Today's Trucking Staff

SPECIAL REPORT: Ont.-Detroit chambers implore continued funding for new gateway bridge

TORONTO -- Michigan politicians shouldn't even consider pulling the funding plug on a binational committee scouting a new border crossing at the vital Detroit-Windsor trade gateway, two prominent business groups insist.

Groups blast DOT on speculation Mexican truck plan will proceed

WASHINGTON -- Organizations representing highway and truck safety groups, labor and independent truck drivers joined members of Congress last week in accusing the Bush administration of ignoring federal safety laws concerning a pilot program allowing trucks from Mexico to travel throughout the United States.

Ambassador says twin will have no adverse impact on environment

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The owners of the Ambassador Bridge says local air quality and the surrounding environment will improve after its new, six-lane twin crossing is built next to the current bridge.

Ottawa ponies up cash for new Windsor-Detroit crossing

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Transport Canada says it's putting some money behind its promise to establish a public-private partnership (P3) to build a new bridge from southwest Windsor, Ont. to Detroit.

Enhanced licence for passport plan given new life; More border cops at Peace Bridge

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), a vocal opponent of President Bush's plan to require Canadian and U.S. travelers to show a passport for entry into the U.S., says the idea of creating an enhanced driver's licence as an alternative to a passport isn't dead yet.

CBSA mandatory line release kicks in at end of month

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Effective July 30th, 2007, changes to what is currently considered "exceptions" to the mandatory line release requirements at the Ambassador Bridge will come into effect.

Border regs costing truckers nearly half a billion dollars: Study

OTTAWA -- Of all transport modes, cross-border trucking has been the hardest-hit by a myriad of redundant U.S. security rules since 9-11, a report for Transport Canada has found.

e-Manifests required at N.D. and Vermont border crossings

WASHINGTON -- As of yesterday, July 12, 2007, truck carriers must submit electronic manifests before arriving at North Dakota and Vermont land border ports.

New Peace Bridge plaza opens

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- The Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority has officially opened the Peace Bridge's expanded and updated plaza, which includes several new features.

Slumping traffic threatens northern Ontario crossing

SAULT Ste. MARIE -- The International Bridge linking the Canadian and American Saults has reportedly seen some of the biggest drops in traffic among all border crossings.

CBP willing to explain FAST revocation to drivers

WASHINGTON -- Individual border guards still have too much power in yanking FAST cards for some truckers' liking, but at least now U.S. Customs and Border Protection can tell drivers why.

BREAKING NEWS: US Court rejects 11-hour driving limit in HOS rule

WASHINGTON - The 11-hour daily driving time and the 34-hour restart provisions of the U.S. federal hours-of-service regulation have been tossed out by the U.S. Court of Appeals.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: U.S. agencies demand additional work on EA for new crossing

DETROIT -- The environmental impact assessment (EA) for a new span next to the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ont. and Detroit continues to take a beating from a handful of U.S. government offices.

New Fort Erie bridge span plan revived: Report

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- American proponents of a new bridge crossing over the Niagara River between Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, N.Y. have kickstarted the plan in an effort to construct the span in the next few years.

U.S.-Canadian cabotage war ‘a different kettle of fish’: CTA chief

OTTAWA -- If the American authorities are indeed going to start delaying Canadian truckers as part of an upgraded war on cabotage, they better expect reciprocation on this side of the 49th parallel,