All border crossings to collect personal contact details from truck drivers preview image Border All border crossings to collect personal contact details from truck drivers July 28, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – All Canada-U.S. ports of entry will be collecting personal contact information from truck drivers beginning July 30, completing the rollout of a program meant to support contact…
Truck arrivals remain steady preview image Border, Economy, Trucking Life Truck arrivals remain steady July 28, 2020 OTTAWA, Ont. – The number of truck drivers entering the country dropped 6% to 105,163 during the week of July 20-26 from 111,970 the same week last year, the Canada…
TFI International brings back employees preview image Business Tips, Economy TFI International brings back employees July 28, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – TFI International has reinstated five-day workweeks for 594 employees and rehired 793 who had been furloughed, as the trucking industry recovers from economic weakness wrought by the…
Port of Montreal job action to run until Friday preview image Infrastructure Port of Montreal job action to run until Friday July 28, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – Port of Montreal longshoreman and cargo handling workers walked off the job Monday, in a job action scheduled to run until July 31 at 6:59 a.m., leading…
Experience trumps age in truck driver safety: Study preview image Health/Safety, Regulations Experience trumps age in truck driver safety: Study July 28, 2020 BLACKSBURG, Va. — While age does have some impact on potential truck driver risk, commercial motor vehicle driving experience is more important when considering risk, according to …
Heavy fines for heavy weights on Alberta’s Vinca bridge preview image Infrastructure Heavy fines for heavy weights on Alberta’s Vinca bridge July 27, 2020 EDMONTON, Alta. – Alberta’s Sheriff Highway Patrol has fined three truck operators in just two days for exceeding 20,000 kg weight limits on the Vinca bridge northeast of Edmonton –…
Mack now producing medium-duty models preview image Equipment Mack now producing medium-duty models July 27, 2020 ROANOKE VALLEY, Va. – Mack Trucks has begun producing its new MD Series of medium-duty trucks. Full production is slated to begin Sept. 1. However, a Class 7 Mack MD7…
Meritor appoints a chief legal officer preview image Border, People Meritor appoints a chief legal officer July 27, 2020 TROY, Mich. – Meritor announced Monday that Hannah Lim-Johnson will join the company as senior vice-president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary as of Aug. 3. Lim-Johnson will have responsibility…
ECONOMIC WATCH: Surging Covid cases could derail economic recovery preview image Border, Economy, Health/Safety ECONOMIC WATCH: Surging Covid cases could derail economic recovery July 27, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ind. – An escalation of new Covid cases in the U.S. is threatening to abort a nascent economic recovery currently underway, industry analyst ACT Research warns. In its Transportation…
How to drive out empty miles preview image Business Tips, Economy How to drive out empty miles July 27, 2020 It’s been the scourge of trucking for decades, chipping away at carrier revenues. Yet, many fleets don’t have reliable data on how bad the problem of empty miles is. Nor…
ECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian spot market load volumes stormed back in June preview image Economy ECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian spot market load volumes stormed back in June July 27, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian spot market load volumes soared 42% in June, marking the largest ever May to June improvement in Loadlink’s history, the company reported. (Source: Loadlink Technologies) The…
NATSO urges truck stops to enforce mask rule preview image Border, Health/Safety, People, Trucking Life NATSO urges truck stops to enforce mask rule July 24, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NATSO is urging truck stops and travel plazas to adopt a policy requiring customers to wear face coverings or masks during the Covid-19 pandemic. The organization that…
ECONOMIC WATCH: U.S. trailer orders rebound sharply preview image Border, Economy, Equipment ECONOMIC WATCH: U.S. trailer orders rebound sharply July 24, 2020 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Net U.S. trailer orders for June rose sharply to 14,400 units, 10,000 above May, transportation intelligence provider FTR said Friday. June orders were the second-highest monthly total…
Truck arrivals drop for another week preview image Border, Economy, People Truck arrivals drop for another week July 24, 2020 OTTAWA, Ont. – The week of July 13-19 witnessed a 6% fall in truck drivers entering Canada compared to the same period last year, the Canada Border Services Agency said…
Access to Drivewyze bypass service expands in Alberta preview image Technology Access to Drivewyze bypass service expands in Alberta July 23, 2020 EDMONTON, Alta. – Alberta is expanding access to the Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service, building on a program that has been limited to members of the Partners in Compliance (PIC)…
