Mexico Posts Requirements for U.S. Trucks Seeking Access to Roads Under Pilot Project

Posted by JustTrucking on Jul 12, 2007 • (0)

The Mexican government has posted its requirements and procedures for U.S. trucking companies seeking access to its highways as part of a controversial cross-border pilot project.

Under the terms posted on the Mexican transportation agency’s Web site, U.S. firms have to submit information about the trucks that would be used for cross-border freight movements, fleet safety records, and results of driver physicals and drug and alcohol tests, and submit to on-site inspections by Mexican officials inside the United States.

“Reciprocity is an integral part of the cross-border trucking demonstration program,” said Melissa Mazzella DeLaney, spokeswoman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. “We’re glad to see that the application for U.S. carriers to operate in Mexico is available and encourage those who are interested in participating to apply.”

“We’re reviewing the text, but we’re encouraged that the Mexican government is moving on reciprocal access for U.S. carriers,” said Tim Lynch, senior vice president of strategic planning and federation relations for American Trucking Associations.

So what we are seeing is “quid pro quo”! We’re singling out Mexican trucks for extra scrutiny and Mexico, as is their right, is reciprocating.

At least it’s a start. At the moment, I am looking on the SGT site and see none of these requirements but I will keep people informed as this unfolds

View this Post in:

This post was read 90 times until now

Nothing related to this article

03/09/2007 -- UPDATE: Shutdown2007.com (32)
25/02/2008 -- FBI raids Swift Transportations Memphis Terminal (25)
09/09/2008 -- HR-6630 passes 395-18 The lies of James P. Hoffa carry the day (23)
10/09/2007 -- Dynamite blast on truck kills 30 in Mexico (22)
10/09/2007 -- Question of the day - Why should Mexican carriers share their revenue? (22)

Categorized as General

By submitting a comment here you grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution. In addition, under the conditions of the FAIR USE NOTICE, The material used on Mexico Trucker may be copyrighted material, and the use of it on Mexicotrucker.com may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available on a non-profit basis for educational and discussion purposes only. We believe this constitutes a ‘FAIR USE’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 USC § 107. For more information go to: <url>http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml</url> If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘FAIR USE’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Additionally, we reserve to moderate, edit or delete any comments which are designed to be slanderous, libelous or a deliberate attack against the character of the sites owners. Debate is good. Personal attacks will not be tolerated.