Industry could see 40,400 vacancies by 2030, THRC warns

Trucking HR Canada projects that 40,400 available jobs could be vacant in 2030 unless the ongoing efforts and support continue. Of those vacancies, nearly 10,800 are expected to be truck-driving…

Canada’s drive for zero-emission trucks will hinge on financial support

There is no shortage of pledges to reduce vehicle emissions these days. Corporations are enshrining targets in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) statements. Governments are signaling tougher standards for future…

Canada commits to zero-emission truck sales targets and incentives

Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) will need to account for 35% of Canada’s medium- and heavy-duty truck sales as early as 2030, under a series of sales targets and incentives unveiled in…

Port Metro Vancouver to get ‘Smart’ with three-year trucking initiative

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Port Metro Vancouver is set to implement the Smart Fleet trucking strategy, a three-year action plan designed to improve the efficiency and reliability of the container truck sector and reinforce the Port’s ongoing...

Vision 2030

WINNIPEG, Man. - Predicting the shape of the future is a considerably less than perfect science, littered with predictions so off the mark they are laughable. Consider the famous assertion back in 189...

Vision 2030

Predicting the shape of the future is an imperfect science, littered with predictions so off the mark they are laughable. Consider the famous assertion back in 1899 by Charles Duell from the US patent office that, "Everything that can be...

Sourcing hydrogen for fuel-cell-electric trucks remains a challenge

There’s lot of talk about hydrogen as Canada’s fuel of the future. While there’s little doubt it will play a role in decarbonizing our economy, the pathway to hydrogen-powered transportation…

Federal government commits up to $150,000 per Class 8 electric truck

Canada’s federal government says it will invest $550 million over the next four years to offset about half the price difference between electric and conventionally fueled trucks. The Incentives for…

U.S. driver shortage worse than ever: ATA

The U.S. trucking industry is short about 80,000 drivers today – an all-time high – and if current trends continue, will be short 160,000 drivers by 2030. The figures come…

Trucks must cut 18% emissions to meet Ottawa target: report

Achieving Ottawa’s emissions targets would require a roughly 18% reduction in the average emission intensity of freight trucks by 2030, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Such…

AMTA gets funding for truck electrification project

EDMONTON, Alta. – Part of Emissions Reduction Alberta’s (ERA) $100 million investment into clean technology projects will be put into the province’s trucking industry. The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA)…

Treatment of marine transport unfair to truckers: CTA boss

OTTAWA -- Canadian officials are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide marine shippers safe harbor from strict new pollution rules -- and that's got the nation's top trucking advocate steamed.

A growing addiction to oil, increased urbanization and fully intelligent transportation systems seen shaping the industry

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Predicting the shape of the future is a considerably less than perfect science, littered wit...

Balancing Act

HALIFAX, N. S. - The gradual shift towards a North America with invisible borders was halted abruptly when a group of terrorists attacked Americans in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. Trucke...