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* Canada - Trucking industry still in crisis? Why ?
Truck driver crisis still looms
Dieppe,N.B.,CAN -The Burnside News, by Donalee Moulton -June 4, 2014: ... Canada continues to face a truck driver crisis and Nova Scotia companies, in particular, are at significant risk... “In six years, we will be short, 25,000 to 30,000 drivers across Canada,” says Jean-Marc Picard, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association in Dieppe, NB... The loss will be widely felt. According to a Conference Board of Canada report issued earlier this year, there are currently more than 300,000 truck drivers in Canada, which means nearly one per cent of the Canadian population and more than 1.5 per cent of the labour force are employed as a truck driver today... If there aren’t enough drivers to meet future demand — as anticipated — the impact will be felt by consumers, companies and the economy alike. Already, says Garry Alderdice, executive director of the Truckers Association of Nova Scotia in Truro, “businesses are feeling the brunt of the trucking shortage” ... A recent survey conducted by CK Commercial Vehicle Research revealed the driver shortage is a major concern among fleet operators and will directly affect new vehicle purchases...
* New Brunswick - Commercial trucking safety blitz nets violations with first hours
Dieppe,N.B.,Canada -The Citizen Records, by Christopher Gooding -June 4, 2014: -- The world’s largest vehicle safety enforcement drive is now underway and within hours of its start five commercial vehicles were put off the road and contraband seized from another here in Amherst... Roadcheck is a 72-hour safety blitz aimed at commercial trucks and buses sweeping across North America, which began June 3rd and will end Friday, and the weigh-in station at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border is ground-zero for enforcing safety as these large vehicles roll into the province. A large tent has been set up to accommodate the extra Nova Scotia Vehicle Compliance officers; their numbers enhanced with Dangerous Goods Inspectors, officers for Fuel and Tobacco, motor coach inspectors and National Safety Code Auditors... This year, however, emphasis is being placed on brake safety and hours of service. Statistics show brake components and brake adjustment are the major source of vehicle out of service (OOS) violations. Similarly, hours of service violations are the major source of driver OOS violations...
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