cross-border News Updates

GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Tougher Vaccine Requirements Poised to Take Effect at Canada Border

More stringent COVID-19 vaccine requirements set to take effect at the borders may put new pressure on freight traffic between the United States and Canada, experts said.

January 10, 2022
GovernmentTechnologyAutonomous

Ontario, Michigan Partner to Explore Transportation Technologies

Government leaders in Ontario and Michigan have partnered to advance transportation and mobility technologies in a cross-border testing setting.

August 26, 2021
Business

Reliance Partners Adds Borderless Coverage to Portfolio

Trucking insurance company Reliance Partners has acquired Borderless Coverage, a North American cross-border supply chain insurance provider.

February 18, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

2017 Truck Crossings Into Canada Dip, Bridge and Tunnel Association Finds

Truck crossings between the states of Michigan and New York and the province of Ontario were fairly steady last year, declining just .42% versus 2016 levels, according to a report from the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association.

January 24, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

Value of NAFTA Freight Jumped in October, BTS Finds

The United States carried more freight by value with its North American Free Trade Agreement partners in October 2017 than in October 2016, according to a study released by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Jan. 4.

January 5, 2018
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

NAFTA Negotiations Proceed With Little to Show

Canada and Mexico are holding firm in their resistance to addressing America’s most contentious proposed changes to NAFTA in the latest talks, with the parties making some slow progress on areas of greater consensus.

November 21, 2017
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

North American Trade Reps Start Talks on NAFTA Overhaul

Trade representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico have begun talks aimed at resetting terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a process that is expected to take many months to conclude and which could have profound implications for freight carriers and the supply chain operations of companies in all three countries.

August 24, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Werner's Derek Leathers on Forecasting the Shifting Business Climate

Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers discusses trucking's shifting business climate with TT's Daniel Bearth, part of our July 12 LiveOnWeb program on the 2017 Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire Carrier rankings.

July 13, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

OOIDA Asks Supreme Court to Review Decision on Cross-Border Trucking Program

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision upholding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s authority to operate a cross-border pilot program allowing Mexican drivers to operate throughout the United States.

November 7, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

U.S. Court Again Upholds Cross-Border Pilot Project

A federal appeals court has again ruled that the government’s cross-border trucking pilot program, which allows approved Mexican fleets to operate throughout the United States, can go forward.

August 5, 2013