Working the System

While the CCMTA tries to create a graduated licensing plan that all provinces might accept, Ontario and B.C. prepare to go it alone

Body Builders

Extra strength means extra long service for the van bodies built by Allison Drake'sPEI-based company

Computers: Road Warriors

Mobile computers for the office on the road

OOIDA files court challenge against US HOS rule

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Last year, it was public interest and safety groups that took U.S. regulators to court over new hours-of-service rules. Now, North America's largest independent trucker group says it will challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest HOS regulation before a judge.

Private fleet completes nation-wide CSMS certification

WESTASKIWIN, Alta. -- Home Hardware Stores Limited announced qualification of its Wetaskiwin trucking fleet with CSA International's Carrier Safety Management System Standard (CSMS).

Management by Association

Want proof that bottom-line success can be linked to industry involvement? Meet LeeAnn McConnell-joiner extraordinaire.

Manitoba to get first Flying J

HEADINGLEY, Man. -- Flying J, a fixture on most U.S. highways, is planning to build a multimillion-dollar truck stop on the TransCanada in Headingley, Man. near Winnipeg.

Having No Truck With Criminals

How to make sure the bad guys don't get to your fleet

STA’s insurance arm hires new execs

REGINA -- Highway Agencies, an insurance firm wholly-owned by the Saskatchewan Trucking Association, is celebrating its 50th year in business.

Auto Pilot

When you're hauling freight this precious, you can't afford to scratch the goods. That's why TFX is the last word in TLC.

How to be Your Own Taxman

Using your GST to pay income tax before CRA comes to haunt you

Carlisle names GM for brake systems biz

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Carlisle Motion Control Industries named John Younger general manager of Carlisle Altec Brake Systems, a division of the company that operates three brake shoe remanufacturing facilities and a distribution warehouse.

VanPort container traffic reaches record in 05; but not at pace with US ports

VANCOUVER -- Trade through the Port of Vancouver grew four percent to 76.3 million tonnes in 2005 with exports of petroleum products and canola showing marked increases of 27 percent and 17 percent respectively.

Driving on Manitoba highways like driving on train tracks: Trucker

WINNIPEG -- Even cruising at average speed may be too dangerous on more than one Manitoba highway that has been ripped apart by potholes caused by warmer temperatures so far this year.

US study finds bottlenecks costing truckers nearly $8B

WASHINGTON -- Bottlenecks on highways throughout the U.S. idled trucks for more than 243 million hours in 2004, costing trucking companies $7.8 billion, according to a study prepared for the Federal Highway Administration.