Business conditions in 2019 have been more challenging for carriers last year, with more projected sluggishness in 2020, said ACT Research President Kenny Vieth, who lead an economic session at CCJ‘s…
ACT: Trucking Faces Headwinds in 2020 Read more...
Carriers, shippers and brokers agree that driver detention is a major problem in the supply chain, but solving the issue requires a “delicate balancing act with no side willing to…
Driver Detention Worsening, say Carriers Polled in Study Read more...
The Canadian trucking industry employs about 320,000 commercial vehicle operators across Canada – the vast majority of whom work for fleets that have excellent training, fleet management and health and…
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...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling on the supply chain to join the trucking industry in pressing for exemptions to three new Labour Code provisions set to take effect September…
CTA Calls Supply Chain to Action on Labour Code Changes Read more...
Electronic logging devices (ELDs) are providing the trucking industry and supply chain with massive amounts of real-time data about how trucks operate, says Dave Heller, vice president of government affairs for…
TCA: ELD Data Transforming Trucking Read more...
The driver shortage that’s been plaguing over-the-road, for-hire truckload carriers for at least the last 15 years reached a new high in the US last year, according to Bob Costello,…
ATA: Truck Driver Shortage Threatens Supply Chain Read more...
Shippers are bracing for disruptions and increases in transportation fuel surcharges as regulations governing sulfur in ship and airline fuel are set to take effect Jan. 1. According to the…
Shipper ‘Storm’ Brewing Over Low Sulfur Diesel; Pushing Fuel Costs Higher Read more...
