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Five Steps to Better Trucking: CTA Makes 2021 Federal Budget Recommendations

Posted Thursday March 04, 2021 in Admin & Tax, Border & Customs, Business, Environment/fuel, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety

The Canadian Trucking Alliance reiterated five important industry positions that would improve the safety, diversify and expand labour opportunities in trucking, cut down on the trucking industry’s environmental footprint and boost competitiveness by cracking down on non-compliant carriers, among other policies.

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NATSO Opposes Competing Electric Vehicle Charging at Interstate Rest Stops

Posted Wednesday February 24, 2021 in Environment/fuel, Infrastructure

Truck stop operators and other businesses are opposing efforts to commercialize rest areas in the U.S., reports Today’s Trucking.

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EPA Steps Up Enforcement of ‘Prevalent’ Emissions Tampering

Posted Friday February 19, 2021 in Environment/fuel, Technology

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in its second year of a four-year enforcement effort to catch operators who are installing emissions defeat devices or tampering with emissions control systems.

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OTA Budget Submission Urges Continued Enforcement on Driver Inc, Emissions Tampering

Posted Friday February 12, 2021 in Environment/fuel, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology

The Ontario Trucking Association thanked the government of Ontario for its continued support of the industry during the COVID-19 crisis and asked it to double down on enforcement of carriers operating in the underground economy by misclassifying truck drivers and cheating on emission-control rules, among other illegal activities.

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NACFE Releases Fuel Cell Truck Guidance

Posted Friday December 18, 2020 in Environment/fuel, Technology

NACFE has released an in-depth guidance titled “Making Sense of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tractors, which reportedly breaks down the challenges, such as developing infrastructure, and enticing benefits, like the extended range, of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the transportation sector.

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NRCAN Announces National Hydrogen Strategy for Canada

Posted Thursday December 17, 2020 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Technology

CTA Looks Forward to Working with Feds on Tackling Opportunities for Hydrogen Technology in Trucking

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Identifying an Electric Vehicle Framework in Canada

Posted Friday December 11, 2020 in Environment/fuel, Technology

By identifying these three factors – technology, need and support – it can be decided which areas of Canada where electric truck distribution makes the most sense, says the recent director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.

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NACFE Website Includes Autonomous Trucking Insight

Posted Friday December 04, 2020 in Environment/fuel, Technology

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has begun exploring the subject of autonomous trucking, publishing a series of articles on its website under the banner NACFE’s Perspective on Autonomous Trucking.

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News filed in Environment/fuel

Five Steps to Better Trucking: CTA Makes 2021 Federal Budget Recommendations

NATSO Opposes Competing Electric Vehicle Charging at Interstate Rest Stops

EPA Steps Up Enforcement of ‘Prevalent’ Emissions Tampering

OTA Budget Submission Urges Continued Enforcement on Driver Inc, Emissions Tampering

NACFE Releases Fuel Cell Truck Guidance

NRCAN Announces National Hydrogen Strategy for Canada

Identifying an Electric Vehicle Framework in Canada

NACFE Website Includes Autonomous Trucking Insight

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