1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (208+ words) Truck News Inspectors identified 23 out-of-service defects and towed four unsafe commercial vehicles during a three-day enforcement initiative at the Lansdowne, Ont., port of entry. The Ontario Provincial Police, in partnership with the Canada Border Services Agency and the Ontario Ministry…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (160+ words) The Department of Homeland Security announced it is assisting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver’s license (CDL) schools. FMCSA has identified about 75 entry-level driving training schools suspected of fraudulent activities, including using improper driver certifications,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (235+ words) Truck News Forty percent of the commercial vehicles inspected during a joint enforcement blitz in Ottawa were placed out of service because of safety-related defects. The Ottawa Police Service, Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Provincial Police conducted the commercial…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (175+ words) A commercial truck driver is facing impaired and dangerous driving charges after Ontario Provincial Police received reports of a truck swerving across Highway 400 and nearly colliding with other vehicles. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police West Parry Sound detachment responded…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (453+ words) Federal prosecutors allege an international organized crime network used longhaul commercial trucks to move hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine from Southern California into Canada as part of a sweeping investigation that resulted in 24 arrests across the United States,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (198+ words) A joint federal, state, and local investigation has led to the seizure of 68 kilograms of cocaine that authorities say was being transported in a tractor-trailer from Texas to Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, investigators identified a semi-truck…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (236+ words) Truck News Nearly half of inspected commercial vehicles were placed out of service during a recent enforcement blitz in southwestern Ontario’s Grey Bruce region earlier this month. The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police, in partnership with the Owen Sound Police…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (339+ words) Cargo security provider Overhaul is warning shippers about a suspected new cargo theft tactic in which criminals deliberately separate escort vehicles from the shipments they are protecting. The company issued the alert after a recent theft involving a high-value shipment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (444+ words) He recalled the case in which the flooring company driver drifted off the road around 2 a.m. and struck another driver who had pulled onto the shoulder while trying to check directions after dropping his trailer and bobtailing back to Florida. Even…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (187+ words) Truck News U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona said they arrested 36 truck drivers in the country illegally during a recent immigration enforcement operation. Agents in the Yuma section arrested a total of 52 people during Operation Checkmate, which took place from May…...