Today's Trucking Staff

Bridge concerns detours trucks through Portage

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. -- All east and westbound traffic on the Trans-Canada has been rerouted through the town of Portage due to the closing of a railroad overpass the government has deemed to be unsafe.

Harper lays out 600M Pacific port plan

VANCOUVER -- The $591 million Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper will help turn Canada's West Coast into one of the premier trade gateways in the Pacific, says the President of the Vancouver Port Authority.

WorkSafeBC drops rate premiums

RICHMOND, B.C., -- WorkSafeBC, B.C.'s Workers' Compensation Board, says it will cut about 10.8 percent in the average base rate for employers in 2007. The drop for truckers will be even more.

Thousands more companies make the leap to ACE

WASHINGTON -- The number of electronic manifests filed with U.S. Customs has skyrocketed from 1,000 to over 40,000 in five months, reports the agency.

VanPort named one of top employers in Canada

VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Port Authority has been named as one of B.C.'s Top 30 Employers for 2007 as part of the Maclean's Magazine top Canadian employer survey.

Avion Group makes a pitch for Atlas Cold Storage

TORONTO -- Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust, a provider warehousing, distribution and logistics to the refrigerated food industry, is seriously considering a takeover offer from Iceland-based Avion Group.

CTA produces cargo securement handbook for truckers

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is offering truckers a handy handbook detailing the new cargo securement rules in place in Canada and the U.S.

Grote taps two new Canadian execs

TORONTO -- Grote Canada has hired technical specialists for Atlantic Canada and Northern Alberta and B.C.

NB fences off moose from highway

FREDERICTON -- In an effort to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions on New Brunswick highways, the provincial government is erecting a fence along stretches of the Trans-Canada notorious for moose crossings.

Hwy. 103 twinning almost complete

HALIFAX -- Drivers and truckers traveling on Hwy 103 between Otter Lake and Upper Tantallon, N.S. will soon have more than one lane to motor.

Western Star, Sterling are ‘serious all day’

REDFORD, Mich. -- Western Star Trucks and sister company Sterling have announced new ad campaigns for their respective product lines.

Green energy firm expands commercial engine research

ANDERSON, Ind. -- O2Diesel, a pioneer in the commercial development of clean-burning diesel fuel alternatives has been enlisted by Flagship Energy Systems Center in offering an ethanol-based green technology for significantly improving both the performance and emissions of heavy-duty diesel engines.

Mack to slash jobs for ’07 downturn

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks is the latest truck OEM to scale back its workforce as it gears down for 2007.

ArvinMeritor powertrains recalled

TROY, Mich. -- Commercial vehicle component systems supplier ArvinMeritor has recalled about 3,800 power train drivelines because of the potential for parts to separate.

Irving pulls all the stops with HotSpot WiFi

SAINT JOHN -- Now truckers hauling in Atlantic Canada can stay connected to the world wide web while out on the road thanks to new wireless high-speed Internet access at eight Irving Big Stop locations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.