Transportation It’s Full Speed Ahead For Windsor Border Access Road December 1, 2009 WINDSOR, Ont. - It's full speed ahead as the Ontario government prepares in earnest for constructing the Windsor-Essex Parkway, "the most significant highway investment" in Ontario history.
Transportation FMCSA To Revisit US Hours-Of-Service Rules December 1, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a surprise move, the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has agreed to revisit US hours-of-service rules, apparently succumbing to pressure from special intere...
Transportation USDA Reverses Plan To Hike APHIS Fees December 1, 2009 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is celebrating another victory having helped convince the US Department of Agriculture to scrap its proposed Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv...
Transportation US Truck Tonnage Slips In September December 1, 2009 ARLINGTON, Va. - US truck tonnage slipped 0.3% in September, putting the brakes on consecutive gains of 2.1% in both July and August.
Transportation New Generation FAST Cards Required By Dec. 1 December 1, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - First generation FAST cards will no longer be accepted at the border as of Dec. 1, US Customs and Border Protection is warning.
Transportation Safety A Go-Go December 1, 2009 HALIFAX, N.S. - After having cracked the whip to become ISO 9001-certified this February, the Nova Scotia Trucking Safety Association (NSTSA) has already done nearly 100 safety audits for member truck...
A Multi-Modal Travellin’ Man preview image Transportation A Multi-Modal Travellin’ Man December 1, 2009 MONTREAL, Que. - We're steaming west into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. We passed Anticosti Island hours ago in a night black as a pot of cold tar. To starboard this morning is Matane and the f...
Transportation Ontario Fleets Growing More Optimistic: OTA Survey December 1, 2009 TORONTO, Ont. - Increasing optimism and lingering uncertainty were the main feelings expressed in the Ontario Trucking Association's fourth quarter Business e-Pulse Survey, conducted Oct. 5-23.
Event Speaker Receives Unique Welcome preview image Transportation Event Speaker Receives Unique Welcome December 1, 2009 REXDALE, Ont. - Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express in Dayton, Ohio received a warm welcome when he came to Toronto recently to speak at the latest Driving for Profit seminar on the subject of CSA 2...
Transportation Alberta Set To Defer Weight Restrictions On Non-RTAC Trailers December 1, 2009 CALGARY, Alta. - As first reported on Trucknews.com, the province of Alberta has promised it will "defer weight restrictions" on non- RTAC trailers "indefinitely."
Transportation Prairie Provinces Play Nice December 1, 2009 CALGARY, Alta. - A Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta has the potential to bring about smoother sailing on the two provinces' highways, adding efficiency a...
Hands Off! preview image Transportation Hands Off! December 1, 2009 Ontario's new handheld cell phone ban means that just about half the country now prohibits texting, typing, e-mailing, dialing or holding a phone while driving. Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and L...
Cargo Theft: Costing Nine Billion Dollars And Counting preview image Transportation Cargo Theft: Costing Nine Billion Dollars And Counting December 1, 2009 In my October column in this space I wrote about the growing concern with criminals targeting and infiltrating the trucking industry. One of the people I quoted was Sgt. Rob Ruiters, national program ...
Federal Oversight Of Extraprovincial Trucking Going Up In Smoke preview image Transportation Federal Oversight Of Extraprovincial Trucking Going Up In Smoke December 1, 2009 Two recent incidents -both involving the enforcement and application of provincial laws or regulations to federally-regulated motor carriers -underscore the undermining of the Canadian constitution an...
Cotton Doesn’t Hold A Candle To Wicking Polyesters preview image Transportation Cotton Doesn’t Hold A Candle To Wicking Polyesters December 1, 2009 What kind of work clothes do you prefer? Bright-coloured? Dark? A company shirt with a company logo? A ball cap? Or, just jeans and a t-shirt? Besides style, have you considered the material your unif...
