ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Transport Canada confident of Jan 1 HOS deadline; minor text changes won’t delay rule

OTTAWA -- The chief of Motor Carrier Safety Policy at Transport Canada says he doesn't think the provinces and territories will miss implementing Canada's new hours-of-service regime by the Jan. 1, 2007 deadline.

Bill to modify hazmat checks applauded by carrier group

WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations likes the actions by a House subcommittee to narrow the application of fingerprint-based screening requirements to drivers who transport security-sensitive materials.

Trucking group unveils Canadian enviro-truck plan

OTTAWA -- Now that the new Conservative government has ditched Ottawa's commitment to the flawed international Kyoto protocol in favor of a made-in-Canada solution, the Canadian Trucking Alliance has some suggestions as to how the feds can clean up the environment and help carriers at the same time.

CTA supports US weight exemption for anti-idle technology

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is in favour of a 400-lb weight exemption, contained in the US Energy Policy Act of 2005, for idle reduction systems or auxiliary power units installed on heavy-duty vehicles.

CBP to begin building new ACE entry summary and accounts features

WASHINGTON -- The design for new ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) features was approved last month, making way for construction to begin.

OTA urges Ontario to OK trucking clean air pact

TORONTO -- Ontario carriers want their home province to follow its French-language neighbor in implementing "home-grown" environmental measures, which include mandating speed limiters for all trucks.

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.