Truck News

MARCH 10, 2020

Over the last few weeks, it has been impossible to go online, turn on the TV, or listen to the radio without being immersed in news media coverage of the Covid-19/coronavirus epidemic. The severity of the situation has been difficult …

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Truck News

MARCH 13, 2020

On a stormy late afternoon in the Greater Toronto Area last month, a truck came around a bend and saw the road blocked in front as a result of an accident. The driver, in his attempt to stop and avoid striking the vehicles ended up jackknifing on ice, and fully blocking the roadway. Before the […].

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Truck News

MARCH 13, 2020

A scary picture to go along with an intimidating week… As if it weren’t difficult enough to ignore one elephant in a room, try being oblivious to three! Taking this metaphor all the way to the edge, we have the global economic Titanic on a collision course with three icebergs. The three elephants in this […].

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Truck News

MARCH 11, 2020

With the ongoing freight recession and the chaos triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, you have to wonder how many more blows Canada’s trucking industry can take. Experts who said the pendulum would swing back into truckers’ favor this summer are …

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Truck News

MARCH 13, 2020

All provinces are required to issue a National Safety Code number and safety fitness certificate to commercial carriers in order to monitor safety compliance. In Ontario, this is the Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR), which tracks a carrier’s safety performance, and which must be in good standing in order to operate.

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Truck News

MARCH 12, 2020

Few trucking subjects fascinate me more than the sources of motive power we’ll use in the future, and not just the distant future. The combustion engine will be with us for a long time to come, I’m convinced, but the fuel it drinks… well, that’s open to a ton of questions and possibilities. Diesel will […].

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