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Feb 26, 2015

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Canada: Surrey truckers to have their day in court

* B.C. - Federal court judge will hear arguments from lawyers representing 26 transport companies

 -- Truckers barred from Metro Vancouver ports are celebrating a small victory with news a federal court judge will hear their legal challenge... In what is believed to be unprecedented for the trucking industry, 26 companies representing over 500 experienced container truckers will receive a judicial review of Port Metro Vancouver's decision to overhaul the Transport License System (TLS)... Up to 80 companies, most of them operating in Surrey, were barred from the TLS system on Feb. 1 due to an ongoing overhaul of the trucking industry. An estimated $60 million of trucking equipment is now sitting idle and the drivers left scrambling to make ends meet... Michelle Mann, a dispatcher for Surrey's Safe Way Trucking, said the new TLS was developed without transparency, accountability or consistency, nor were the companies provided with reasons for their suspension... The suspension impacts more than just drivers, leaving mechanics, dispatchers and admin staff out of work and companies forced to shut their doors and tell their clients to find somebody else... (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR - Surrey truckers protest along Deltaport Way during last March's container truck strike) - Surrey,BC,Canada - SURREY NOW, by ADRIAN MACNAIR -FEBRUARY 19, 2015

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