It’s discouraging to say, but trucking is fighting a losing battle on cargo theft. The bad guys are going to win almost every time. Most
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Alaska trucking companies say their employees are quitting over Canada’s COVID vaccine mandate
Dick Rankins, the owner of Alaska-based Sleipner Transport, said the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Americans going through Canada has already had a big impact on
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Trucker convoy rolling into Arnprior truck stop Friday
ARNPRIOR — Thousands of truckers from across the country are gathering momentum and support for their convoy, calling for their freedoms to return. The group
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GoFundMe freezes $3.7M until organizers of Canada trucker convoy detail spending plan
Fundraising platform says it needs to know how donations related to vaccine protest will be distributed GoFundMe is holding off on distributing more than CA$4.7
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Hauling flatbeds is a job truck drivers can love to hate: Driver’s Education
Half the fun of learning about hauling flatbeds is learning the lingo. There are all sorts of names for the same piece of equipment, and
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Crane to lift houseboat
Work is underway to remove a sinking houseboat from Okanagan Lake, just off Sutherland Bay Park, near the old Tolko mill site in Kelowna. The
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Could natural gas be the answer to decarbonizing trucking?
With all the buzz surrounding battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric trucks as the best ways to slash transport emissions, natural gas is once again emerging as a
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Brakes have evolved, but not every fleet uses the right friction
Tractor-trailers don’t stop on a dime. You can blame the realities of physics for that. But a standard 6×4 tractor traveling at highway speeds still
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U.S. vaccine mandate on freight drivers coming from Canada may worsen auto supply chain shortage
About 12,000 unvaccinated drivers won’t be allowed to enter the country starting later this month. A Covid-19 vaccination requirement that will bar unvaccinated drivers of
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Trudeau defends vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers amid supply chain concerns
Vehicles sit idling on Thousand Island Parkway waiting to cross into the U.S. on Nov. 8, 2021. The U.S. is expected to impose its own
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