The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has teamed up with Trucks for Change network to provide charities in Manitoba with trucking services. Members in the network use a unique online charity load-posting tool to match their available ...
Tags: MTA Partners, Trucks
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said yesterday that the Department of Transportation's (DOT) suggested changes to driver-vehicle inspection reporting requirements will give the industry a much-needed reduction in paperwork. ...
Tags: DOT Paperwork, ATA
In addition to exhibiting at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas Aug. 22-24, 2013, the Tire Retread and Repair Information Bureau's (TRIB) Managing Director David Stevens will join a panel of industry experts for a free ...
Tags: Trucking, Transportation
A new study conducted by the City of Edmonton is looking to evaluate and potentially improve trucking in the city limits. A draft city goods movement strategy released last week provided 34 suggestions to aid the city’s trucking ...
Tags: City Trucking, Truck
Trucking HR Canada has announced the launch of the Best Fleets to Drive For: Canada program, an offshoot of the popular Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) competition, powered by CarriersEdge. Best Fleets to Drive For: Canada, will ...
Tags: Fleets, Trucking HR
Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) has teamed up with trucking PR firm LaunchIt, to expand its presence in the US. PIT is a Montreal-based group within FPInnovations, which performs fuel economy trials on products and techniques ...
Tags: PIT, US, Auto Parts
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. That startling assessment was made by Noel Perry, ...
Tags: US Regulations, Auto
Rob Wilkins, senior publisher of our Trucking Group of magazines, research, online and video properties has announced his retirement. "Rob has been a great leader for this organization for over 33 years, leading his team into establishing ...
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The trucking industry is not alone in its criticism of Metrolinx's Big Move plan to fund transit in the Toronto and Hamilton regions. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has released survey results that paint a picture ...
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In the wake of a recently released report which found the average age of truck drivers to be four years higher than that of the average worker, new data indicates that the average truckers' age is, in fact, even older. The former report, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, truck
Hub International Insurance has announced that its dedicated trucking insurance operation is now fully operational. In 2012, Hub noticed that the trucking industry grew at two times the speed of total U.S. employment. The company felt ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, Insurance
A new scale bypass system that allows drivers and carriers with good CSA scores to pass through weigh stations without stopping, is generating some buzz in the US. The system, developed by Drivewyze, is being used at a number of scales in ...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has launched a new campaign to address what it calls "the biggest safety gap in the trucking industry": the lack of basic training standards for new drivers. OOIDA says that the agenda ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has taken a stance against a Metrolinx plan that would regionally raise diesel taxes by five cents per litre, with funds going towards transit initiatives in the Toronto and Hamilton areas. "The ...
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The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) has teamed up with the Kamloops/Thompson School District to help promote careers in the trucking industry to young people and to develop their skills for a career in trucking. The partnership will ...
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