Regulations Bison Transport approved for FAST program June 5, 2003 Winnipeg, Man. -- Bison Transport today announced it has been approved for Canada's Free and Secure Trade Program.
Regulations Bi-National transportation border study accelerated June 5, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. -- Government officials recently announced they will accelerate their long-term planning study aimed...
Regulations Join FAST or sit, trucking industry representative tells shippers June 3, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. -- In a speech to a joint conference of the Border Trade Alliance and the Canadian Association of Imp...
Regulations Deadline passes for Saskatchewan drivers June 2, 2003 REGINA, Sask. -- Saskatchewan drivers are now required by law to have one of the province's new photo identificatio...
Time for new training alternatives: CFMS preview image Regulations Time for new training alternatives: CFMS June 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - Considering the trucking industry's desperate need for qualified technicians, one would think apprentice programs would be full of applicants eager for a well-paying job.Yet, as the nu...
Bison raises the bar on driver training and relations preview image Bison raises the bar on driver training and relations June 1, 2003 WINNIPEG, Man. - For years now the ability of trucking companies to grow has been determined less by the availability and affordability of equipment than the significant problems they've encountered i...
Regulations B.C. develops new tolling guidelines June 1, 2003 VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C. has approved the use of road tolls, but the government promises it won't go on a tolling rampage as a result."I think the tolling opportunities are quite limited, and we have to ...
Canada must remove uncertainties at border: CTA June 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - Canada's number one economic priority must be to remove uncertainties at the border, or risk an outflow of direct investment to the U.S., said David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucki...
Regulations Canadian lobby group urges participation in OOIDA demo June 1, 2003 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Truckers' Voice is urging Canadian truckers to take part in an Owner-Operator Independent Drivers' Association (OOIDA)-led demonstration through June.As part of what's being dubbed ...
Are we finally getting close to a decision on Windsor? preview image Are we finally getting close to a decision on Windsor? June 1, 2003 For years I have been relaying the anecdote I heard from a trucker that goes: "You can take a truck from Toronto to Miami and you'll go through 15 stop lights - and 14 of them are in Windsor."It has s...
News – 01-JUN-03 preview image News – 01-JUN-03 June 1, 2003 Haldex has launched the Consep, a low-maintenance air pre-treatment condenser or separator designed for extreme service applications. It condenses, separates and removes 90 per cent of the oils, liqui...
Customs causes border congestion June 1, 2003 Dear Editor,I am your average owner/operator who is tired of hearing about building a new truck route to ease border problems. A new route is not the answer. Getting U.S. Customs to improve traffic fl...
Dazed and confused: FDA customs rules too complicated? June 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - Just when you thought you were getting a handle on the newly-proposed Customs Border Protection (CBP) rules for pre-notification, along comes the Food and Drug Administration, with a w...
Early results give thumbs up to wide base tire use preview image Regulations Early results give thumbs up to wide base tire use June 1, 2003 LAVAL, Que. - A presentation on the results of a University of Laval engineering study concludes wide base tires cause less surface damage than duals.But tire manufacturers and carriers will have to w...
Minimizing claims costs preview image Minimizing claims costs June 1, 2003 It happens to the best of us. One day without warning your rig has a collision. From the moment of impact, you're faced with a situation where what you do and how quickly you do it may have significan...
