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Long Road to Recovery for BC Goods and Passenger Transporters
Langley, British Columbia—Statistics the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has gathered for May 2020 indicate that all members surveyed – trucking and motor coach companies and the suppliers and service providers supporting them – don’t expect to return to pre-COVID-19...
BC’s Essential Freight & Passenger Services Hard Hit by COVID-19 Economy
Langley, British Columbia—The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) says that results of a second COVID-19 Impact Survey of its members, focusing on operational challenges for April 2020, indicate that trucking and motor coach companies and the suppliers who support them in...
Trucking Companies in British Columbia will Cut Emissions Thanks to CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency Program
Langley, British Columbia—The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) is pleased to notify participants on the success of their applications for equipment incentives for purchasing fuel-efficiency technology. Today’s announcement comes after the completion of the first CleanBC...
APUs Approved for CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency Program Incentives
Langley, British Columbia— The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) is pleased to announce the addition of auxiliary power units (APUs) to the list of approved equipment eligible for incentives under the CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency (HDVE) Program. APUs options...
BC Trucking Association Announces Application Window for CleanBC HDVE Program Incentives
Langley, British Columbia—The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) will be accepting applications from BC motor carriers from February 3 to 21, 2020, for incentives to purchase eligible fuel-efficient technology under the CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency (HDVE)...
BC Professional Truck Driver Gordon Price Named Canada’s 2019 National Driver of the Year
Langley, British Columbia— Gordon “Gord” Lynal Price, a Langley-based owner-operator, was named the 2019 Canadian Trucking Alliance/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year at the annual Christmas Party of the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) on December 5,...
Why Trucking Can’t Support an 8-lane Tunnel Replacement
By Dave Earle, BCTA President & CEO Earlier this month, the Metro Vancouver Board endorsed an eight-lane immersed tube tunnel as its preferred replacement option for the existing George Massey Tunnel (GMT). The Board’s recommendation will now go to the Province,...
BC Carriers Invited to Reduce Emissions through New CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency Program
Langley, British Columbia—The BC Trucking Association (BCTA), in partnership with the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, announces the launch of the CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency Program Course, with sessions scheduled in Langley and Kamloops...
National Trucking Week 2019: Changemakers Wanted
By Dave Earle, President & CEO The trucking industry has been grappling with a shortage of workers over many years. Right now unemployment is low, many millennials remain uninterested in trades and heavy-duty diesel trucks are viewed as significant contributors to...
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