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What is The Full Story?
 
The Full Story offers a deeper look at our industry’s key current issues -- border-crossing, hours-of-service legislation, and pending diesel emissions, among others. If you want to know more about issues in the news, look here.
 
Fuel Issues
From fuel prices to the latest in biofuels, it's all here. Our coverage, projections and all, puts things in perspective.
Most recent articles:
Expensive oil to shorten supply chains: Top economist
TORONTO -- World-renowned economist Jeff Rubin says unless supply chains are willing to pay for triple-digit oil prices, they ...more
IdleAire to recharge?
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- IdleAire, the truckstop no-idle electrification provider that pulled the plug on its operations last mont ...more
Navistar, NASA testing trucking aerodynamics
CHICAGO -- Future aerodynamic technology current being tested by NASA and Navistar could save the trucking industry nearly $1 ...more


Labor Issues
A perennial source of difficulty in some quarters, look at where we're heading by looking at where we've been.
Most recent articles:
Is B.C.s tuition cap a road hazard?
CASTLEGAR, B.C. -- Members of British Columbia’s trucking industry -- including professional driver schools -- fear that a ca ...more
BCTA pilots new truck driver training program
LANGLEY, B.C. -- It’s been a few years in the making, but the B.C. Trucking Association is finally ready to unveil its new Pr ...more
Women can help shore up trucking's HR holes
WINNIPEG -- From drivers to fleet owners and company chairs, more women than ever before are advancing up the career ladder i ...more


Engine Emissions
Here's how to stay abreast of developments with EPA engine-emissions limits for 2007 and beyond.
Most recent articles:
New York ports clean up their act
NEW YORK -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is launching a Clean Trucks Program, similar to one already in oper ...more
Truckers peer into their crystal balls
WINNIPEG -- Imagine a truck smart enough to tell you that up the road, about 500 feet, another vehicle is approaching the int ...more
PhD to clear the air on food supply sustainability
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations will be hosting Roger A. Cady at a conference next week to dispel what he ...more


Business Environment
Nobody is willing or able to predict the future these days, but we'll paint a big picture for you by collecting recent news on many fronts.
Most recent articles:
'Inverse perfect storm' brewing in trucking: Analysts
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Improving trends in the economy and the onset of capacity tightening in the truckload sector point to strong ...more
Economist not aboard railroad expectations
NEW YORK -- At an investor dinner hosted by Dahlman Rose, freight economist and transportation industry Noel Perry, served up ...more
Canada must pursue new trade partners: FedEx boss
TORONTO -- It's time for Canada to start pursuing new free trade deals around the world, says David Binks, president of FedEx ...more


Hours of Service
Essential background information on one of the most controversial and confusing issues facing our industry today.
Most recent articles:
Feds look to build EOBR rule with trucker comments
OTTAWA -- Hoping to solicit feedback from the trucking industry, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators has a ...more
No basis for shorter HOS; Trucks safer than ever says ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just a few months after special interest groups convinced the U.S. DOT to rewrite hours of service rules be ...more
EOBR rule expected early in New Year
WASHINGTON -- The final rule in the U.S. requiring carriers to use electronic onboard recorders (EOBRS) has been sent to the ...more


Cross-Border Trucking
Never before has our border with the U.S. been so important to so many Canadian carriers. Here's how to stay on top of what's happening with this utterly crucial trade link.
Most recent articles:
'Inverse perfect storm' brewing in trucking: Analysts
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Improving trends in the economy and the onset of capacity tightening in the truckload sector point to strong ...more
Truckers call for end to Saint John Harbour Bridge rift
DIEPPE, N.B. -- The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association is urging a resolution to a standoff between Ottawa and the Saint ...more
DOT modifies hazmat security plan requirement
WASHINGTON -- The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has narrowed the list of materials subject to curren ...more



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