The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted permission to the first Mexican carrier to operate in the United States under the two countries’ cross-border trucking program.
October 14, 2011Business
First Mexican Truck Crosses U.S. Border as Pilot Program Resumes for 3-Year Test
Mexico-based Transportes Olympic sent the first Mexican truck into the United States in more than two years this month as part of the cross-border trucking agreement between the countries, kicking off the three-year test of Mexican carriers.
October 31, 2011Government, Business
First Mexican Truck Crosses Into U.S.
The first Mexican truck crossed the United States border Friday as part of the cross-border trucking pilot program between the countries, the Associated Press reported.
October 25, 2011Business
U.S. Opens Mexico Border, Gives Permit to First Fleet
The United States opened its border to Mexican trucks this month for the first time in more than two years, granting Mexico-based Transportes Olympic permission to operate throughout the country as part of a cross-border pilot program.
October 24, 2011Government, Business
U.S. Exporters, ATA Welcome Mexican Carrier’s Operating Clearance
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s decision to allow a Mexico-based carrier to operate in the United States received praise from U.S. groups whose exports to Mexico will soon be free from retaliatory tariffs.
October 17, 2011Business
FMCSA Set to Issue Operating Authority to Mexican Carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday it will issue a permit for a Mexican carrier to begin operations in the U.S. under the cross-border trucking program.
October 14, 2011Government, Business
FMCSA Rejects Challenge to Mexico Border Crossings
Allowing Mexican trucks to haul freight across the U.S. border does not pose the kind of “significant” truck-emissions issues that would require a full environmental impact study, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said.
October 11, 2011Editorial, Business
Another Border Delay
It’s disappointing to see that the Department of Transportation’s own inspector general doesn’t think the agency is ready to proceed with the interminably delayed cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico.
September 12, 2011Business
Mexico Trucking Plan Faces Delay
The Obama administration’s contentious cross-border trucking program with Mexico could be delayed until November after a Department of Transportation audit found that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has failed to set up several procedures aimed at monitoring and inspecting trucks that would enter the United States.
September 12, 2011Business
Teamsters Sue to Block Mexican Cross-Border Trucking Plan
The Teamsters union and Public Citizen have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation seeking to block the government’s plan to allow Mexican trucks back into the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported.
September 6, 2011