SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker defense network branches into Canada

TORONTO -- For most Canadian cross-border truckers there are very few unknowns about our neighbor to the south.

BC waves permits and prorating for trucks under 11,800 kg

VICTORIA -- British Columbia is allowing greater truck reciprocity for all two-axle commercial vehicles with a registered weight of less than 11,794 kg from other Canadian provinces.

TWIC port card delayed — again

WASHINGTON -- The controversial Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is still not ready and its long-overdue rollout has been postponed yet again, the Baltimore Sun reports.

TRALA to tackle BC vehicle renting and leasing laws

VANCOUVER -- After encouraging reform in Ontario, the Alexandria, Va.-based Truck Renting Leasing Association is now seeking changes in unlimited vicarious liability laws in British Columbia as well.

CTA-Gov’t study says double trailers can reduce GHGs

OTTAWA -- Extended double trailer configurations on highways help cut vehicle emissions and improve traffic safety, according to a newly released stuffy conducted by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in cooperation with Resources Canada.

ACE e-manifest filing rates skyrocket on eve of deadline: CBP

WASHINGTON -- Despite initial communications problems between carriers and brokers, ACE e-manifests implementation at U.S. land ports, the trade community has been able to adapt to the new policy quickly, says Bob Klee, assistant director of Field Operations-Trade for US Customs' Seattle field office.

US truckers scoff at big tax in Big Apple

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial scheme to charge a carbon or congestion tax to trucks and cars entering Manhattan is being called "unfair, ineffective and ignores real transportation needs" by the country's largest trucking association.

SPECIAL REPORT: Not so happy meal deal for some owner-ops

TORONTO -- One step forward, two steps back. That's how some truckers are describing the new meal claim rules announced in the recent federal budget.

Canada to issue port worker security cards

HALIFAX -- Workers at Canada's seaports, including truck drivers, will soon have to carry mandatory ID cards when accessing container terminals and other ports facilities, Transport Canada announced yesterday.

APHIS rolls out smoothly; CTA boss laments ‘theatre of security’

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- Truck traffic flow to U.S. border crossings is pretty much normal today, despite it being the start of a new fee collection program by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Driving While Foreign: Truck blitz nets driver for not speaking English

GREENWOOD, Neb. -- A Russian-speaking driver in Nebraska was pulled off the road and placed out-of-service this week by the Nebraska State Patrol because he couldn't speak English, according to local television.

PC*MILER DOES TOLLS

ALK releases updated, re-branded PC*Miler/Tolls 21 with Canadian data

Ripe With Problems: Truckers question produce transport rules

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The September 2006 outbreak of E.coli that killed three Americans and sickened another 200 (there was one confirmed case of illness in Canada)

U.S. issues official passport rule for land ports; CTA says rule still murky

WASHINGTON -- It's good news that FAST-approved truckers will be able to show US Customs a FAST card instead of a passport to cross the border next year, the Canadian Alliance says.

New ‘straightforward’ trip inspection regs roll out July 1

OTTAWA -- The National Safety Code (NSC) standard for daily truck inspections, which are set to take affect this weekend, will have a tangible impact across the country, says the Canadian trucking Alliance.