OVERVIEW 

In addition to filing an application for operating authority, all applicants for motor carrier, forwarder, and broker authorities must have specific insurance and legal process agent documents on file before the FMCSA will issue the authorities. The required f...

Ontario Transportation Companies are listed under the description of “General Trucking” and are placed in Rate Group 570.

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WSIB insurance is not compulsory for people considered by the WSIB to be executive officers. However, executive officers may voluntarily request to...

OVERVIEW

New Entrant Safety Assurance Programs affect U.S. and Canada-based motor carriers. New Entrant is a motor carrier not domiciled in Mexico that applies for a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) identification number, in order to initiate operations in inter...

Click here for the Motor Carriers Guide to Improving Highway Safety 

This guide is intended to provide educational and technical assistance to the motor carrier industry and provide basic guidance on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). It is not intend...

Every Motor Carrier must have a qualification file for each regularly employed driver. The file must include:

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DRIVER’S APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT - A person will not be allowed to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she has completed and signed an applicatio...

Excellent Safety Rating

A carrier would normally be eligible for an Excellent Safety Rating if it meets all of the following conditions:

The carrier has at least 24 months of demonstrated operation in Ontario and currently holds a valid CVOR certificate,

The c...

Cabotage is the transportation of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a transport operator from another country. It originally applied to shipping along coastal routes, port to port, but now applies to aviation, railways, and road transport as...

BROKER: 

The most popular moniker for an intermediary in the transportation industry today is to identify itself as a “logistics company.” The term "logistics" is often used to describe a multitude of services, including distribution, warehousing, physical transportatio...