The Trucking Network is a Canadian “English and Punjabi” bilingual publication, founded in 2012. Dedicated to the hard working professional drivers and their families across North America.
As the Biden Administration prepares to open land border points of entry to vaccinated travelers, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking Washington and Ottawa to work with the industry to reexamine appropriate mandate timelines for cross border truck drivers...
Newer trucks and trailers can be loaded with aerodynamic features like trailer skirts, bumper air dams, and wheel-end hub caps. These features are meant to reduce the drag from the air as the truck goes down the highway which...
Trucking demands a lot of its drivers. Hours are long and time away from home is a common theme in the industry. As the workweek progresses, it is easy to spend almost all of your waking time engaged in...
Several major CVSA inspection blitzes’ have been conducted so far in 2021, and local areas have done their own too. Many of these inspections resulted in significant percentages of vehicles being placed out-of-service for major mechanical problems and driver...
Automatic transmissions are extremely common in today’s trucking industry. Many companies have completely switched their fleets over to automatics, and some drivers may never drive a truck with a manual transmission. Manual transmission vehicles are tricky to drive and require...
In some parts of Canada, September will see temperatures ranging from over 30 degrees Celsius to lows down to freezing. This is a country of extremes, and when we exit summer and enter fall, heat warnings and frost warnings...
COVID-19 remains a serious threat to the health of people throughout the world, and Canada is in the midst of a fourth wave of the virus. As a result, provinces and municipalities are imposing public health restrictions to slow...
Insurance for cars and trucks - whether used commercially or privately - vary by province in Canada. It is important to understand what rules apply for the province in which you have procured insurance. In Ontario, for example, vehicle insurance...
ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index in July showed an uptick in freight volumes with pricing moderate, but a strong supply-demand balance for truckers. “With the driver market still tight, new equipment production still challenged and demand still strong, the recipe...
Canada has announced the first ELD provider as being certified: Hutch Systems. Furthermore, there are now three different third-party certification providers for Canada: FPInnovations, CSA Group, and COMDriver Tech. So what does this mean in a country that has taken...
