Transportation Bridge Co. plays class card in bid to stop rival span August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- The billionaire owner of the private Ambassador Bridge is raising the stakes in his battle to stop a competing public bridge from being built a few miles away down the Detroit River.
Transportation Michigan officials urge Obama to fund new bridge to Canada August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- A group of Michigan congressmen is urging Washington to put federal money behind the binational border team planning the design of a new public bridge between Windsor and Detroit.
Transportation Mexican truck crossing program nearing revival? August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration could be close to reopening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks under a new cross-border pilot program.
Transportation Truck crossings plummet across twin Saults August 1, 2014 SAULT STE. MARIE -- Northern Ontario's International Bridge experienced the worst monthly drop in commercial traffic in the crossing's nearly 50 years of operation.
Transportation Can-Am truck trade drops over 25% August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- Surface transportation trade among the three NAFTA nations plummeted again -- this time by 27.9 percent in March from a year earlier.
Transportation BCTA lobbies to keep border crossing open to trucks August 1, 2014 ALDERGROVE, B.C. -- If Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has its way, no more trucks will cross into the U.S. at Aldergrove, B.C.
Transportation Mexican truckers sue U.S. over cross-border policy August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- Some Mexican truckers can't wait for the Obama administration to reinstate cross-border trucking.
Transportation Standoff could force relocation of border crossing August 1, 2014 CORNWALL, Ont. -- The Canada Border Services Agency is looking to call in third-party mediators to end the weeklong standoff with the local Mohawk community which closed the northbound span of the Seaway International Bridge in Cornwall.
Transportation A little S&M? (Statistical masochism, that is) August 1, 2014 OTTAWA -- If you're wondering why there are even fewer lineups at the border, read on.
Transportation EXCLUSIVE: Ambassador bridge urges MDOT to lift hazmat limits August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- The privately owned Ambassador Bridge is trying to siphon cross-border hazmat business away from the Detroit Windsor Truck Ferry. But it'll need the Michigan government's help first.
Transportation Ambassador Co. fires back at US Coast Guard August 1, 2014 WARREN, Mich. -- Calling it a move that "smacks of retribution" for a federal lawsuit filed last month, the Detroit International Bridge Company blasted the U.S. Coast Guard for ordering that construction be halted on work to twin the Ambassador Bridge.
Transportation US Coast Guard orders Ambassador to halt twin span August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- The U.S. Coast Guard says the Ambassador Bridge has not yet acquired the necessary permits to build a second span adjacent to the current bridge and has told the private company to stop construction until it does so.
Transportation Protect us from protection, industry leaders urge August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- America's recovery is not going to be a result of economic nationalism.
Transportation Con-Way pilots cross border manifest system August 1, 2014 WATERLOO, Ont. -- Con-Way Freight is one of the carriers putting new software to use in preparation for the upcoming mandatory Advanced Commercial Information (ACI) Truck e-Manifest system.
Transportation B.C. truckers keep border crossing August 1, 2014 ALDERGROVE, B.C. -- Chalk a victory up for B.C. truckers.