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A report released today indicating Canada could experience a shortage of 25,000 to 33,000 for-hire truck drivers by 2020 “reflects what the industry has been warning for years – that Canada is on [...]

Though tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, very few young people and immigrants are entering the industry, according to a new report from the Conference Board of [...]

By 2020, supply chains should be completely paperless and incorporate a 100% open data plan, claimed Dr Walther Ploos van Amstel. The Dutch doctor of logistics gave a timeline insight into what [...]

A new 20ft shipping container design could result in shippers being able to increase the number of pallet loads inside boxes by as much as 36%.  Developed by UK company Container Group Technology [...]

US for-hire truck tonnage surged 2.9% in January, following up a strong 2.4% gain in December, according to the American Trucking Associations. December’s gain was revised down from the [...]

TransCore’s Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index recorded the highest load volumes for January, surpassing the record set for the month in January 2011 by 3%. January’s load volumes increased [...]

Potential students of triOS College’s new Professional Transport Operator program were treated to a candid discussion covering the ins and outs of a career in trucking at a pair of career fairs [...]

A new premier, a new finance minister and a new transport minister means a new opportunity for the trucking industry to battle the 70% increase in commercial vehicle plate fees, announced last [...]

The Government of Canada will be contributing nearly half of the $45 million cost for a new overpass on the Deltaport Causeway, part of Port Metro Vancouver’s Deltaport Terminal, Road and Rail [...]

Canadian motor carrier executives are less optimistic about freight volume growth in 2013 than they were a year ago, results from our annual Transportation Buying Trends survey indicate.  The [...]