National Trucking Week

4 - NATIONAL TRUCKING WEEK Celebrating 25 successful years providing asset based logistics solutions for TL and LTL van and open deck throughout North America! Proud to celebrate and thank the dedicated Men and Women in our "Driving Force" Proud to celebrate and thank the dedicated Men and Women in our "Driving Force" Recruitment inquiries email: safety@keystonewestern.com Phone: 800-265-6460 Fax: 204256-9527 www.keystonewestern.com Sales inquiries call or email: sales@keystonewestern.com MTA executive director Terry Shaw helps marshal trucks during last year's Special Olympics Convoy. Photo by Jason Halstead KEEPING OUR ECONOMY MOVING By Jim Timlick • Manitoba $156 • The you • Our per in fuel tax for • If the Manitoba $1.18 66% 81% $8.394 BILLION (66%) of Manitoba's $12.705 billion EXPORTS are to the United States (Strategis) $15.405 BILLION (81%) of Manitoba's $19.057 billion IMPORTS are from the United States (Strategis) #5 BORDER OF MORE Trucking transport 62% of the surface mode (truck, rail, pipeline) EXPORTS to the United States from Manitoba • Approximately 300,000 commercial trucks cross the Manitoba-US border each year. • Trucks haul 95% of land freight in Manitoba Every year, approximately 1,100 people are injured in the truck and transport industry. In addition to the potentially tragic human cost to our workers, there are direct and indirect costs to our industry that are estimated to exceed $90 million annually. In 2015 the Trucking Industry formally introduced the safety program's official name: RPM Trucking Industry Safety. While the word "RPM" has direct connections to trucking, its connection to the Manitoba trucking safety program is that is also an acronym for "Risk. Professionally Managed." The new safety program will promote sound safety and health practices, and provide leadership in advancing a culture of safety in the trucking industry. It will develop and deliver safety and health training, programs and services for trucking companies. The Manitoba Trucking Association exists to develop and maintain a safe and healthy business environment for its industry members and has been doing so since 1932. We are, first and foremost, an advocacy group working on behalf of the trucking industry. The Manitoba Trucking Association is the voice of the trucking industry in Manitoba. HIGHWAY #75 MOVES ROUGHLY 19 BILLION IN TRADE BETWEEN MANITOBA AND THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY APPROXIMATELY 64% OF NORTH AMERICAN EXPORTS FROM MANITOBA ARE MOVED BY TRUCK VALUING MORE THAN 6 BILLION DOLLARS THERE 450 TRUCKING COMPANIES TRUCKING MORE

• Cover