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

Fort Erie officials shrug off new bridge idea

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- The Fort Erie Council has approved a resolution urging the U.S. State Department to deny permits to the Ambassador Niagara Signature Bridge Group, which is vying to build a second bridge across the Fort Erie-Buffalo border.

US regulators to study universal EOBR rule

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it may expand its proposed requirement for electronic onboard recorders to include all carriers.

Bordering On a Disaster: Chamber boss calls for CBSA upgrade

OTTAWA -- If the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) wants truckers and other border crossers to update their shops and procedures

Transport Canada wants border crossers’ opinion on new bridge

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Transport Canada is conducting surveys at Windsor and Sarnia border crossings to get information on future traffic and revenue that might convince a private company to help build and operate a new bridge, according to the Windsor Star.

Smart Border Accord needs to be restored: Bradley

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The ongoing thickening of the Canada-US border "imperils economic growth in the Great Lakes region which is already the front line of changing world supply chains."

Enhanced driver’s license heads to Washington

VICTORIA -- The Olympic Games are not only an opportunity to bring the world together, but also showcase smooth border travel between Canada and the U.S.

Maine-lining Freight: Superhighway needed to max port usage

MONCTON. N.B. -- Pave it and they

Friends, through thick borders and thin trade

NEW ORLEANS -- The tres hombres -- George Bush, Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderone -- have come out swinging in firm opposition to any tinkering with NAFTA but in full support of more efficient border crossings.

It’s Canada’s turn for pre-, e-notification

WINDSOR -- A select group of truckers attending the recent Driving for Profit seminar in Windsor, Ont., got an earful and a leg up on some big changes coming to border crossings.

US-Canada surface trade jumps nearly 20% in Feb

WASHINGTON -- Surface transportation and trade between the United States and its NAFTA partners took a significant 16.3 percent upturn in February 2008 from the same period the year before.

Manitoba steers efforts towards enhanced licenses

WINNIPEG -- The enhanced driver's license crusade is in full swing in Manitoba as proposed legislative amendments have been introduced.