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Run on Less tour begins

NEW YORK, NY - The Run on Less tour that will see seven freight-hauling trucks participate in a three-week test of fuel efficiency is underway.

Cummins denounces DACA decision

COLUMBUS, IN - Cummins chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger has denounced the Trump administration's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) initiative in the United States.

Ambassador Bridge expansion gets Canadian permits

WINDSOR, ON – Canada has issued the final permit needed for the Ambassador Bridge expansion project to continue. Matthew Moroun, with the Detroit International Bridge company, says the permit allows…

Daimler donates to help Harvey victims

HOUSTON, TX - Daimler AG has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. The German automaker and its United States-based subsidiaries, including Daimler Trucks North America, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mercedes-Benz US International, and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, announced the donation to help those caught-up in the catastrophic storm, today

RFP deadline extended for Gordie Howe bridge

WINDSOR, ON - After a review of their public-private partnership procurement process, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) announced today they are extending their request for proposals (RFP) period for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project.

Out of service not enforceable until April on ELD’s

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is pushing back enforcement on the out-of-service criteria for the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate in the United States. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) new congressionally mandated ELD regulations will still take effect on Dec. 18, 2017 as planned, and will still be enforceable from that date, however the CVSA announced this morning that inspectors will not be putting vehicles out of service until April 1, 2018. Until the April 1 deadline inspectors will be noting violations and roadside inspection reports, and issuing citations to drivers at the inspector's discretion. The announcement will not affect the enforcement of out-of-service criteria for Hours of Service.

ACI turnaround option extended until Dec. 31

OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) is extending the turnaround option for drivers that arrive at the border without their advance commercial information (ACI) form until the end of the year. Recurring delays and outages at the border caused CBSA to make the exception on a 90-day basis back in May. Outages have continued, resulting in the policy being extended until Dec. 31, 2017.

Harvey trounces Texas; trucking

HOUSTON, TX - Hurricane Harvey is hitting hard, taking up to 10% of the trucking industry with it, reports FTR Intelligence. The category four storm made landfall in Texas, northeast of Corpus Christi, Friday night, bringing with it rain and winds of up to 209 kilometers per hour (130 miles per hour).

Cautillo: Gordie Howe bridge on time

WINDSOR, ON - The President and CEO of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) has issued a statement to clear up recent reports of delays and problems with the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. The statement from Michael Cautillo aimed to address media reports of delays with the procurement process to find partners to design, construct, and maintain the bridge.

June delays at border caused by leaky A/C

OTTAWA, ON - An outage of the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) system in June, caused delays at the border for some trucks over a 30-hour period. The Statistics Canada outage that affected the CAED, was caused by a leaking air conditioner the CBC is reporting. According to the news outlet, repairs incorrectly done led to an escalating set of circumstances that triggered the second major outage of the year for the statistics bureau.

Border Barriers: A trucking wish list for NAFTA

OTTAWA, ON -- So it begins. The North American Free Trade Agreement that governs every load of freight crossing the Canada-U.S. border is now formally being renegotiated. In the midst of talk about tariffs and taxes, however, regulators are also looking for ways to streamline the crossings themselves.

Drivewyze expands into North Dakota

EDMONTON, AB - Drivewyze's weigh station bypass service has expanded into North Dakota, including 13 different approaches to seven fixed weigh stations and eight mobile sites.

Speed up truck border crossings: CFIB

OTTAWA, ON - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is asking the federal government to help speed up border crossings for trucks, as work begins to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Trucks haul 80% of U.S. freight: ATA

ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. trucking industry accounted for 79.8% of the nation’s freight bills in 2016, amounting to US $676.2 billion, the American Trucking Associations concludes. The organization’s newly…

Demo allows challenges to U.S. crash findings

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) launches a demonstration project on August 1 that will allow carriers to dispute crash findings applied to collision since June 1. If those crashes are found to be "not preventable", individual Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) scores could improve. The program emerges following a study on crash causes, released earlier in July. The agency will use its DataQs national data correction system to accept Requests for Data Reviews (RDRs) to "evaluate the preventability of certain categories of crashes".