Canadian dealer imports hydraulic, Italian livestock trailers preview image Equipment Canadian dealer imports hydraulic, Italian livestock trailers December 18, 2014 SEBRINGVILLE, Ont. – Doug Luckhart has a plan to mix North American requirements with European technology in order to provide cattle and hogs a more comfortable means of transportation. Luckhart…
Health & Safety Obama pushes back restart and rest period rules December 17, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — By putting his signature on a piece of paper, US president Barack Obama has hit the restart button on two controversial hours of service issues. Yesterday, Obama…
Business Management New rates set for Vancouver container haulers December 16, 2014 VICTORIA, B.C. — The province of B.C. has revealed its new rate structure for container haulers serving Port Metro Vancouver. The province says the new rate plan provides fair wages…
Regulations 60-foot containers: Here we grow again December 16, 2014 The trouble with normal is it always gets worse, or so said Bruce Cockburn back in the 1980s. It’s a warning of sorts that if we don’t tackle…
Regulations What about national standards? December 16, 2014 Canada’s Minister of Transport, Lisa Raitt, has launched a statutory review of the Canada Transportation Act to provide an independent assessment of how federal policies and programs can best ensure…
Human Resources The 2015 business outlook December 16, 2014 The sun shone brightly on the trucking industry in 2014. But what does 2015 have in store?
Health & Safety Controversial US hours-of-service reset provisions suspended for two years December 14, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two of the more contentious elements of the US hours-of-service regulations put into place in 2013 has been suspended for two years as part of an omnibus…
Regulations Weighing in on MELT November 21, 2014 There was much fist-pumping and high-fiving when Steven Del Duca, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, announced last month that the province will be moving forward with mandatory entry-level training…
Regulations Mandatory training is finally here November 21, 2014 In my last column I expressed concerns with the manner in which the Toronto Star newspaper had covered a criminal trial, describing the individual charged as a ‘truck…
Regulations An idea whose time has come November 21, 2014 In early October, Ontario’s new transportation minister, Steven Del Duca, announced his commitment to introduce mandatory entry-level training for truck drivers seeking to become licensed in his province.
Business Management Profiling drivers readies fleets for better legal defences November 10, 2014 NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — The last thing any trucking company wants is to suffer an accident resulting in charges files against a driver or a lawsuit against the business, but…
Health & Safety New rules in place for dangerous work refusals November 10, 2014 NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The federal government wants to be more efficient and spend less money ensuring workplaces are safe. On October 31, 2014 amendments to the Canada Labour Code…
Business Management CTA members offered protection against New Jersey truck seizures October 30, 2014 OTTAWA, Ont. — The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has struck a deal with the state of New Jersey to allow its members to voluntarily comply with state Corporate Business Tax…
Health & Safety Regulators turn attention to highway transporters of dangerous goods October 30, 2014 OTTAWA, Ont. — The trucking industry was under the microscope today at a hearing before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport into the safe transportation of dangerous goods…
Regulations An update on the industry from CTA, ATA leaders October 29, 2014 MONCTON, N.B. — The first day of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association’s Transportation Summit kicked off today and it began with a industry update from big names in trucking. The…
