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Get the latest updates from the AMTA. Our News section keeps you connected with important announcements, industry developments, advocacy efforts, safety initiatives, and upcoming events that matter to Alberta’s commercial transportation community.
Trucking HR Canada releases new labour market snapshot
Ottawa, ON (June 15, 2021) – Trucking HR Canada released today a labour market information (LMI) update, providing a snapshot of truck driver employment in Canada.
Trucking HR Canada launches new industry-wide labour market information employer survey
OTTAWA, ON (June 9, 2021) – Trucking HR Canada [has launched] a new industry-wide labour market survey for employers. This survey will provide the trucking and logistics industry relevant, accurate, and accessible labour market information.
Canada invests in hydrogen fueling station for commercial fleet in Alberta
OTTAWA, ON, June 3, 2021 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada is building a clean energy future to strengthen the economy, create good, middle-class jobs and support workers in the natural resource sectors. This is more important than ever as we recover from COVID-19.
ELD FAQs
If the company has a Federal Safety Fitness certificate, they are mandated to follow the Federal Hours of Service Regulation if the vehicle or combination of vehicle are not exempted under Section 2 of the regulation (Commercial vehicles weighing or registered for more than 4,500 kilograms and that operate inside and outside of Alberta)
Here comes the sun – are you ready to relax?
After weeks of the sun playing hide-and-seek with us, it seems as though we’re finally going to enjoy a good stretch of warm weather. And that means it’s time to get our gear ready, so when summer comes, we can just sit back with a cool drink and bliss out!
Breaking: Alberta partners with Montana on trucker vaccinations
Location: The Conrad, MT Rest Area/Weigh Scale located on the I-15 northbound. Easily accessed from southbound via overpass. Vehicles going in either direction can access it well. Google maps: 48.1816925200338, -111.93112466051848
ELD Update Centre
AMTA is gathering ELD certification information in one spot to aid membership in better understanding the Federal legislation coming into effect June 12, 2021.
Release: Canada’s First Automated Commercial Trucks to Roll Onto Alberta Highways
Canada’s commercial trucking industry is shifting into a future that is being driven by safety, efficiency, and artificial intelligence. A test project funded by the Government of Canada will soon see a series of semi-trucks kitted with AI technology plying their trade on Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth Highway II – the major transportation corridor between Edmonton and Calgary.
Release: Recognizing excellence in safe trucking
Alberta Government release – April 27, 2021 – PIC [Partners in Compliance] is a voluntary commercial truck safety program that promotes safety excellence for commercial truckers and reduces red tape. It recognizes members who demonstrate a strong safety culture and operational excellence in commercial transportation in Alberta. PIC members can receive reduced administrative fees and bypass privileges at most provincial commercial vehicle inspection stations.
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AMTA’s Calgary office is located on the traditional Treaty 7 lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuu-Tina (SOO-tih-nah) and Nakota Nations, and the Métis Nation Region 3.
AMTA’s Edmonton offices are located on the traditional Treaty 6 territory of the Cree, Dene (DEH-NEH), Blackfoot, Saulteaux (SOH-toh), and Nakota Sioux. This is the home of the Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Regions, 2, 3, and 4, within the historical Northwest Métis Homeland.