Posted Wednesday November 13, 2019 in Admin & Tax, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
Stephen Laskowski, the CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, recently highlighted several fair competitiveness issues at the recent Surface Transportation Summit like carriers who strip trucks of environmental controls, don’t pay their payroll taxes, choose ELDs that can be manipulated, or run their trucks without insurance.
Posted Wednesday November 13, 2019 in Business, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Technology
Operating costs were up across the board in 2018, as fuel costs rose and fleets increased driver wages and benefits, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Operational Costs of Trucking report.
Posted Friday November 08, 2019 in Admin & Tax, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
The Province of Ontario today announced a visionary, two-year comprehensive blueprint which will lead the trucking industry through a series of consultations that will make highways safer
Posted Wednesday October 30, 2019 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Technology
CTA applauded a recent University of Toronto study calling for a crackdown on tampering of heavy truck emissions control technology but also pointed out the trucking industry should be proud of being the only freight mode that has virtually eliminated air pollutants from diesel engines and is the only one to use mandated carbon-reducing equipment.
Posted Tuesday October 29, 2019 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Technology
Changes to the commercial vehicle program within the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (MOEP) will make Ontario the leader in North America for enforcing heavy truck emission rules, says OTA
Posted Tuesday October 29, 2019 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Technology
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) today announced three key enhancements contained in the Red Tape Reduction bill to Ontario’s Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) Program.
Posted Tuesday October 22, 2019 in Admin & Tax, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
The democratic process is complete, the House of Commons has a different composition, but for the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) the issues remain the same
Posted Thursday October 17, 2019 in Business, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage
Aging drivers, the implementation of electronic logging devices and the challenges posed by climate change all pose major problems for the trucking industry
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) was founded in 1926, and provides services and public policy advocacy for trucking companies hauling freight into, out of and within the Province of Ontario. OTA is the only trucking association in Ontario that represents all segments of the industry - for-hire carriers, private carriers, intermodal, suppliers, etc. » More...
