THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The province of Ontario has committed to building four new rest areas in Northern Ontario and will also expand or repair 10 existing facilities.The announcement was made Oct. 9 by Transport Minister Caroline Mulroney and Greg Rickfo…
By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Freight trucks move through the terminal at the Port of Dover, Britain October 11, 2019. Picture taken October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) – Britain may build up to 10 centres to proce…
TORONTO, Ont. – Facility Association – established as an insurer of last resort — has revamped its rating and commercial underwriting rules, making it harder for trucking companies to misrepresent business activities.Carriers looking to secure the insu…
TORONTO, Ont. – The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will not raise its premiums next year.That announcement was made by chairwoman Elizabeth Witmer at the board’s AGM on Thursday.
The Ontario Trucking Association quickly welcomed the decisi…
A woman has been convicted after allowing her tipper truck to be used for fly-tipping.
Kathleen Stokes, previously of Dun Roamin Park, Whitfield, Brackley in Northamptonshire, appeared in Highbury Corner magistrates’ court on Monday for knowingly causi…
A Northamptonshire woman who allowed her vehicle to be used in the illegal dumping of waste has been convicted today (Monday, September 28).
Kathleen Stokes pleaded guilty to knowingly fly-tipping at a business park in London in 2018 at Highbury Co…
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Following a warning from Michael Gove about trucks queuing up at Kent ports following Brexit, Port of Liverpool owner Peel Ports says it is fully prepared for the UK split with the EU. Tony McDonough reports
The Liverpoo…
Prospective jurors in the inquest into the deaths of four gay men at the hands of serial killer Stephen Port could be quizzed on their “beliefs or moral attitudes”, a court has heard.Port, now aged 45, drugged and raped the young men and dumped their b…
The Port of Liverpool is “ideally placed” to help overcome potential major Brexit delays that could soon hit Dover, Peel Ports has said.
The operator said its facility can contribute to the ‘Team UK Approach’ needed to solve the major delays in the sou…
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Nikola founder Trevor Milton has voluntarily stepped down as executive chairman and member of its board of directors, the company announced early Monday.Nikola shares plunged nearly 30% in premarket trade on the news.
Trevor Milton. (…
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Nikola Founder Resigns as Chair Amid Allegations, SEC Probe
(Bloomberg) — Nikola Corp., the electric-vehicle startup that recently partnered with General Motors Co., said its founder stepped down as executive chairman, coming just days a…
Unprecedented circumstances saw Covid-19 call a halt to all show jumping competitions in the UK with England and Europe starting up months ahead of Scotland which remained in a semi-lockdown state until the beginning of August.Having owners paying for …
OTTAWA, Ont. – The biggest challenge facing the Canadian trucking industry is the underground economy, and it is time the government did something about it, the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) said Thursday.“The compliant trucking ind…
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POWNAL, VT. — A late-night blaze that gutted much of the former Green Mountain Race Track grandstand building is considered suspicious and is being investigated by state fire officials.No one was reported…
A man has died and an 11-year-old child is fighting for their life after a lorry smashed into a house and several cars this morning.
The accident took place at around 8am today in the Kidbrooke area of Greenwich, London where six people were reported t…