Carriers participating in the Ontario Trucking Association's (OTA) fourth quarter survey of business conditions reported improved freight volumes in three of the four lane segments, which are monitored by the OTA. But with the peak ...
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cc, Filling Trucks, Fulfilling Needs, produced by Shaw Tracking in collaboration with Trucks For Change will highlight the need for support at charities and communities across Canada. Trucks For Change (T4C), a non-profit organization, ...
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Major trade routes should be constructed and maintained to a higher standard, the Manitoba Trucking Association insists. A recent announcement to spend $200 million over the next five years to start rebuilding the southwest quadrant of ...
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The National Transport Commission (NTC) should work on simplifying the heavy vehicle national law to improve road safety, the chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association Stuart St Clair said. Mr St Clair was commenting on the ...
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Shippers and truckers in Saskatchewan are celebrating the twinning of Hwy. 11 to allow long combination vehicles (LCVs) and other commercial traffic. The section of Hwy. 11 between Rosthern and Prince Albert has been twinned and the ...
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Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...
The MTA / Payne Transportation LP Associate of the Year Award was presented to Bert Wiebe, of Marsh Canada at the Manitoba Trucking Associations (MTA) Annual Fall Awards Banquet on Thursday November 14, 2013. Annually, one member of the ...
A panel of industry leaders gathered at the Ontario Trucking Association conference to address methods to manage generational gaps in the business of trucking. Managing the generation gap in your business, a session that was held on ...
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Penner International was recognized with the MTA / Shaw Tracking Distinguished Member Award for 2013 at the Manitoba Trucking Associations (MTA) annual fall awards gala on Thursday November 14, 2013. The Distinguished Member Award is ...
Packs, COWs, WOWs and FOPs – these are all just another way to describe airline passengers. Don Bell, the retired co-founder of WestJet, spoke to conference attendees at the 2013 Ontario Trucking Association meeting and shed light ...
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Recipients of OTA Education Foundation scholarships which are earmarked for exceptional first-year post-secondary c were announced during the Ontario Trucking Association’s annual convention. In an address during the event’s ...
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A debate has been raging within the pages of Truck News in recent months, about the need for heightened standards within the entry-level commercial driver training industry. Currently, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and ...
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It’s convention week for the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) but the only thing conventional about this two-day affair will be the members’ trucks. The 87th annual get-together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Hogtown ...
A new dedicated infrastructure trust fund would widen roads, expand provincial highways and boost infrastructure overall, says the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA). With the new dedicated trust fund - called the Trillium Trust - revenue ...
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The Manitoba Government announced they are planning to upgrade highway infrastructure, including provincial Highway 75 in order to help protect it from extended closures caused by flooding. The Trucking Association (MTA) welcomes the ...
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