Mandatory training for entry-level truck drivers:The time has come

I have again been reading in the pages of this and other trade publications about the problems associated with sub-standard training entry level truck drivers are receiving from sub-standard “training” schools (i.e., puppy mills)....

US Court retains new HoS; OOIDA moves on to training campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Any faint hope that remained that a US Court would reverse the new hours-of-service rules implemented July 1, has been completely dashed.

Yanks, Canucks and HoS

Canadians must be biologically superior to Americans. Our respective governments know what’s best for us, and Canuck regulators have deemed a 13-hour driving day within the limits of human endurance, while our pitiful American partners...

Overweight log trucks an issue at Red Rock scales

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Overweight log trucks are becoming an issue at the Red Rock scales in B.C., according to the Central Interior Logging Association (CILA).

New US regulations could leave industry short a million drivers by 2016: FTR Associates

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An incoming regulatory tsunami could leave the American trucking industry in need of a million drivers by 2016, if all the new regulations currently being considered are implemented.

Airport Rd. inspection blitz nets 40% failure rate

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Forty per cent of commercial vehicles inspected during a two-day blitz at the International Centre failed the inspection, Peel Regional Police have announced.

ATA makes last-ditch attempt to postpone HoS rule changes

ARLINGTON, Va. -- In a last-ditch attempt to have the July 1 changes to US hours-of-service rules derailed, the American Trucking Associations’ today addressed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the potential costs...

Truckers protest idea to hike APHIS border inspection fee

OTTAWA, Ont.  – If you thought last year’s Perimeter Vision Action Plan agreed to by the United States and Canada might signal an end to the nickel and diming of cross-border commerce between the world’s two major...

Ontario truckers decry New York legislation to dissolve Peace Bridge Authority

TORONTO, Ont.  -- The internal turmoil between U.S. and Canadian board members of the Peace Bridge Authority has taken on new heights that could jeopardize much-needed infrastructure improvements at the second busiest border crossing...

Volvo to bring DME-fuelled trucks to North America in 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Volvo Trucks announced today that it will offer the North American trucking industry’s first truck fuelled by dimethyl ether (DME) beginning in 2015.

Progressive Waste Solutions expanding natural gas truck fleet

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Progressive Waste Solutions announced this morning it is expanding its fleet of natural gas waste and recycling trucks.

Canada, US announce “first-ever” binational border infrastructure investment plan

OTTAWA, ON—Canada and the US announced today they will partner on a joint Canada-United States Border Infrastructure Investment Plan. 

OOIDA files second complaint against FMCSA over safety records

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has filed a second complaint against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with regard to its safety records and the DataQ appeal process. OOIDA...

MTO gives 18-month extension for transition to new safety standard

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has extended the transition period for carriers to comply with National Safety Code Standard 11B "Periodic Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspections" until Jan. 1, 2015, the Ontario Trucking...

EOBRs will force carriers to deal with driver issues: task force

OTTAWA, Ont. -- An electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) mandate in Canada could be the “game-changer” that finally forces forcing some carriers to deal with driver issues, according to the CTA’s Blue Ribbon Task Force.