Today's Trucking Staff

Ontario mirrors U.S. plan to extend daylight savings time

TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has agreed to harmonize the province's daylight savings time with a new U.S. plan.

ACES High: e-manifest program ready to roll in Michigan

DETROIT -- The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is slated for deployment at seven ports in Michigan over the next few months.

ATA hammers out energy policy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations' Board of Directors today unanimously endorsed an energy resolution that includes limiting the use of biodiesel.

Ambassador execs say they’ll expand bridge; Owner wants tunnel too

WINDSOR, Ont. - The owner of the Ambassador Bridge will build a new $200 million plaza in Detroit and commence plans to twin the current international crossing despite the fact that a binational committee is still weighing out other major proposals for a new river crossing.

OTA urges Feds to fight U.S. waste bill

TORONTO - Protectionist U.S. states shouldn't be allowed to intervene in international trade matters, and the Ontario Trucking Association wants the federal government to make sure that it doesn't happen.

Auto expert predicts gloomy future for Windsor

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The city of Windsor's economic health is in serious trouble, says the respected Canadian automotive industry expert Dennis DesRosiers.

Mayoral hopeful would back Detroit-Windsor Jobs Tunnel plan

DETROIT -- The man hoping to succeed current Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pledges he would support the Jobs Tunnel project as the solution to Detroit-Windsor's border woes.

Detroit Mayor backs off deal to hand over tunnel — for now

DETROIT - After entertaining the idea of handing over control of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has temporarily taken the proposal off the table, reports the Detroit Free Press.

NB Premier hopeful promises to finish Hwy. 1 twinning

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The leader of New Brunswick's Liberal opposition says if elected, he'll complete the twinning of Hwy. 1 between Saint John and the St. Stephen border crossing.

U.S., Mexico to open new multimodal trade gateway

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- U.S. and Mexican officials have inked a new pact that will create a new border crossing and trade gateway between the two NAFTA nations.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: DRTP Blasts Border Selection Committee

DETROIT -- The Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) process for selecting a new border span linking Detroit and Windsor, Ont. has become "unhinged," according to executives of the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership.

Border guards back at work after one-day strike

WINDSOR -- The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia are not reporting any delays as front-line customs officers went back to their posts this morning.

Pssst… Wanna buy a bridge?

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- The owners of Ontario's second private bridge are reportedly shopping around the international crossing.

In With the Old: Cattle over 30 months to be allowed back into the US

WASHINGTON -- By midpoint next year, Canadian cattle haulers will be allowed to once again transport all types of cows across the border.

US blinks in softwood standoff

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced it would comply with a NAFTA panel's order to cut a 16 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber imports -- for now.