Lack of regulatory support, excess capacity weigh on trucking industry

Frustrations over the misclassification of employee truckers as personal services businesses — the so-called Driver Inc. model — are mounting as a tough freight market has heightened the impact the…

Windsor study aims to update truck route network

Windsor, Ont., has launched a truck route study to help update the road network that ensures goods can move through the community which includes the cross-border…

ATA takes truck parking fight to Senate subcommittee

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) took its fight for truck parking to a U.S. Senate panel on Nov. 7, arguing that a national parking shortage represents a growing safety hazard.

CFIA asks truckers to spot and report spotted lanternfly

The Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is asking truckers to help watch for the spotted lanternfly – an invasive species that has been detected in several U.S. states including New…

Trucking capacity still too high, but spring could bring relief: Costello

Bob Costello, chief economist with the American Trucking Associations (ATA), visited the Isaac Instruments user conference this year with a grim economic outlook, but also one that contained hints of…

U.S. congestion cost $7,000 per truck in 2021: ATRI

Highway traffic congestion cost the trucking industry an additional US$94.6 billion in 2021, marking the highest level ever recorded by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) in its latest report.

Cross-border freight reaches US$38 billion in August

Trucks moved $38 billion (all numbers in USD) of freight across the Canada-U.S. border in August, more than $2 billion over what was reported in August 2022, the U.S. Department…

ATA’s Spear takes aim at plaintiff attorneys, California emissions rules

In a fiery keynote address at the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition, the association’s president put industry foes on notice that trucking will continue to bring the…

U.S. hydrogen hubs receive $7B in funding

Seven regional clean hydrogen hubs in the U.S. will receive US$7 billion in funding to help accelerate the domestic market for low-cost, clean hydrogen. The funding announced by the White House…

CTA seeks AMP relief for fleets with proven track records

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is calling on the federal government to issue a moratorium on all administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) until the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) develops a…

3.7 million Class 8 vehicles on U.S. roads in 2021

The U.S. has seen a massive uptick in the number of Classes 1-8 trucks on its roadways, with 169.8 million counted in 2021 – up from 85.1 million in 2002.

Trucking groups balk at efforts to apply California emissions standards across U.S.

The Clean Freight Coalition — representing some of the largest trucking associations in the U.S. — is blasting efforts by more than 80 Congressional Democrats to expand California emissions standards…

Blue Water Bridge toll rates changing Oct. 1

The Federal Bridge Corporation Ltd. (FBCL) is adjusting tolls and ancillary rates for U.S.-bound traffic at the Blue Water Bridge, effective Oct. 1, to ensure currency parity. Canadian toll rates…

Fictitious pickups dominate Labor Day cargo theft risks: CargoNet

Reported cargo thefts reached their second-highest levels of 2023 last week, and CargoNet is encouraging the trucking industry to watch for fictitious pickups during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. It’s…

CBSA updating ‘legacy’ collection system, to simplify electronic payments

Every year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) collects $30 billion in duties and taxes on goods imported into the country — trade valued at $750 billion, much of which…