Today's Trucking Staff

CTA applauds HOS announcement

OTTAWA - After 12 years of meetings and negotiations with elected officials and bureaucrats, the Canadian Trucking Alliance will finally see a new hours-of-service regime in place in Canada.

Mugs? I’ve had my fill

I turn heads when I stroll into a meeting with coffee cup in hand. I like coffee, and I drink a lot of the stuff, so my mug is an ample one. Park's fuel tank, they call it. Stands

Clarke to sell remaining interest in ATS Andlauer

HALIFAX, -- Clarke Inc., one of Canada's largest for-hire carriers, announced it that has received a notice of exercise from Andlauer Management Group that requires Clarke to sell to AMG all of the shares that Clarke holds in ATS Andlauer Transportation Services Inc.

Windsor: The fix is in

The gateway to American markets through Windsor, Ont., has been a mess since the events of September 2001. But the effort to make it work again seems to be without focus. I see a l

Let’s deal with aggressive drivers more… well, aggressively

I hope you see them coming, because I guarantee they don't see you. I'm talking about the dude in the fully dressed SUV, phone glued to his ear.

HOS: A Surprising Value Proposition

There's a common thread to many of the discussions I've had with drivers about the new American hours-of-service rules.

PeopleNet intros three new g3 enhancements

CHASKA, Minn. -- PeopleNet is introducing three new major product enhancements to provide fleet customers with decision tree forms, bar code scanning capability, and the next generation of geofencing and automated messaging platform called PACOS.

Go rolling in dough when you submit your safety budget

Safety and fuel economy-you can't have one without the other. In fact, if you're dissatisfied with your company's safety program and need money for resources or training materials,

Warren Transport’s Sturgeon named APTA chairman

ST. JOHN -- Members of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association have elected Vaughn Sturgeon of Rexton, N.B.-based Warren Transport, as the next chairman of the carrier group.

U.S. HOS: The Real Deadline is Here

In early January I got a call from a woman in Langley, B.C., named Freda whose husband Aiden hauls ag products down into southwest Washington state.

Raise your rates? Where have I heard that before?

I have to mention something that's been nagging at me since November, when a group of trucking company CEOs stood up at the Ontario Trucking Association convention and exhorted the

Dial 1-800-OO-ADVICE

KENTON, Tenn. - Now truckers have their own help-hotline too. A new service, called The Trucker's Consultant Phone Service, supplies advice to truckers in search of some quick.

Ambassador Bridge congestion: No plan for the span

What would happen if a couple of angry truckers decided they'd had enough border-crossing crap and decided to block Detroit-bound access to the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.?

Lakeside Packers workers to vote on ending strike

BROOKS, Alta. -- There's word that the three-week strike at Canada's largest meatpacker is almost over.

Insurance: Diminishing Returns

At a time when the world is in so much turmoil, you want to know that things are going to be all right. Even if you have to pay for that peace of mind. That's what insurance is abo