The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) announced today that a five-year extension will be granted to the transition period for most Phase 3 Safe, Productive and Infrastructure-Friendly (SPIF) vehicles, the Ontario Trucking Association ...
Tags: Transportation, Truck
ATDynamics has come out with a new AutoDeploy system for its popular trailer tails, which deploys the tails when the truck reaches 35 mph and closes them at slower speeds. The announcement was made at the American Trucking Associations ...
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Wes Armour, CEO of Armour Transportation Systems, today outlined several trends that are shaping the Canadian transportation industry. He was speaking at the Surface Transportation Summit, hosted by Motortruck Fleet Executive, Canadian ...
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According to Transport Capital Partners (TCP) recent third quarter trucking industry survey, shippers just aren't that concerned about your CSA scores, e-logs are becoming more widely adopted and truck speeds are typically governed around ...
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Master Promotions Ltd., Canada's largest independent trade and consumer event management company is hosting the Quebec Forestry & Construction Expo, co-locating with Salon CAM Québec, April 25-26, 2014 at the Centre de foires in ...
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Risk transfer is an accepted financing technique usually associated with purchasing insurance to transfer the risk to an insurance company. For the past several years, though, we have seen an increasing tendency amongst shippers to use ...
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Diesel fuel was in shorter supply than normal across the west as September rolled over into October. And it looks as if the crunch may be an annual occurrence for diesel supplier Suncor and its Petro-Canada wing. The shortage was reported ...
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The trucking industry has had its flirtations with natural gas in the past, so why will the present surge in interest be any different than previous experiences in the 80s and 90s, when the alternative fuel was examined and then just as ...
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A foursome of clean energy companies have teamed up to form Eagle LNG Partners, which will expand the growing network of liquefied natural gas fuelling stations in the US. The new organization will develop regional LNG projects to meet ...
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Two congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to write a regulation covering sleep disorders, rather than issue a guidance as it is planning to do. Reps. Larry ...
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Goodyear has put out a call for heroic professional truck drivers. The company is now accepting nominations for its annual Goodyear Highway Hero Award. Nominations will be accepted until Nov. 29, with winners announced at the Mid-America ...
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The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) was left unimpressed after a city councillor proposed moving trucks off main thoroughfares without suggesting any reasonable solutions for their relocation. Winnipeg city councillor Dan Vandal wants ...
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Fleet Managers and other trucking industry leaders are invited to attend a free web series that could help significantly reduce fuel costs and increase safety on the road. FleetSmart will offer the Fuel Management 101 workshop and ...
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The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) is warning that a plan to ban trucks on Provencher Blvd., in whole or in part, will hurt the province's trucking industry and economy. The city is looking to restrict truck access to the ...
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St. Boniface Councillor Dan Vandal wants his constituents to be able to have a beer in peace and quiet, so he has proposed banning trucks on Provencher Blvd. That detour could end up costing the city $600,000, the Manitoba Trucking ...
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