The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is applauding a new pathway to permanent residency for truck drivers already working under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program.
And it’s proposing a “certified employer” program that would ensure fleets respe…
New Brunswick is asking all out-of-province truck drivers to isolate in their vehicles as much as possible. The mandatory order issued on April 30 has been issued in an attempt to contain the Covid-19 virus.
Non-resident truck drivers are being asked …
The annual Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Roadcheck inspection blitz runs May 4-6, and enforcement teams will place a special focus on vehicle lighting this year.
There’s a good reason. Lighting problems accounted for almost one in four of t…
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is reporting updates to Prince Edward Island (PEI) Covid-19 measures that affect non-resident truck drivers.
The requirements are among a series of measures announced on April 19 and running until May 17.
Truck driv…
Transport Canada has confirmed it will not restrict brake-activating pulsating lamps as long as the technology doesn’t interfere with the effectiveness of existing lighting standards.
“The regulation allows the installation of these devices as auxiliar…
North America’s enforcement teams will place a special focus on speeding during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week, scheduled to run July 11-17.
It’s the third consecutive year that the initiative, which highlights risky behaviors in and around com…
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. autonomous truck startup Plus said on Wednesday it had raised an extra $220 million from investors in an extension of a $200 million funding round in February, as the global auto industry looks to a driverless future.
A so…
Fleets are struggling to hire the truck drivers they need despite economic slowdowns associated with Covid-19, and not just in Canada.
The IRU — an international supply chain group that counts members such as the Canadian Trucking Alliance and American…
Renault Trucks is pursuing its investment in electric mobility. From 2023, an all-electric Renault Trucks offer will be available for each segment, namely distribution, construction and long distance.
To support these developments and be able to offer …
Canada’s largest trucking association continues to push against carbon pricing, citing a lack of “meaningful environmental changes” that result.In letters to multiple ministers, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has stressed that fleets already clos…