by CS | Mar 24, 2021 | Alex Binkley, Other, Safety and Security, Trucking
By Alex Binkley In 60 years in the transportation business, Bob Ballantyne has had a front-row seat to watch sweeping changes reshape of the operations of the railways and their customers. Bob started with Canadian Pacific in 1960 when railways still controlled both...
by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2020 | Alex Binkley, Other, Safety and Security, Trucking
By Alex Binkley The full adoption of electronic logging devices (ELDs) for all commercial trucks and buses moved a big step forward in late October when Transport Minister Marc Garneau designated a third-party certification process to begin testing...
by CanadianSailings | Nov 8, 2020 | Keith Norbury, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics, Trucking
By Keith Norbury Production was slated to start in October of a B.C.-designed and manufactured vacuum-sealed temperature-controlled shipping unit that occupies the footprint of a standard pallet. CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technology Ltd. engineered and designed its...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2020 | Alex Binkley, Other, Trucking
By Alex Binkley When transportation was declared an essential service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, few would have guessed the men and women who drive transport trucks would join the ranks of the front-line workers. Connect2Canada, published by the Canadian...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 29, 2020 | Keith Norbury, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics, Trucking
By Keith Norbury An oversize load corridor being created in Ontario’s Sarnia-Lambton region is nearly $5 million over its $12 budget, the project manager confirmed recently. However, $4 million of that shortfall is being covered by a contribution from Cestar College,...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2019 | Gateways and Corridors, Keith Norbury, Other, Trucking
By Keith Norbury LamSar Inc. of Sarnia, Ontario, makes enormous pieces of equipment. One project currently underway involves constructing 84 modules for nearby Nova Chemicals’ new polyethylene plant. The largest of those modules measures 120 feet long, 50 feet wide,...
