Stay up-to-date on the latest news shaping the Canadian trucking industry, and learn how the CTA and its members are addressing critical challenges, driving innovation, and working to ensure a thriving future for trucking in Canada.
The Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) concluded its first week of hearings examining the detrimental impact of the Driver Inc. scheme on the trucking industry. Over two days, 10…
Time is money and when it comes to the amount of time commuters and transporters waste sitting in traffic each year – about $166 billion in the U.S., according to…
Traffic Congestion Costs $166 Billion a Year Read more...
The chief economist of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), Bob Costello, does not see a macro recession on the near-term horizon and is relatively sanguine about the American economy apart…
ATA’s Costello: Healthy Economic Activity But Slower Growth Read more...
ESDC has issued Interpretations, Policies and Guidelines (or ‘IPGs’) for new labour provisions which address some of the Canadian Trucking Alliance’s significant concerns with the new rules coming into force…
ESDC Announces Enforcement Relief for Trucking Industry Read more...
Loads were down, trucks were up in the spot market in July, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. There was a 9% decline in loads compared to…
More Trucks Per Load for Spot Market Read more...
Trucking HR Canada has launched an industry-wide labour market survey that will put the industry’s hiring, training, and retention issues in perspective. Labour shortages remain a clear and present danger…
Trucking HR Canada Launches Industry-Wide Labour Market Survey Read more...
The new US Drug and Alcohol Clearing House is a secure online database that will give employers, FMCSA, State Driver Licensing Agencies, and State law enforcement personnel real-time information about CDL driver drug…
CTA and FMCSA to Hold Second Webinar on Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Read more...
Without truck drivers, Canada would literally stop functioning. So, to highlight the incredible job performed daily by the 400,000 Canadian men and women who keep the country’s freight moving, the Canadian…
CTA Ads Reinforce Respect, Celebrate Drivers During NTW Read more...
The Canadian General Standard Board (CGSB) has released the first draft of the new National Standard of Canada CAN/CGSB-192.3 entitled “Transportation of Dangerous Goods Training, Assessment and Competency”. Comments are due…
CTA had the opportunity this past week to address the Business Session at the North American Fertilizer Transportation Forum. The North American Fertilizer Transportation Forum is co-hosted by The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)…
CTA Addresses North American Fertilizer Transportation Forum Read more...
