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When thinking about load securement, everyone immediately thinks about open deck trailers.  Flat decks, step decks, floats, goose necks, etc., but improperly secured loads in and on any type of trailer can create a serious safety hazard.  Checking load...
Please say it ain't so! It's looking like COVID-19 may cause the death of one of mankind's most gracious forms of connecting with another individual, one that has been around for centuries. The pandemic health crisis is impacting on...
Those people and organisations that study labour trends and labour markets will be assessing the impact of COVID-19 for many years to come.  Did the COVID-19 pandemic create new work arrangements, or did it just accelerate trends that were...
The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has tossed another degree of vulnerability into the 2020 standpoint for the transportation business. Then, spot rates are relied upon to increase as agreement rates fall this year, a coordinations official said. Spot rates allude...
In general a pandemic is when a contagious disease is present over a large region of the earth (typically two or more continents). The pathogen (typically a virus or bacterium) infects people in one part of the world but then spreads...
COLUMBUS, IN – In the release of its Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, ACT Research reported that the new low NOx Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) will impact the US commercial vehicle market, citing past regulatory examples. The report, which combines ACT’s...
Despite what the Ontario Trucking Association says was a misguided decision by City of Thunder Bay council to approve a new truck route, OTA continues to try and sway decision makers into at least amending its plan. In a letter to Mayor Bill...
International Women's Day (I.W.D.) is celebrated this year on March 8. In Canada and many other countries, I.W.D. has become a week-long event focusing on women, their societal role and how far they have come in fighting for equality. Still...
The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada Young Leaders Group is announcing its incoming Board of Directors for the 2020/2021 term. The New Boards term runs from July 1st of 2020 through to June 30th of 2021. Officer serve...
The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) says that results of a second COVID-19 Impact Survey of its members, focusing on operational challenges for April 2020, indicate that trucking and motor coach companies and the suppliers who support them in providing...