U.S.: More thorough driver background checks would help prevent terrorism August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 12, 2001 - truckinginfo.com) -- The first protection against a terrorist attack on highway transportation is to tighten scrutiny of drivers, say federal tran
Air cargo carriers levy ‘security’ and ‘war risk’ surcharges August 1, 2014 TORONTO (Oct. 11, 2001) -- Saying they need to pay for tighter security measures, major air cargo carriers have started to levy "security surcharges" on both domestic and internati
Federal-provincial prairie grain road repairs begin in Manitoba August 1, 2014 WINNIPEG (Oct. 12, 2001) -- Manitoba's first of 25 projects approved under the new federal-provincial-municipal Prairie Grain Roads Program will see an upgrade completed on 28 kilo
Atlas Cold Storage, RMX form logistics alliance August 1, 2014 TORONTO (Oct. 16, 2001) -- Atlas Cold Storage said it has established an alliance with RMX Global Logistics of Evergreen, Colo., to provide temperature-controlled warehousing and t
CTA, Teamsters ask to maintain 13-hour daily driving cap August 1, 2014 OTTAWA (Oct. 16, 2001) -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance and Teamsters Canada yesterday said federal and provincial transport regulators should maintain the cap on the number of ho
More rail mergers inevitable — but unlikely in the near term, says Tellier August 1, 2014 PHOENIX, Ariz. (Oct. 16, 2001, via Businesswire) -- The increasing integration of the American and Canadian economies will require a greater north-south orientation of the North Am
Navistar to remove ‘poison pill’ takeover defence August 1, 2014 WARRENVILLE, Ill. (Oct 17, 2001) -- Navistar International Corp., maker of International trucks and engines, said yesterday it will remove a "poison pill" defense intended to make
Terrorist suspect tried to get truck-driving job August 1, 2014 (Sept. 19, 2001) - The man who helped start the concern over hazardous materials and terrorists was turned down for a truck driving job in Chicago this past August. Nabil Al-M
Michigan axle bill gets more support August 1, 2014 MICHIGAN, (Oct. 19, 2001) -- The Ontario Trucking Association was across the Ambassador Bridge earlier this week to support Bill 5205, which would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code
Transforce gets TCT’s Daily Motor Freight August 1, 2014 SAINT-LAURENT, Que. (Oct. 19, 2001) -- TransForce has reached an agreement with TCT Logistics to acquire the majority of the assets of TCT's eastern LTL subsidiary Daily Motor Frei
New facet of logistics: contingency planning, says APL president August 1, 2014 NEW YORK (Oct 24, 2001 via PRNewswire) -- In the aftermath of September 11, the three new watchwords for importers of consumer and industrial goods have become "contingency, contin
GM taps Covisint’s fulfillment software to support order-to-delivery efforts August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has begun a pilot program in its North American assembly plants that will use Covisint's "Fulfillment" software to facilitate real-time connectivity
Electronic pre-clearance systems speed crossings, Livingston CEO says August 1, 2014 TORONTO (Oct. 29, 2001) -- Companies shipping goods across the Canada-U.S. border should use electronic pre-arrival programs to minimize ongoing delays, Peter Luit, CEO of Living
Bradley says attacks give sense of urgency to changing truck safety rules August 1, 2014 OTTAWA (Oct. 29, 2001) -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking federal transport minister David Collenette and his provincial colleagues to resolve some of the longstanding con
Transport regulators form task force on driver IDs, security August 1, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 30, 2001) -- A group of North America's top transport regulators and law enforcement leaders has established a special task force on security in the wake of th