Submit ArriveCAN data electronically and avoid penalties, CTA tells truckers

Truck drivers who do not submit mandatory ArriveCAN data electronically while entering Canada, could soon be facing significant fines or penalties, the border services agency has warned. The Canadian Trucking…

Peace Bridge to pilot new border-crossing program for trucks

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- Canada and the US have announced a one-year pre-inspection pilot program to be conducted at the Peace Bridge, which if successful could allow for the pre-clearance of trucks at certain border crossings.

Phase 1 of Canada-US truck cargo pre-inspection pilot now underway

SURREY, B.C. -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun Phase I of a truck cargo pre-inspection pilot. The project, which got underway at the Pacific Highway crossing adjacent to Surrey, B.C. June 17, is a collaborative effort by CBP,...

CTA gives thumbs up to greater transparency on C-TPAT suspensions and appeals

OTTAWA, Ont. -- In response to complaints from the national trucking associations on both sides of the Canada-US border, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a document which clearly lays out the measures it will take to...

Truckers protest idea to hike APHIS border inspection fee

OTTAWA, Ont.  – If you thought last year’s Perimeter Vision Action Plan agreed to by the United States and Canada might signal an end to the nickel and diming of cross-border commerce between the world’s two major...

Feds announce plans to modernize Lacolle border crossing

BOUCHERVILLE, QC – Ottawa has announced federal funding to expand and modernize the Lacolle Border Crossing.

CBSA nabs trio of tobacco smugglers

MONTREAL, Que. -- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has seized nearly 48,000 kgs of tobacco from three Canadian truck drivers who attempted to smuggle the contraband into Canada via semi-trailer.

Canada-US announce truck cargo pre-inspection pilot

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews, and the US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that paves the way for a pre-inspection pilot to be conducted on...

Motor carriers miffed over delay in ACI eManifest program implementation

OTTAWA, Ont. – Canadian motor carriers who have made the investment and put forward the effort to be early-adopters of Canada Border Service Agency’s ACI eManifest program are not pleased by the agency’s announced delay in...

CBSA extends eManifest informed compliance period for highway carriers

OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is extending the eManifest informed compliance period for highway carriers.

CTA to CBSA: Fix ACI eManifest or risk losing carrier participation

OTTAWA, Ont. --  The Canadian Trucking Alliance has informed Canada Customs and Border Agency (CBSA) that member carriers are still experiencing difficulties and delays with the ACI eManifest program since the beginning of the informed...

CTA survey finds implementation of ACI eManifest ‘going well’

OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance has surveyed its members to gauge experience with ACI eManifest ahead of the start of its mandatory use for highway carriers Nov. 1.

Canada and the U.S. launch new technology to reduce border wait times

FORT ERIE, Ont. – New technology is to be installed at the Peace and Queenston-Lewiston Bridges to make for faster border crossings, Canada’s attorney general, Rob Nicholson, announced yesterday.

Detroit-Windsor crossing shut again after bogus bomb threat

DETROIT, Mich.-- For the second time in four days, traffic between Canada and the US was snarled at Detroit-Windsor due to a bogus bomb threat.

CTA sits in on D.C. border talks

WASHINGTON - The Canadian Trucking Alliance had a seat at the table in Washington this week to kick-off the perimeter vision discussions stemming from last year's border agreement between Prime Minister Harper and President Obama.