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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…
CTA Vice President Stephen Laskowski and VP of Trade & Security Jennifer Fox today appeared before the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in Ottawa to provide insight into the…
CTA Appears Before Gov’t Agri-Forestry Committee Read more...
Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System (NHS) added nearly $50 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2014, according to research by the American Transportation Research…
ATRI: Highway Congestion Costing Trucking $50B a Year Read more...
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched an online survey seeking commercial driver input on a number of issues related to sleep apnea. ATRI – the research arm of…
ATRI Launches Driver Survey on Sleep Apnea Read more...
As heavy truck and engine makers continue to plan for EPA’s phase 2 emission reduction and fuel efficiency rules in 2018, some engineers are already thinking beyond that – specifically…
Report: Future Enviro Rules to Refocus on NOx Control? Read more...
Trucking companies that don’t have ELDs yet are being urged by their customers to speed up technology deployment efforts for keeping current freight business as well as earning more in…
Shippers Pushing Early Migration to ELDs Read more...
The pavement isn’t cracking underneath the freight economy, but expect demand to only rise modestly over the next several months, said Eric Starks, president of FTR Transportation Intelligence, at a…
FTR: US Economy Safe, but Inventories Hold Back Demand Read more...
Mergers and acquisition deal making among global transportation and logistics companies is expected to soar past the $73 billion mark this year, according to consulting firm KPMG. That’s up from…
Biz Consultants: M&A Activity Set for Take Off Read more...
Commercial truck technology experts disputed the notion that connected, autonomous vehicles are still many years away from everyday reality. Connected trucks in platoon operation could be on U.S. roadways within…
Panel: Industry Has Seen Only ‘Tip Of Iceberg’ On Connected Trucking Read more...
Reshoring – the idea to bring back so-called “advanced manufacturing” back to North America –could create a “multiplier effect” for freight flows, leading to more “freight touches” and translating into…
‘Reshore’ Manufacturing Could Boost NA Freight Volumes Read more...
