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Since the Bush administration’s Mexican truck pilot project was cancelled in 2009, there had been no official trans-border agreement for Mexican carriers to operate in the U.S. The Mexican government had then given payback in the form of imposing over 100 tariffs on U.S. exports. American business groups then started to pressure the Obama administration …

There has been a wide gap between Ontario’s trucking regulations and the National Safety Code Standard for a number of years now. Hence, the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is collaborating with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) in order to harmonize the regulations and standards which govern the trucking industry. Changes to annual safety inspections, …

Although Florida, Texas and California saw slight decreases in cargo theft incidents, New Jersey witnessed 121 in cargo hijacks in 2010 from just 50 in 2009 according to FreightWatch International. That is a 142% increase! Country wide, the U.S. saw an increase in cargo theft by 4.1% to 889 incidents which averages out to 75 …

Although the U.S. hours of service proposed rule changes announced December 23 were not as extreme as some were anticipating, it was still the center of controversy in the trucking industry with mainly two organizations taking opposite sides. Briefly stated, the rule changes could possibly lower driving time to 10 hours from 11 hours and …

While it’s not certain yet that commercial truck drivers will be legally forced into driving less time on the road, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) definitely seems to be leaning towards changing the Hours-of-Service rules from 11 hours down to 10. However both time limits are still under consideration. We will all know …