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BCTA appeals to members to increase rates

LANGLEY, B.C. - The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) is calling on its members to increase freight rates to help offset the rising cost of fuel.

Ancra develops new cargo bracket

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ancra International has developed a new flatdeck trailer cargo bracket that allows fleets to meet new FMCSA tie-down standards. The new load securement regulations don't allow loads to be secured by using rub rails as cargo ancho...

Ottawa must treat transportation as a system: Karygiannis

OTTAWA, Ont. - Future investment decisions and policies must deal with transportation as a system, rather than as a collection of individual modes, Jim Karygiannis, parliamentary secretary for federal Transportation Minister Tony Valeri, told dele...

How Will Climate Change Affect Transportation? It’s Not a Pretty Picture

OTTAWA, Ont. -- While the transportation industry has focused on the cost of implementing Ottawa's greenhouse gas reduction strategy, it has paid scant attention to how operations could be affected by climate change.

OTA Objects to Tax Hike Plan by Province

TORONTO, Ont. - The province's plan to allow larger municipalities to hike commercial, industrial and multi-residential tax rates risks driving business out of major cities, says OTA president David Bradley.

Manitoba Law to Protect Roadside Workers

WINNIPEG, Man. - Manitoba has introduced proposed amendments to the Highway Traffic Act which would see heavier fines levied to drivers caught speeding in construction zones.

Canadian Truckers Losing Regular Workplace: Stats Can

Canadian truckers are getting older, getting a tan, working harder than most people, working longer hours, making a little more money and getting smarter, according to new statistical data recently released by Statistics Canada.

CN Intermodal Workers End Strike

MONTREAL, Que. - CN rail workers, members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, ended their strike in late March.

Industry Urges MVTA Delay

TORONTO, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance and provincial trucking associations want to delay the proclamation of the federal Motor Vehicle Transport Act (MVTA).

Calling All Technicians: APTA Talks Maintenance

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - Nearly 175 industry members gathered at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel in Charlottetown, Mar. 28 for a three-day Truck Technology and Maintenance Conference.

Truck Safety Survey Biased: CTA

OTTAWA, Ont. - A recently released public opinion survey by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation on traffic deaths "is a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the trucking industry and does absolutely nothing to promote the TIRF 's stated m...

Vanishing Act

MONTREAL, Que - What does a thief do with a trailerload of metal, tires, toys, shrimps, Skidoos or smokes? In Montreal, where cargo thefts peaked at 358 in 2002, criminal are well organized and the industry plays right into their hands with reacti...

OHS Crackdown in Alta.

EDMONTON, Alta. - The province of Alberta has launched a new Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code, and carriers that aren't aware of the changes could find themselves shelling out big bucks in fines.

Exhausted?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Equipment manufacturers must have shuddered when they heard Steve Duley's admission during a recent engine summit held by the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations.

Smaller Than a Breadbox, but Offering Big Returns

DON MILLS, Ont. - Trailer spec'ing decisions are often limited to considerations of massive components such as suspension systems, frame rails and barn doors. But sometimes the little things can have a greater impact on productivity and profitabil...