Transport minister backs new Windsor-Detroit bridge

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The government of Canada unequivocally reaffirmed its commitment to build a publicly controlled international bridge across Windsor and Detroit while dismissing ongoing plans by the private Ambassador Bridge Company to twin its span.

Border delays possible at Emerson and The Soo

EMERSON, Man. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising truckers and travelers entering the U.S. through the port of Pembina, N.D.-Emerson, Man. that ongoing construction work could slow down primary traffic lanes beginning today, May 12.

First annual Northern Border Highway Carrier Conference announced

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. border officials will be holding a one-day C-TPAT conference for carriers and shippers on August 19, 2009 in Buffalo, N.Y.

Customs, logistics firm pained by border traffic slump

TORONTO -- The largest Canadian customs broker is blaming a significant drop in Canada-U.S. commercial traffic for steep losses in its most recent quarter.

Bridge Co. plays class card in bid to stop rival span

DETROIT -- The billionaire owner of the private Ambassador Bridge is raising the stakes in his battle to stop a competing public bridge from being built a few miles away down the Detroit River.

Michigan officials urge Obama to fund new bridge to Canada

WASHINGTON -- A group of Michigan congressmen is urging Washington to put federal money behind the binational border team planning the design of a new public bridge between Windsor and Detroit.

Mexican truck crossing program nearing revival?

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration could be close to reopening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks under a new cross-border pilot program.

Truck crossings plummet across twin Saults

SAULT STE. MARIE -- Northern Ontario's International Bridge experienced the worst monthly drop in commercial traffic in the crossing's nearly 50 years of operation.

Can-Am truck trade drops over 25%

WASHINGTON -- Surface transportation trade among the three NAFTA nations plummeted again -- this time by 27.9 percent in March from a year earlier.

BCTA lobbies to keep border crossing open to trucks

ALDERGROVE, B.C. -- If Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has its way, no more trucks will cross into the U.S. at Aldergrove, B.C.

Mexican truckers sue U.S. over cross-border policy

WASHINGTON -- Some Mexican truckers can't wait for the Obama administration to reinstate cross-border trucking.

Standoff could force relocation of border crossing

CORNWALL, Ont. -- The Canada Border Services Agency is looking to call in third-party mediators to end the weeklong standoff with the local Mohawk community which closed the northbound span of the Seaway International Bridge in Cornwall.

A little S&M? (Statistical masochism, that is)

OTTAWA -- If you're wondering why there are even fewer lineups at the border, read on.

EXCLUSIVE: Ambassador bridge urges MDOT to lift hazmat limits

DETROIT -- The privately owned Ambassador Bridge is trying to siphon cross-border hazmat business away from the Detroit Windsor Truck Ferry. But it'll need the Michigan government's help first.

Ambassador Co. fires back at US Coast Guard

WARREN, Mich. -- Calling it a move that "smacks of retribution" for a federal lawsuit filed last month, the Detroit International Bridge Company blasted the U.S. Coast Guard for ordering that construction be halted on work to twin the Ambassador Bridge.