Ontario OKs HOS exemption for fuel haulers during shortage

TORONTO -- Petroleum carriers will be allowed to exceed new hours-of-service limitations until the fuel supply situation is expected to be stabilized in mid-March, the Ontario Trucking Association reports.

ENGINE SPEED: HOW LOW SHOULD YOU GO?

Low engine speeds are a good thing, right? Well, you can go too low.

PC*MILER WITH FUEL ROUTING

ALK Technologies partners with IDSC to offer optimized fuel routing.

Public Citizen sues FMCSA — again

WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for special interest group Public Citizen must be getting used to sitting adjacent to representatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in court.

SPECIAL REPORT: Robert invents a way to see what really happens inside a van trailer

MONTREAL -- You have to secure a load on a flat-bed trailer? No problem. Standard 10 of the National Safety Code on Cargo Securement, adopted in 2004, should give you pretty good instructions on how to proceed.

BREAKING NEWS: Meal tax rate for truckers restored

OTTAWA -- Who says carriers, owner-ops, and unions can't all work together to get something done in trucking?

Proposed US bill would increase truck GVW by 17,000 lbs

WASHINGTON -- Legislation proposed by two U.S. senators could substantially raise the allowable weight limit for heavy trucks if passed.

Truckers welcome meal tax amendment; budget includes other benefits

OTTAWA -- Starting today, Canadian long-haul truck drivers will have their allowable meal deduction claims raised to 60 percent, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced in the Tory federal budget yesterday.

B.C. border cops catching up to smugglers

SURREY, B.C. -- Steve Atilla Czinege, a 40-year-old Surrey, B.C. trucker, had already been involved in a failed attempt at smuggling hundreds of pounds of pot into the U.S.

SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker defense network branches into Canada

TORONTO -- For most Canadian cross-border truckers there are very few unknowns about our neighbor to the south.

BC waves permits and prorating for trucks under 11,800 kg

VICTORIA -- British Columbia is allowing greater truck reciprocity for all two-axle commercial vehicles with a registered weight of less than 11,794 kg from other Canadian provinces.

TWIC port card delayed — again

WASHINGTON -- The controversial Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is still not ready and its long-overdue rollout has been postponed yet again, the Baltimore Sun reports.

TRALA to tackle BC vehicle renting and leasing laws

VANCOUVER -- After encouraging reform in Ontario, the Alexandria, Va.-based Truck Renting Leasing Association is now seeking changes in unlimited vicarious liability laws in British Columbia as well.

CTA-Gov’t study says double trailers can reduce GHGs

OTTAWA -- Extended double trailer configurations on highways help cut vehicle emissions and improve traffic safety, according to a newly released stuffy conducted by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in cooperation with Resources Canada.

ACE e-manifest filing rates skyrocket on eve of deadline: CBP

WASHINGTON -- Despite initial communications problems between carriers and brokers, ACE e-manifests implementation at U.S. land ports, the trade community has been able to adapt to the new policy quickly, says Bob Klee, assistant director of Field Operations-Trade for US Customs' Seattle field office.