CBSA modernizes Partners in Protection

OTTAWA -- Canada Border Services Agency has announced its intention of introducing a modernized Partners in Protection (PIP) program by June 30, 2008.

DOT urges Congress to maintain Mexican truck pilot

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters warned that now is not the time to halt the controversial Mexican cross-border program because tampering with the trucking provisions under NAFTA could hurt an already struggling U.S. economy.

Mexican truck program inconclusive: IG

WASHINGTON -- A new report by U.S. Inspector General Calvin Scovel says it's difficult to determine whether the DOT's Mexican cross-border pilot project is beneficial or harmful to the U.S.

OTA investigating Port Huron crossing complaints

TORONTO -- The Ontario Trucking Association has installed a survey collection station inside the US Customs-secondary processing facility at the Blue Water Bridge and wants to hear about truckers' experiences at the crossing.

Highway work diverts border traffic away from bridge

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The Windsor-Detroit tunnel seems to be the beneficiary of the closure to a stretch of I-75 in Detroit, according to a report in the Windsor Star.

Alberta: Si! USA: Not so much anymore

CANCUN, Mexico -- If recent comments in an online Mexican magazine are anything to go by, Mexicans would sooner their drivers skip right over the 49 American States directly above them and haul directly into Canada.

Transport Canada bridges safety gap

OTTAWA -- A proposed regulation would provide the federal Transport Minister with a better idea of the safety of Canada's international bridges.

B.C. border bridge closing for construction

NELSON, B.C. -- A border bridge in B.C. will be shutting down for three months while undergoing major rehabilitation.

Public opinion stalls border plaza project

PORT HURON, Mich. -- Due to a number of questions raised during a recent comment period, the timeline for expanding the U.S. border plaza at the Blue Water Bridge has been pushed back.

Tunnel visions of trouble

WINDSOR, Ont. -- You know that tunnel between Windsor and Detroit? Well you might think it's just just a big old pipe full of trucks, cars and buses going to the casino. But it's really a symbol of how complicated and fragile this, the busiest border link in North America, is.

Detroit/Windsor visions of grandeur

DETROIT -- While political officials mull over various ways to improve the border between Windsor and Detroit, one U.S. think tank is suggesting a grander vision.

US-bound truck trade falls, but northern exports rise

WASHINGTON -- Surface transportation trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico was 7.4 percent higher in January 2008 than the same period last year, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Canada diversifying trade; China now 3rd largest partner

OTTAWA -- Canada continues to mix up its international portfolio in merchandise trade, as exports to countries other than the United States advanced in 2007, largely on the strength of growing trade with the United Kingdom, Norway and China.

Canada ‘decoupling’ from the US economy

OTTAWA -- Canada's richness in resources allowed our economy to hurdle over a slumping U.S. market and other obstacles to steady growth in 2007, according to Stats Canada's latest study in the Canadian Economic Observer.

US trucking may not have bottomed out yet: Analyst

SAN FRANCISCO -- Record-high diesel prices and severe weather predicted for much of U.S. could further hurt the trucking industry, according to a research note from Credit Suisse