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Trucking industry and government negotiators in Ontario have hammered out a tentative agreement over fuel surcharges. The agrement would not involve a standardized surcharge, rather it would be based on a formula using historical price data.

Mark your calendars for Dec. 31 and prepare to party at the Big Dig in Boston. Officials will offer public tours as part of the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration to show residents how the mammoth project has progressed.

Despite the explosion in trade between the United States and Canada — from $211 billion in 1993 to $364 billion in 1999, most of which is carried on trucks — the North American Free Trade Agreement is not working as well as it could, says the chief executive officer of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, Canada’s equivalent of American Trucking Associations.

Sleep researchers say they have found a way for long-haul truck drivers to combat fatigue while still working with the current hours-of-service regulations.

Mark your calendars for Dec. 31 and prepare to party at the Big Dig in Boston.

Carriers in Canada are facing increased federal government scrutiny of safety as a result of efforts by Transport Canada, the agency that provides a national umbrella for oversight of the Canadian trucking industry, to harmonize the National Safety Code amongst the nation’s various jurisdictions and coordinate the formulation of new hours-of-service rules.

Trucking in Canada appears to be headed for a generational collision at the crossroads of aging drivers and new technology. However, Centennial College’s School of Transportation, with help from the industry and the government, is providing the fixtures needed to navigate through the intersection that will decide the direction for many.

For truckers who want to conserve fuel and economize on their bottom line, Natural Resources Canada has come up with a couple of “smart” ideas that officials claim are both practical and effective.

Carriers in Canada are facing increased federal government scrutiny of safety as a result of efforts by Transport Canada to harmonize the National Safety Code amongst the nation’s various jurisdictions.

Despite the explosion in trade between the United States and Canada, the North American Free Trade Agreement is not working as well as it could and the United States is to blame, says the chief executive officer of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.