Proposed changes to the International Registration Plan (IRP) has the full support of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), and perhaps soon every provincial trucking association. In a statement released yesterday, the CTA said the ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has said it is against the proposed use of a new diesel fuel tax hike. The OTA is also trying to bring certain truck licensing exemptions to the forefront of the provincial transportation discussion. ...
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The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) says it is working on a project that will help the industry deal with pressing issues such as the driver shortage, training and driver retention. "We are very pleased to move forward with ...
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A new transportation plan is calling for fuel tax hikes and other levies in order to put $20 billion towards transit funding in southern Ontario. While the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is supportive of the province's focus on ...
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The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) gave shippers and consumers a heads up today that, once again, delays and prices could increase due to flooding. Flooding this year in southern Manitoba is expected to "rival that of 2009, which ...
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The ‘Road Ahead’ before the update. The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) will completely renew its well-travelled mobile road safety exhibition, the Road Ahead. The $1.3 million trailer will be redeveloped after being ...
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ATA Scania 2010 Young Australian Truck Driver of the Year award winner Rick Lockwood. Students exploring potential careers can find detailed information on road transport jobs in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace ...
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An action plan to reduce workplace injury and illness in the NSW road freight transport industry has been launched by WorkCover NSW. The industry is one of the states’ 10 highest risk industries with 5,512 injuries and illness and ...
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The 2013 Budget has failed Australia’s trucking businesses because it does not reverse the government’s plan to extend the carbon tax to the trucking industry, Australian Trucking Association chief executive Stuart St Clair ...
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Plans announced by the Coalition to review the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal in the event of winning September’s Federal election ignore all of the evidence collected over twenty years showing a direct relationship between pay and ...
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The government should make an election commitment not to extend the carbon tax to trucking, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association David Simon said in a televised address at the National Press Club. “In its Clean Energy ...
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The existing road funding and planning system is broken, despite the serious efforts of the Australian Government to fix it, the chairman of the Australian Trucking Association, David Simon, said today. Mr Simon was launching an ...
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Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads Scott Emerson enjoying the International Women’s Day breakfast in Brisbane. The gender agenda appears to be gaining momentum in Queensland, as participants found at the Queensland ...
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Tracie Dickenson receiving her QTA Trucking Industry Woman of the Year Award in 2012. The Queensland Trucking Association Ltd (QTA Ltd) will celebrate International Women’s Day with a ‘Women in Road Transport’ breakfast ...
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The National Transport Commission (NTC) has advised of the passing of its chief executive Nick Dimopoulos. Mr Dimopoulos passed away on 8 February 2013 after an illness, surrounded by his family. Mr Dimopoulos’s professional career ...
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