Canada’s Freight Forwarding Magazine
Advocacy remains the most important item that we deliver, and this fall issue of the Forwarder magazine, dedicated to the topic of Advocacy, aims to display for the membership more of what makes CIFFA your Trusted Advisor. In this issue we cover ongoing efforts CIFFA has made over the past few very busy years on […]
TORONTO, May 24, 2024. – CIFFA has partnered with Pledge, an organization which will support CIFFA members with its sustainability expertise. As part of the agreement, CIFFA will embed the Pledge Freight Emissions Calculator into its website, granting members the chance to trial Pledge’s carbon emissions calculation capabilities without needing to sign up to the […]
TORONTO, May 6, 2024.– CIFFA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Donna Letterio Leadership Award, Monica Kennedy, Owner and President at ITN Logistics Group of Companies. CIFFA introduced the annual Donna Letterio Leadership Award in December 2015, in memory of former CIFFA President Donna Letterio, who passed away in August 2013. The […]
Maritime April 4: Relief as Finnish Port Strikes Are Set to Cease in Bid to Start Talks – The Loadstar Finland’s supply chains look set for a reprieve after the country’s trade unions issued a temporary pause to the weeks-long labour disruption. The Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) on Thursday confirmed that the […]
TORONTO, ON. — CIFFA has elected six new board members at its Annual General Meeting, held April 24, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, on the second day of CIFFA’s 75th anniversary conference, which was themed “Leading the Path Forward”. The New Board members are: Chris Bachinski, Co-CEO & President at GHY International, Winnipeg Tim Drake, Vice […]
Dear Minister, Honourable Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities, Ontario. CC: Honourable Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford CC: Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport Canada I am writing on behalf of CIFFA, a logistics association representing the interests of over 330+ regular member firms with tens of thousands of employees in the fields of […]
What to Watch: Insurance, Regulatory Changes for Freight Brokers and Forwarders By Glenn Patton, Managing Director, Roanoke Insurance Group Canada, Inc. The following are several important issues regarding the insurance industry and regulatory changes that impact freight brokers and forwarders. With so many Canadian freight brokers and forwarders conducting cross-border business, U.S. regulatory changes affect […]