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Vancouver Authorities Drive Old Trucks From Docks |
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Monday, 23 July 2007 04:30 |
From SchedNet:
The Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) has introduced what it describes as the 'most demanding container truck safety and environmental licensing standards in North America.'
The new truck licence includes more stringent safety and environmental enforcement, data qualification and audit provisions.
The authority's new Truck Licensing System (TLS) is designed to prohibit the access of substandard trucks.
The new provisions will take effect on January 1, 2008. 'With our new TLS version, the VPA is following through on the promise we made in April 2007 to introduce industry-leading container truck safety and environmental standards,'said VPA vice president Chris Badger.
'These new standards will improve air quality in our communities and remove unsafe trucks from our roads,'said Mr Badger.
In a related development, a proposal has been published in the Canada Gazette Part I by the federal Conservative government to modify existing regulations that require container trucks to acquire licences from port authorities to access harbour areas.
New rules require non-union owner-operators, who are currently subject to the rates of remuneration under the 'memorandum'licensing system, to be 'compensated at the equivalent of any rate that has been established in a collective agreement that applies to union owner-operators.'
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