should be the utterly responsible commentator and agree that cell phones are evil things when used in a rolling vehicle. They can be exactly that, no doubt, but do

Where are you when we need you?

There are, according to the 1996 census, about 225,000 men and women in Canada calling themselves "truck drivers" -- a number roughly equivalent to the population of Saskatoon. You

Sask sets up remote inspection stations at three locations

REGINA, -- Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation has begun deploying Remote Vehicle Inspection Stations as well as other technological initiatives across the province.

Going for Broke in Ontario

Not too long ago, if you were a shipper with just northbound freight -- loads coming to Canada from the United States -- you called a load broker. The broker's pitch to the shipper

HighwaySTAR’s Jim Park shows skin for trucker group

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Owner-Operator's Business Association of Canada, with the help of popular trucker guru and highwaySTAR editor and Jim Park, has raised $100,000 in sponsorship, membership, and pledges of support for the group.

Let’s skip the science for the moment and look at driver hours of service in the context of the real world

In June, the House of Commons Transport Committee endorsed a proposal to change rules governing how many hours a truck driver can work. This proposal, developed by a task force of

Contrans buys Ontario flatbed steel hauler

WOODSTOCK, Ont. -- Contrans Income Fund -- parent company of Brookville Carriers, Laidlaw Carriers, and the ECL Carriers -- has acquired 50-truck flatbed trucking firm L.A. Dalton Systems of Binbrook, Ont.

The view from afar: Tips for managing remote locations

Twelve years ago, when my company took its first stab at expanding into the United States, we spent two years scouting the market, writing a comprehensive business plan, and paving

New California rule outlaws unfair billing against intermodal truckers

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The American Trucking Associations and its Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference are applauding new trucking fairness legislation, which the group says brings to an end years of unfair intermodal billing practices

Good night, sleep right: The secret to a good snooze

Few pleasures in life are as decadent as a nap. Today, I really enjoy a nap after dinner, my belly full and head swimming with the tastes and smells of a good meal. I'll grab 40 wi

Canada phases in wood packaging enforcement

OTTAWA, -- Canada has joined with the United States in phasing in enforcement of the Wood Packaging Materials (WMP) requirements, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced.

I’ve got a secret: Getting the dirt on your rivals isn’t as hard as you think

If you move less-than-truckload shipments between Canada and the United States, I hope you weren't surprised by the news last month that Consolidated Freightways, a large American

Wi-Fi goes green

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Travelers in the Green Mountain State will soon have the benefit of wireless Internet access in all highway rest stops and state information centres.