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UPS Freight expands North American services
UPS Freight has increased its services to Mexico and Toronto, promising faster transit times for freight moving between the U.S., Mexico and Canada...
CTA applauds Canada stimulus plan
Canada’s minority Conservative government’s action plan for stimulating the economy was met with approval by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)...
Arpin moves into Canada
Household goods forwarder Arpin International Group has opened an office in the Toronto area, expanding the company’s presence into Canada...
Volvo Financial expands in Canada
The financing arm of Volvo Trucks, Volvo Financial Services North America, has opened a new office in Aurora, ON. The group, which provides financial services ...
Canada may speed-limit trucks
Canada ’s federal and provincial governments are considering a proposal to limit truck speed to 105 kilometers per hour (kph)— that’s about 65 miles per hour...
Ryder buys Canada’s Pollock
Ryder System is buying Strathroy, ON-based Pollock NationaLease, one of Canada’s largest privately owned full-service truck leasing companies...
Canada to offer biofuel incentives
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has announced that the Canadian government will provide up to C$1.5 billion (US$1.43 billion) ) in the form of incentives over nine years to producers of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel...
FedEx Freight Canada gets new digs
FedEx Freight Canada is moving into a new headquarters building in Toronto,complete with its own 48 dock-door terminal....
Isuzu launches in Canada
Isuzu will establish a commercial truck sales and service network in Canada, which will include its Class 3-5 LCF trucks this year...
Michelin produces first X One tire in Canada
Michelin announced today that it has produced the first X One wide single tire at the company’s Waterville, Nova Scotia plant...
Canada funds “ecoFreight”
Earlier this month, Canada’s federal transport minister, Lawrence Cannon, unveiled a four-year, $61 million (Canadian dollars) program to “help reduce the environmental and health effects of freight transportation.” Dubbed “ecoFreight"...
Ready for Canada's new HOS
With truck drivers in Canada subject to new hours-of-service (HOS) rules starting this month, PeopleNet Canada says it's also ready with an eDriver Logs application designed to make it easy for fleets and drivers to comply with the rules...
Canada presses FMCSA on insurance
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering a petition from the Government of Canada and the Property Casualty Insurers of America to eliminate the need for Canadian insurance companies to link with a U.S. insurance ...
PeopleNet ready for Canada’s new HOS
Effective January 1, 2007, professional truck drivers in Canada will have to comply with new hours-of-service (HOS) rules. PeopleNet Canada announced this week that they’re also ready to go...
DHL merges divisions
DHL is combining two operations into one larger group. DHL's divisions in Canada and Latin America are merging to form DHL Express International Americas...
Flying J and Shell Canada team up
Flying J Inc. and Shell Canada Products are combining their road transport business in Canada...
Petro-Canada rolls out '07 oils
Petro-Canada announced the introduction of an API CJ-4 certified heavy-duty engine oil line, Duron-E. ...
Hazmat drivers from Canada, Mexico need FAST
In an Interim Rule published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2006, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that commercial drivers in Canada and Mexico who want to transport placarded hazardous materials into the U.S. must have Free and Secure Trade (FAST) accreditation...
FAST card deadline for Canadians set
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that Canadian truckers entering the United States with hazardous materials loads will be required to have a FAST card by Aug. 10...
