The time is now to focus on driver health preview image Health & Safety The time is now to focus on driver health February 19, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Stephen Kane believes the trucking industry has done a great job using technology to improve safety, but says it’s now time to focus on the health…
Bendix excels in safety performance preview image Health & Safety Bendix excels in safety performance February 13, 2020 ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has logged one of its safest years, the company said Thursday. It achieved an excellent safety performance in 2019, even while fulfilling…
ECONOMIC WATCH: FTR voices concern over coronavirus preview image Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: FTR voices concern over coronavirus February 13, 2020 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The still-evolving coronavirus epidemic is casting a shadow over an already-struggling trucking industry, according to transportation intelligence provider FTR. The epidemic could have a big potential…
Labor ministers discuss key workplace issues preview image Health & Safety Labor ministers discuss key workplace issues February 13, 2020 New rules for personnel placement and foreign worker recruitment agencies are already in place in Quebec. Transport Routier photo. FREDERICTON, N.B. — Federal, provincial and territorial labor ministers met…
Breaking down barriers preview image Business Management Breaking down barriers February 7, 2020 BANFF, Alta. – Industry’s improvements in safety can lead to recruitment challenges.
AirTime Express opens fitness center preview image Business Management AirTime Express opens fitness center January 29, 2020 A crossfit training apparatus at the new fitness facility opened by AirTime Express. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – AirTime Express has built a state-of-the-art 3,500 sq.-ft. fitness center into its Mississauga…
Boiling point preview image Health & Safety Boiling point January 27, 2020 Tensions mount between Ontario enforcement officers, MTO
Ontario enforcement officers ‘stand down’ after safety complaint preview image Transportation Ontario enforcement officers ‘stand down’ after safety complaint January 24, 2020 Ontario enforcement officers were sidelined Wednesday, due to a Ministry of Labour investigation into a workplace safety complaint
Gap between safety ratings and actual fleet safety: Survey preview image Transportation Gap between safety ratings and actual fleet safety: Survey January 16, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Surveyed members of Canada’s trucking industry are all for investing more in enforcement activities, but they see a significant disconnect between safety ratings and a fleet’s…
Insulin-using truck drivers cleared for cross-border work preview image Health & Safety Insulin-using truck drivers cleared for cross-border work January 15, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Truck drivers with insulin-treated diabetes are now officially cleared for cross-border operations, under a medical reciprocity agreement between Canada and the U.S. Canadian commercial motor vehicle…
Transportation Five Canadian fleets win TCA safety awards January 13, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Canadian fleets featured prominently in the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) 44th Annual Fleet Safety Awards competition. Three of six divisions were won by Canadian carriers, including: Division…
Ruggieri Brothers fined $85,000 after truck shop fatality preview image Transportation Ruggieri Brothers fined $85,000 after truck shop fatality January 7, 2020 VAUGHAN, Ont. – An Ontario automotive shop has been fined $85,000 for a May 25 workplace accident that killed an employee who was replacing the damaged air spring on…
Regulators, researchers focus on distracted driving fight preview image Technology Regulators, researchers focus on distracted driving fight January 3, 2020 The goal of the new study is to develop a free training and education program for truck drivers.
FMCSA reminds Canadian fleets of Clearinghouse preview image Health & Safety FMCSA reminds Canadian fleets of Clearinghouse December 20, 2019 The agency is urging the carriers to sign up as soon as possible.
The Top 10 trucking stories of 2019 preview image The Top 10 trucking stories of 2019 December 18, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. -- It was a year of electric trucks and personal tragedies, of soaring insurance costs and plans to certify electronic logging devices (ELDs). Here is our choice of the Top 10 news stories of 2019.
