A thorough pre-trip inspection (PTI) will keep everyone safe on the road as winter looms around the corner. A driver should never compromise on the
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Month: October 2021
CTA Spells Out How Supply Chain Can Limit Disruptions
Canadians are wondering if recent disruptions in the European supply chain can also occur here. More than any other time in recent memory, Canadians have
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Canada short 18,000 truck drivers in second quarter
About 18,000 of Canada’s truck driving jobs were vacant in the second quarter of 2021, leaving 72% of surveyed employers to identify driver recruitment as
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Trucker training welcomed
Instructor welcomes new mandatory training for truck drivers A North Okanagan truck driving instructor with more than four decades experience behind the wheel welcomes mandatory
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Advanced Lithium-ion Technology Gives ComfortPro Electric Auxiliary Power Unit Unprecedented Endurance
Carrier Transicold has raised the bar for electric auxiliary power unit (APU) performance with its new lithium-ion ComfortPro® electric model that delivers double the air
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Andlauer Healthcare buys remainder of Skelton USA, adds Boyle Transportation
Andlauer Healthcare Group (AHG) has announced it is buying the remaining 51% of Skelton USA, as well as 100% of Boyle Transportation in the U.S.
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5 ways pandemic responses led to positive changes in trucking
Canada’s trucking industry had to scramble in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rest areas, truck stops, and shipper facilities were closed to drivers.
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Run on Less – Electric finds 5.2 million trucks could be electrified today
Run on Less – Electric has concluded. And the conclusion is, there are a lot of fleets and applications that could be electrified today. The
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Quebec trucker designs a hybrid forestry truck that consumes up to 15% less fuel
Larry Bolduc has been a truck driver for more than 25 years and is now the head of the family business Transport Raoul Bolduc in
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P.E.I.’s mandatory testing leaves trucking industry fearful of delays
‘This is going to push people away from the industry’ The organization representing commercial truck drivers on P.E.I. is calling on the government to exempt truckers from
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