News Release: MTA CONCERNED WITH APPRENTICE:JOURNEYPERSON RATIO

(WINNIPEG, MB) October 22, 2024 – The Manitoba Trucking Association is concerned that the newly-restored 1:1 apprentice to journeyperson ratio will negatively impact apprentices in Manitoba’s trucking industry without positively impacting safety. “Our members...

Industry Focus, with Manitoba Motor Carrier Enforcement

Manitoba Motor Carrier Enforcement (MMCE) tracks data on types of violations by year and have noticed that the top five issues are consistent. They are also completely preventable, costing companies time and money that they could be using in other ways. These are: 1....

Trucks and the City

For a city to exist, it needs an urban economy. For an urban economy to exist, there needs to be commercial trade. For commercial trade to exist, there needs to be commercial transportation. The most efficient and most economic commercial transportation in cities is...

National Trucking Week 2024 Review

Members of the Manitoba Trucking Association continued to make National Trucking Week an industry-wide celebration this year. Kicking off the celebrations pre-National Trucking Week was the MTA Scholarship Luncheon.  Annually, the MTA, through the support of the...

CBSA Planned System Outage For Maintenance

The Canada Border Services Agency is preparing a scheduled, planned system outage to conduct maintenance during the morning of September 7, 2024 (EDT).  For highway carriers, if you are proceeding to the border during the planned outage, please ensure all drivers are...