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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS WORLDWIDE
* Canada - Bison buys Glenncoe fleetsWinnipeg,Manitoba,CAN -Today's Trucking -29 June 2007: -- Bison is venturing across the mountains. The Winnipeg-based transport carrier, Canada's 13th largest, has announced the acquisitions of Glenncoe Transport of Kelowna and its subsidiary Winfield Motor Freight Inc... Glenncoe Transport, which also ranks on Today's Trucking's annual Top 100 For-Hire carrier list, is a truckload carrier, primarily serving British Columbia, Alberta and the US Pacific Northwest. It operates 160 trucks, 550 trailers and employs more than 200 people... (Photo: Bison plans on running Glenncoe as a distinct separate business both companies say)
* Israel - Facing a shortage of truck drivers
Haifa,Israel -Port2Port -Jul 2, 2007: -- The shortage is attributed mainly to the new point system... Israeli trucking companies will soon start recruiting truck drivers from Turkey and Jordan... A conspicuous shortage of truck drivers is hurting the Israeli trucking industry, according to recent comments by carrier executives. Gabi Ben Harush, the chairman of the Road Transport Board, said last week that the most problematic area is the south of the country: Eilat, Ashkelon and Dimona where truck drivers are hard to come by. He also noted that for the first time there are signs that the shortage is also felt among Arab communities which have always been in a position to recruit large number of truck drivers. The shortage, according to Ben Harush, is attributed mainly to the point system enforced by The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and the police...
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