Regulations

Bill that would require formal rulemaking for sleep apnea screening advances

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A bill that would prevent the Obama Administration from using an informal guidance to introduce sleep apnea screening requirements for professional drivers, has been passed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure...

ATA, OOIDA agree there should be no short-cuts in introducing sleep apnea testing requirements

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Both the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) are supporting new legislation that will require the US government to follow the established rulemaking process when...

eManifest learning curve ongoing for carriers, Customs, brokers

OTTAWA, Ont. -- The fall 2013 deadline is approaching for the Canada Border Services Agency’s eManifest regulations.

New US hours-of-service rules create more stress for drivers

From the driver reaction I’ve witnessed on social media recently, the half-hour compulsory break included in the FMCSA hours-of-service rule changes that came into effect this past July, seem to have released a whole bunch of pent-up...

Mandatory training for entry-level truck drivers:The time has come

I have again been reading in the pages of this and other trade publications about the problems associated with sub-standard training entry level truck drivers are receiving from sub-standard “training” schools (i.e., puppy mills)....

US Court retains new HoS; OOIDA moves on to training campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Any faint hope that remained that a US Court would reverse the new hours-of-service rules implemented July 1, has been completely dashed.

Yanks, Canucks and HoS

Canadians must be biologically superior to Americans. Our respective governments know what’s best for us, and Canuck regulators have deemed a 13-hour driving day within the limits of human endurance, while our pitiful American partners...

Overweight log trucks an issue at Red Rock scales

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Overweight log trucks are becoming an issue at the Red Rock scales in B.C., according to the Central Interior Logging Association (CILA).

New US regulations could leave industry short a million drivers by 2016: FTR Associates

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An incoming regulatory tsunami could leave the American trucking industry in need of a million drivers by 2016, if all the new regulations currently being considered are implemented.

Airport Rd. inspection blitz nets 40% failure rate

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Forty per cent of commercial vehicles inspected during a two-day blitz at the International Centre failed the inspection, Peel Regional Police have announced.

ATA makes last-ditch attempt to postpone HoS rule changes

ARLINGTON, Va. -- In a last-ditch attempt to have the July 1 changes to US hours-of-service rules derailed, the American Trucking Associations’ today addressed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the potential costs...

Truckers protest idea to hike APHIS border inspection fee

OTTAWA, Ont.  – If you thought last year’s Perimeter Vision Action Plan agreed to by the United States and Canada might signal an end to the nickel and diming of cross-border commerce between the world’s two major...

Ontario truckers decry New York legislation to dissolve Peace Bridge Authority

TORONTO, Ont.  -- The internal turmoil between U.S. and Canadian board members of the Peace Bridge Authority has taken on new heights that could jeopardize much-needed infrastructure improvements at the second busiest border crossing...

Volvo to bring DME-fuelled trucks to North America in 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Volvo Trucks announced today that it will offer the North American trucking industry’s first truck fuelled by dimethyl ether (DME) beginning in 2015.

Progressive Waste Solutions expanding natural gas truck fleet

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Progressive Waste Solutions announced this morning it is expanding its fleet of natural gas waste and recycling trucks.