FMCSA amends US cargo securement rules

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently announced a series of amendments to the U.S. Cargo Securement Regulations as to further harmonize them to the North American Cargo Securement Standard Model.

Move to OK FAST for hazmat security rule avoids $12B disruption: CTA

OTTAWA -- The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has made good on its promise to allow Canuck hazmat truckers to get FAST approved in lieu of America's requirement to comply with overlapping American security requirements.

Not So FAST: CBP grants 3-month soft enforcement for Canuck hazmat truckers

WASHINGTON -- Canadian hazmat haulers not able to get FAST-approved in time to meet US Customs and Border Protection's new security rules for foreign truckers will get a 90 day reprieve from enforcement.

Quebec TDG tanker reg requiring EOBRs, speed limiters, takes effect

QUEBEC CITY -- Starting tomorrow, any tank truck hauling dangerous goods in Quebec will have to be equipped with either electronic stability control, an onboard recorder system, or have its speed limited at 100 km/h.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: FAST “endorsement” not required for cross-border hazmat loads

OTTAWA - Terminology may be at the root of recent confusion surrounding the use of a FAST card to qualify a driver to transport placardable quantities of hazmat loads in the U.S.

The Good Samaritans: Stopping at crash sites isn’t always a simple decision

TORONTO -- On most nights, Doug Crawford pilots his Saia Motor Freight truck 570 miles from Dothan, Ala., to Jacksonville to Tallahassee and back.

Time for Quebec trucks to quit smoking; anti-emissions rule takes effect

QUEBEC CITY -- La Belle Province is truly becoming non-smoking. Cigarette smokers have been forbidden to blow smoke in public areas since May, but now it's truckers' turn to stop fumes from their trucks in the province.

CTA slams announced agriculture border fees for all truckers

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is concerned that unnecessary border delays will result when a recently published interim rule from the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) comes into force on November 24th.

CTA urges feds to rationalize driver screening regs

OTTAWA -- Recent publication of proposed amendments to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations has once gain drawn attention to redundancy in the federal government's approach security screening of transportation workers, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

Bouncing tire kills woman on Ontario’s QEW

OAKVILLE, Ont. -- Wheel-off news has been off the front page for a few years now, but the issue is expected to heat up again as a 41-year-old Oakville woman was killed after her car was hit by a tire on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Oakville last night.

Carriers join special interest group in petitioning for made-in-America speed limiter rule

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Some of the largest for-hire carriers in the U.S. are following the footsteps of Canadian fleet owners north of the border in urging government to legislate mandatory use of speed limiters on all trucks in the nation.

MITSUBISHI FUSO’S ECO-HYBRID

Medium-duty cabover work truck could be offered here in the near future

Loosen up NA cabotage rules, says CTA

OTTAWA -- To reduce driver wait times and boost equipment efficiency, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is reaffirming its support of eliminating restrictions on empty trailer moves by foreign truck drivers operating in either Canada or the U.S.

UPDATED ASE MANUALS

New medium/heavy-duty truck series manuals from Thomson Delmar.

BC considering bill to ban TDG trucks from tunnels

VICTORIA -- In a move to "better regulate the movement of explosives and flammable commodities" through tunnels in the Lower Mainland, B.C.'s ministry of transport has tabled a proposal to restrict placardable dangerous goods from tunnels, including the George Massey and Cassiar Connector tunnels.