Economy

Canada-U.S. study shortsea shipping opportunities

WASHINGTON -- The governments of Canada and America have released a joint study that examines the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system as a vital transportation resource for both countries.

Marine Atlantic workers, truckers testing for asbestos exposure

PORT AUX BASQUES, Nfld. -- Seventy-two employees and long-time passengers of Marine Atlantic will undergo testing to check for illnesses caused by prolonged asbestos exposure, the Halifax Chronicle Herald reports.

Call’em As You Need’em: Couple opens national roadside service

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Maybe between now and Christmas, Alvis and Dawn Violo might be able to catch a little shuteye. Then again, maybe not.

FAST card fees discounted

OTTAWA -- The Canadian FAST application fee has been reduced to $50 to mirror the U.S. fee, Canada Border Services announced.

Revenue gains mark Mercator’s second quarter

LAVAL, Que. -- Mercator Transport Group has improved second quarter revenues over the previous year by more than 60 percent.

401 Widening project near border completed

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The third of a five-phase project to widen 46 kilometres of Hwy. 401 from Windsor to Tilbury, has been completed.

Challenge to port security policy initiates temporary exemption

VANCOUVER -- A marine worker security clearance program at the ports of Vancouver and Fraser River is delayed because the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is refusing to participate in the application process and has launched a constitutional challenge against the legislation.

Vicarious liability reform advances in Alberta

EDMONTON -- Legislation encouraged by the Alexandria, Va.-based Truck Renting Leasing Association to cap potential vicarious liability awards in Alberta was introduced in the provincial Legislative Assembly recently.

Manitoba to slap heavy fines on bridge-hitting truckers

WINNIPEG -- Slamming a truck into a bridge in Manitoba will cost carriers more than just the bill to fix their wrecked equipment.

Bendix Boss elected 2008 HDMA chairman

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Joe McAleese, president and CEO of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, has been elected 2008 chairman of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA) Board of Directors.

NRCan reminds truckers to stop their engines

OTTAWA -- More than 60 sites across Canada are gearing up once again for the sixth annual ecoENERGY Fleets Idle-Free Quiet Zone campaign at truckstops nation-wide.

Union, CP Rail reach tentative agreement

CALGARY -- The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), representing 4,500 CP Rail locomotive engineers and conductors has reached a revised tentative five-year contract settlement with the railway.

CBSA updating highway carrier codes

OTTAWA -- The Canada Border Services Agency has launched a review of all carrier codes issued to carriers in all modes, beginning with on-highway transporters.

Tickets for Truck World guest speaker on sale

TORONTO -- Exclusively at Truck World in Toronto this coming April, Stephen Russell, CEO of North American truckload giant Celadon Group Inc., will be speaking to a room full of Canadian trucking execs and managers.

Green watchdog calls on province to relax highway expansion

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- Ontario green activists are applauding the provincial Environmental Commissioner's recommendation to curb highway and infrastructure expansion in southern Ontario.