Transportation StatsCan Reports 2008 Commodity Shipments March 1, 2010 OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada's largest for-hire trucking companies transported 5.6% fewer shipments weighing 1.9% less than the previous year in 2008, according to Statistic Canada's latest Trucking Commodit...
Transportation PMTC Issues Free Security Checklist March 1, 2010 OAKVILLE, Ont. - The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has compiled a security checklist for fleets, designed to help protect against cargo theft.
Transportation CVSA Publishes OOS Guidelines March 1, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has published its annual North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria guidelines, which spell out exactly constitutes an out-of-serv...
Transportation Ottawa To Buy Ambassador? March 1, 2010 WINDSOR, Ont. - According to a recent report in the National Post, the federal government is considering purchasing the Ambassador Bridge from its owner Manuel 'Matty' Moroun.
Transportation US Bans Texting By Commercial Drivers March 1, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recently-announced US ban on text messaging by commercial drivers has triggered mixed reaction from the trucking industry. The ban, announced Jan. 26, went into effect immediately...
Transportation US Truck Tonnage Up 2.1% In December March 1, 2010 ARLINGTON, Va. - For-hire truck tonnage edged up 2.1% in December, according to the latest American Trucking Associations (ATA) data.
Transportation Major Conference To Focus On Sleep Apnea March 1, 2010 BALTIMORE, Md. - The trucking industry is finally waking up to the risks of driving while suffering from sleep apnea, and a major conference held in partnership with the American Trucking Associations...
Regulations Trucking Industry Eyes Cabotage Changes To Curb Carbon Emissions March 1, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Protectionism continues to beat out common sense when it comes to US cabotage rules, despite appeals to the US Environmental Protection Agency by both US and Canadian trucking indus...
Start Your Engines! preview image Transportation Start Your Engines! March 1, 2010 WINNIPEG, Man. - After an economy- inflicted hiatus of a year, the National Professional Truck Driving Championships are back on track for 2010.
Transportation Maritime Mega-Merger March 1, 2010 REXTON, N.B. - Two of Atlantic Canada's top trucking and transportation companies are merging their general freight and equipment repair facilities to form a new company, Atlantica Diversified Transpo...
Executive View preview image Transportation Executive View March 1, 2010 REXTON, N.B. - Following the announced merger of Warren Transport and D.D. Transport, Truck News executive editor James Menzies caught up with the principals of the newly-formed Atlantica Diversified ...
Transportation Highway Ambassadors Roll On March 1, 2010 MONTREAL, Que. - Who better to be the voice of the trucking industry than truckers? That is what the Quebec Trucking Association (QTA) thinks and it is in the home stretch of accepting nominations for...
Transportation OTA Survey Shows Growing Optimism Among Fleets March 1, 2010 TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario trucking companies are increasingly optimistic about their prospects going forward, according to the latest Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) Business e-Pulse Survey.
Mohawk College Officially Opens Gerald Marshall Centre For Transportation preview image Transportation Mohawk College Officially Opens Gerald Marshall Centre For Transportation March 1, 2010 HAMILTON, Ont. - In an appropriate departure from the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, the family and friends of the late Gerald Marshall fired up several diesel engines to mark the grand opening ...
Transportation National Truck League, Transport Financial Services Form Partnership March 1, 2010 LONDON, Ont. - Transport Financial Services (TFS) Group and National Truck League (NTL) have formed a strategic alliance to promote each other's insurance and accounting services.
