Video Teaches Drivers About CSA Tire Regulations

GREENVILLE, SC - New training video, "CSA Tire Inspection" just in time for Tire Safety Week.

Canadian Trucking Alliance Talks Livestock to Feds

OTTAWA - There is a need for training, accountability and education, CTA tells Feds.

EOBR Debate Re-Ignites

WASHINGTON - ATA and OOIDA step up debate on EOBRs.

Great. Another Audit.

Are you ready for a Canada Border Services Agency visit

Single Matchmaking

Research coming out of Ontario may eventually spark a single tire revolution across the country.

Trucking Alliance Calls on Feds to Spark Truck Tech Investment

OTTAWA - Remove jurisdictional regulatory impediments and boost incentives, CTA president tells committee.

Bradley Takes McGuinty to Task on Licence and Vehicle Fee Hikes

TORONTO - Longer and fairer phase-in time needed at the very least, says OTA pres.

FMCSA final HOS rule dumps split sleeper

Over a year after a U.S. court ordered a rewrite of hours-of-service rules, transport officials have unveiled the new regime, which includes a major re

N.A. cargo securement harmonization meeting moved

WASHINGTON, -- A second in a series of meetings to better harmonize the North American Standard for Protection Against Shifting or Falling Cargo between Canada and the US has been called by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Union warns Ontario Libs not to cut truck enforcement

TORONTO -- The union representing Ontario's Transportation Enforcement Officers (TEOs) is warning Premier Dalton McGuinty not to cut on-road inspections of commercial vehicles.

Animal advocates pushing 28-hour rule for livestock truckers

WASHINGTON -- Animal rights advocates are urging the government to enforce a law on livestock haulers that would require them to unload live animals and feed them every 28 hours while in transit.

Ottawa publishes new low-sulfur rules for off-road diesel

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Environmental Protection Act is being amended in order to bring down sulfur content in off-road diesel engines starting in 2007.

CTA lobbies U.S. to substitute FAST card for passport

OTTAWA -- Proposed security measures requiring travellers entering the U.S. to produce a passport or related documents could exasperate current delays at the border and intensify the long list of costs already being absorbed by truckers, says the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

CTA wants a slice for trucking in next federal budget

TORONTO -- The next federal budget should include incentives for new, cleaner diesel engines, anti-idling technology, as well as more cash for highways and border crossing infrastructure, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is telling Ottawa.

Hazmat background checks hurting truckers: Celadon boss

WASHINGTON -- The five-month-old hazardous materials truck driver background check implemented by the Transportation Security Administration as is hurting the trucking industry by imposing higher operating costs and deterring drivers from obtaining "hazmat" endorsements, a top trucking executive testified before Congress this week.