The transport industry now has more time to weigh in on the American new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) before it becomes law. And Canadian carriers should be paying attention, too. Although it was introduced in 2011, the U.S. Food ...
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Nissan is set to debut the 2015 Nissan Murano at the New York International Auto Show on 16 April, and has revealed the early look of the new model. The new third-generation Murano features concept car-like styling, premium interior and ...
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Driving the Future is the latest initiative by the trucking industry to address the shortage of qualified drivers. The three-year project aims to establish the benchmarks for mandatory entry-level driver training across Canada. “We ...
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MARKHAM,Ont.—Crime Stoppers,the public awareness and crime tip reporting program,has a new focus this year:cargo theft. During a ceremony to celebrate January being International Crime Stoppers month,Crime Stoppers of York Region ...
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Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) has inaugurated its new tire manufacturing plant in Sumter, South Carolina. Tires produced at the new plant will enable the company to meet the demand for its Continental and General brand tires from ...
Full-length trailer tails may finally get the green light in Canada. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says a change to Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 223 (CMVSS 223) could pave the way for the fuel-saving devices, which extend ...
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Currently, there are no full length boat tails operating on Canadian highways, but that could soon change. Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 223 (CMVSS 223) published a regulation change that will allow for more "boat tail" designs ...
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Canadian carriers are getting different requirements from one shipper to another for exactly the same food products because there’s no uniformity in preventive control plans (PCPs) for transportation. Food safety and transportation ...
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Lowering CT dose and improving workflow are not choices that clinicians should have to make, so Toshiba CT is putting customers first by providing the industry's best solutions to solve these challenges. To make complex exams easier, ...
As of last month, U.S. carriers and freight brokers are subject to newly changed regulations under MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act), which also applies to Canadian carriers. Or it would apply to Canadian carriers, ...
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking the federal government to invalidate contract clauses compensating shippers from liability in case of incidents involving dangerous goods such as crude oil. CTA's president and CEO, David Bradley, ...
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The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recommends that all provinces follow Ontario and Quebec’s lead in requiring a truck speed limit of no more than 105 kilometres an hour. The recommendation comes in a white paper, a report stating ...
With the transportation of dangerous goods on the radar of federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt following a devastating train wreck in Lac Megantic earlier this year, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is looking at its own ...
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Continental Tire's 250 Sumter employees stand behind the plant's first sellable tire. Continental Tire the Americas LLC’s (CTA) new manufacturing facility in Sumter, South Carolina, has received approval from central headquarters in ...
It's National Trucking Week, and the Prime Minister has taken a moment to acknowledge the important contributions of the trucking industry. "I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone marking National Trucking Week 2013," ...
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