Border

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,

DRIC announces new access artery to second crossing

TORONTO -- The exact location for a new international crossing in the Windsor-Detroit Gateway still hasn't been declared, but the picture is clearer today

DOT forging ahead with Mexican truck plan

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Transportation announced that after reviewing thousands of public comments on the matter, it would resume its plans to allow 100 Mexican trucks

Room for two new bridges at Windsor-Detroit: DRIC official

DETROIT -- Michigan officials now say they could see a day where the Windsor-Detroit Gateway has a new private crossing as well as separate, public bridge downriver.

CTA urges measured approach to U.S. passport rule

OTTAWA -- In comments submitted today to the U.S. departments of State and Homeland Security, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) urged the Americans not to rush ahead with implementation of new document requirements

Mexican truck pilot set for this weekend; Groups seek court injunction

WASHINGTON -- Five groups in the U.S. have filed lawsuits seeking an emergency stay of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's plan to proceed with the controversial Mexican truck pilot project as early as this Labor Day weekend.

BREAKING NEWS: Court denies opponents’ bid to block Mexican trucks

WASHINGTON -- About 1,000 Mexican trucks could be rolling through all parts of the U.S. as early as this Thursday after a San Francisco Appeals Court ruled the controversial project may proceed as planned.

Border wait times escalate this summer

DETROIT -- Truckers and travelers are reporting some of the longest cross-border lineups they've seen since the days immediately following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Mr. Hope goes to Ottawa with plans for Chatham border crossing

CHATHAM, Ont. -- Municipal officials in Chatman-Kent, Ont. will be lobbying Ottawa for another international bridge crossing in southwestern Ontario and Michigan.

CBP sets up desk to help ACE users expand capabilities

WASHINGTON -- With the deployment of new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entry summary this month, and accounts, and revenue capabilities fast approaching,

FMCSA soon to enforce new Unified Carrier Registration fees

WASHINGTON -- The finishing touches are being made on the new U.S. Unified Carrier Registration (UCR), which will replace the old Single State Registration System for carriers and brokers.

Ole! Mexican trucks given green light to start crossing the border

WASHINGTON -- Transportes Olympic of Nuevo Leon of Nuevo Leon, Mexico and Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution from El Paso, Tex are the first two for-hire carriers cleared to cross deep into American and Mexican territory.

U.S. Senate votes to block Mexican trucking pilot

Just a few days after officially getting underway, the on-again, off-again Mexican truck program could be off yet again.

Ambassador boss says he’ll pay for new highway to bridge

WINDSOR -- Officials at the Ambassador Bridge say the company would be happy to pick up part of the tab for a new highway leading to the border in Windsor -- provided it leads to their bridge and not a new crossing proposed a few kilometers downriver.