Executive View: Time for a New Deal — CTA Chairman Evan MacKinnon October 1, 2003 TN: Both shippers and carriers are looking increasingly at intermodalism. Is it growing too fast for the infrastructure to keep up?MacKinnon: Intermodalism is a key part of transportation's future but...
Regulations Fields on Wheels Conference Coming October 1, 2003 WINNIPEG, Man. - The eighth annual Fields on Wheels Conference is slated for Nov. 25 in Winnipeg, and this year's agenda will interest anyone in the grain hauling business.The keynote presentation wil...
CTA/ATA Weigh in on Advance Cargo Reporting; Gonna Take It preview image CTA/ATA Weigh in on Advance Cargo Reporting; Gonna Take It October 1, 2003 OTTAWA, Ont. - The latest advance cargo reporting rules for transborder shipments may have been perceived as an improvement on the "strawman" proposal published earlier this year but they still have l...
Regulations TransForce Acquires Canadian Freightways October 1, 2003 CALGARY, Alta. - TransForce has closed a deal to acquire Canadian Freightways from its beleaguered parent company, Consolidated Freightways.The acquisition will cost TransForce $69.6 million as well a...
Regulations Get On FAST Track, Kaplan Advises October 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - National Revenue Minister Elinor Kaplan wants companies doing a lot of cross-border business to get on the FAST track.Kaplan was speaking to members of Supply Chain & Logistics Canada ...
Blackout October 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - Trucking companies, more than anyone, know how to keep the supply chain running - no matter what. And at no time was that more apparent than during the power outage that struck Ontario...
Private Fleets Examine Impact of Proposed HoS Regs preview image Private Fleets Examine Impact of Proposed HoS Regs October 1, 2003 Truck News is introducing a new column this month - by Bruce Richards of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada. The column examines issues of interest to the trucking community from the perspectiv...
Law and the Border: Law and Criminal Records and U.S. Waivers — Not All Criminals Need a Waiver preview image Regulations Law and the Border: Law and Criminal Records and U.S. Waivers — Not All Criminals Need a Waiver October 1, 2003 This is the final installment of a three-part series regarding Canadian pardons and U.S. Immigration waivers. The first two articles focused on the interplay between pardons and waivers. We saw that a...
Regulations FAST Application Process Too Slow for Drivers October 1, 2003 WINNIPEG, Ont. - The Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program may have been designed to speed up border crossings for low-risk shipments but becoming part of the program is proving to be anything but fast...
Novel Captures Truckers’ Lives in Whodunit Mystery preview image Regulations Novel Captures Truckers’ Lives in Whodunit Mystery October 1, 2003 WINDSOR, Ont. - It's been 20 years since Michael Day sat behind a steering wheel in the cab of a tractor-trailer, hauling produce between Florida and Ontario.But he still has memories."I loved it and ...
Clear Shot: Bamboozled preview image Regulations Clear Shot: Bamboozled October 1, 2003 I call it the Bewilder and Bamboozle campaign - namely the plethora of customs rules and regulations that have come down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Since then, border security regulations ha...
Regulations ACE pilot testing delayed September 30, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Customs has announced that pilot testing for ACE broker and carrier accounts has been push...
Regulations U.S. Customs won’t meet Oct. 1 target for prenotification September 29, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Customs won't meet the Oct. 1 target for issuing final rules requiring freight prenotifica...
Regulations CIFFA and ViaSafe partner up September 26, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. -- CIFFA and ViaSafe Inc., an Ottawa-based e-Global Logistics service provider, have announced today...
Regulations Customs offering workshops on exporting regs September 26, 2003 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Carriers, exporters, brokers, and freight forwarders are invited to learn more about exporting at t...
