Tag: Transport

Global supply chains continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, growing impacts of climate change, and recent sanctions against Russia. Ensuring that Canadian supply chains are resilient and fluid is a priority. March 25, 2022    Ottawa    Transport Canada Global supply chains continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, growing impacts of climate change, and recent sanctions against Russia. Ensuring that Canadian supply chains are resilient and fluid is a priority. During the National Supply Chain Summit in January 2022, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced that a Supply Chain Task Force would be created. Today, Minister Alghabra ... Read more

The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, issued this statement on the Canadian National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims November 17, 2021    Ottawa    Transport Canada The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, issued this statement on the Canadian National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims: “Today is the Canadian National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims. A day to think about what we must all do to make Canada’s highways and roads safer. “In Canada, there are approximately 1,900 road fatalities and 150,000 injuries each year. These statistics represent lives that were cut short, or significantly ... Read more

Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has emphasized that all-round efforts are required for implementation of various initiatives undertaken as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Addressing, a Virtual Conference on Indian MSMEs as Growth Engines to Economy on the occasion of International MSME Day the minister mentioned that in the journey of making Aaatmanirbhar Bharat, it is imperative that special focus is laid towards Agriculture, Food Processing industry, Leather and Tribal Industries. Further he also urged to make use of technology and mentioned that research, innovation and quality improvement can play a major role in industrial ... Read more

Transport Department sets up telephone booking hotlines for annual vehicle examination **************************************************************************************      The Transport Department (TD) announced today (June 23) that, in view of the suspension of the vehicle examination scheduling system, telephone booking hotlines have been set up by the TD starting from today to accept scheduling of vehicle examinations to be conducted in the Transport Department Vehicle Examination Complex (TDVEC) until further notice. The hotline services are designated for handling annual vehicle examinations in the TDVEC only.        Vehicle owners or their representatives should call the designated hotlines to make appointments in accordance with the vehicle ... Read more

During the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, major focus has been on quick and smooth transportation of Liquid Oxygen (LOX) to various parts of the country. In this regard, it has been brought out by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways that as per extant rules and in consonance with the CMVR, 1989, ONLY trained drivers with adequate training and having ‘hazardous cargo’ license are allowed to operate the Liquid Oxygen (LOX) trucks. Therefore, there is an urgent need to make available a large pool of trained drivers who can supplement / replace the existing drivers, keeping in mind 24×7 operations. ... Read more