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Transportation Safety Board of Canada calls for rail safety technology implementation
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada wants the country’s major railways to install enhanced train-control technology similar to positive train control in the U.S.
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Canadian forest products shippers want feds to collect freight rail data
Transport Canada is considering making the data collection of rail service metrics permanent — a move the Forest Products Association of Canada supports.
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Transport Canada wants specifics on how railways will manage equipment in winter
The Canadian government wants the railways to submit details on how they will maintain equipment when it gets cold in winter as part of a…
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Truck Tech: Nikola’s proxy pursuit to raise share count gets harder
Nikola's could keep adjourning its annual meeting as it pursues unvoted proxies to raise the number of authorized shares.
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Canada pumps $29M into rail projects, rail-related climate studies
The Canadian government says it will fund infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan and Ontario, as well as research into how the railways can respond to climate-induced…
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Transport Canada wants freight rail data rulesÂ
Transport Canada’s proposed changes affect waybill reporting requirements for long-haul interswitching and they detail new traffic reporting requirements for smaller Class I operations.
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Port of Halifax gets CA$7M to build container examination facility
The new facility will reduce wait times and port congestion, according to Transport Canada.
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Transport Canada wants to implement version of positive train control
The Canadian government will be working with stakeholders and labor to implement its version of PTC, called enhanced train control.
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Canada ELD tester investigated as video claims device can be cheated
Transport Canada is investigating an ELD certification body after a vendor alleged that it approved a device that could allow drivers to falsify their logs.
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Transport Canada approves updates on freight rail switching rules
Transport Canada has approved updates to the rules, regulations and standards regarding switching operations as part of a broader effort to make operations safer.
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