Security

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, CargoNet join forces to fight cargo theft in Canada

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has announced it will be joining forces with CargoNet to help motor carriers introduce an additional layer of security aimed at reducing their vulnerability to cargo crime.

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.

Mack gets boost from US military order

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The US Army has ordered 100 Mack Granites, which will serve as fuel and water tank trucks.

Navistar delivers MXT armoured personnel carriers to RCMP

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Navistar Defence Canada announced it has delivered US$14 million in International MXT Armoured Personnel Carriers to the RCMP.

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.

ATA tells Congress transportation security efforts must be risk-based

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Phil Byrd, president of Bulldog Hiway Express and vice-chairman of American Trucking Associations, has told a congressional subcommittee that efforts to secure the US transportation system should be deployed based on specific...

Smile! Suspected cargo thief caught on camera

VAUGHAN, Ont. -- Northbridge Insurance has been given photos of a suspected cargo thief captured by surveillance video.

CargoNet survey finds increase in cargo theft reporting in US

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- CargoNet has released key findings of a detailed survey of cargo theft activity in the US in 2011. The report shows a rise in cargo theft reporting, which officials attribute to an improvement in collaboration and data...

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.

Toronto Trucking Association to host sessions on cargo theft, fraud

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Toronto Trucking Association will be hosting a pair of lunch presentations on cargo theft and fraud Jan. 26. Leading the sessions will be Rick Geller of Markel Insurance and Detective Glen Clement of the Peel Commercial...

Canada, US announce new border security plan

Canada and the US announced the new "Beyond the Border" perimeter security and trade agreement today. The plan aims to streamline both travel and cross-border business between the two countries, with pilot projects to start as soon as April...

Talk of fence along Canadian border doesn’t rattle trucking reps

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trucking industry insiders are meeting the latest report on how US Homeland Security and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can beef up security on the Canadian border with a resounding "meh."

Stolen Moncton load recovered, thanks to observant trucker

MONCTON, N.B. -- An observant truck driver is being credited for providing information that resulted in the arrest of a cargo thief and the recovery of $150,000 worth of stolen cheese.