Best practices, policy reviews mitigate carrier risks

Canadian carriers sending trucks into the U.S. are one incident away from a nuclear verdict. The dilemma they face is having too little insurance that could shut a company down…

Collaborative or Combative?: Re-evaluating shipper-carrier relations during supply chain challenges

Shippers and carriers are being forced to collaborate more than ever, with supply chain challenges and labor shortages constraining fleets’ abilities to meet current freight demand. A panel at the…

The Top 100: Ranking Canada’s largest for-hire fleets

TORONTO, Ont. – The Today’s Trucking Top 100 has become the definitive ranking of for-hire fleet sizes in Canada, offering insights into those who are adding or retracting available capacity. And the 2018 edition has been released. Rankings are based on a sum of supplied truck, tractor, and trailer counts (shown at the bottom of each listing)

Carriers regain control of rate setting: report

ST. LOUIS, MO- The U.S. economy is on solid ground and bringing higher transportation costs, according to Rosalyn Wilson, supply chain expert and senior business analyst with the management services firm Parsons. "With carriers gaining more control over rates and capacity tightening, total freight spend in 2014 was higher than in any preceding year," Wilson said. "As long as capacity remains precariously balanced, we will continue to see a slow trend upwards." Parsons' Cass Freight Index, which measures trends in North American shipping activity based on $23 billion in paid freight expenses for hundreds of large shippers, showed shipment volumes and freight spending both dropped in January, but were at their highest level for the month in three years.

Cost of Ground Transportation Continues to Rise

MISSISSAUGA, ON- The price of shipping goods on trains and trucks continues to rise.

Freight Costs Keep Going Up

Canadian shippers paid carriers 0.8 percent more for ground transportation in October than they did in September, according to the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI).

What Are Halton Region’s Trucking Needs?

HALTON, ON - Halton Region is developing a Goods Movement Strategy so that the region and local municipalities can have the most efficient movement of goods, the Ontario Trucking Association reports.

Trucks For Change Rolls East to Atlantic Canada

DIEPPE, NB - The Trucks for Change Network is spreading its influence east to help more charities in Atlantic Canada and they have the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association's (APTA) backing.

Carriers Find Accessorial Re-Negotiation Challenging

WINDSOR, CO - Forty-two percent of U.S. carriers expect their customers will resist re-negotiation of accessorials, according to Transport Capital Partners.

Tax May Cause Canadian Trucks to Be Turned Around at Border

NEW YORK, NY - U.S. officials are stepping up enforcement on Canadian carriers regarding payment of the federal heavy duty vehicle use tax (HVUT), which may result in some trucks being turned around at the border.

Top 7 Canadian Carriers to Drive For

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Canadians do trucking well, we've always known that, but now there's even more proof. Seven of 20 companies named the best fleets to drive for by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge are Canadian.

HOS Rules Continue to Hurt Truckers’ Bottom Lines

WINDSOR, CO - Carriers are saying that since rates and accessorial charges are yet to improve, they need to look at increasing productivity to raise their bottom lines.

Truckers Help Stranded Kids Get Home to P.E.I. for Christmas

Morley Annear Limited, a truck carrier from P.E.I. helped two teens make it home for Christmas after they got stranded along the Trans-Canada highway.

Truckers Say 2014 Won’t Bring Much Growth

Ontario carriers are not optimistic about rate and freight prospects in the first quarter of 2014, according to a report by the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA).

FMCSA Cracking Down on Carriers Who Repeatedly Break Rules

WASHINGTON, DC - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration new rule has tough new penalties against carriers that repeatedly ignore safety rules.