Mexico’s “Paperless Port” due to go online in March

Jan 272012
 
 27/01/2012  Posted by PMC at 02:34 on 27/01/2012 No Responses »
Mexico's "Paperless Port" due to go online in March

About a year ago, Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa signed a decree for the implementation of the Single Window of Foreign Trade, or “Ventanilla Unico” to streamline and consolidate Mexican Customs clearances. The new system is currently undergoing extensive testing which began last November. According to Alfonso Rojas Gonzalez de Castilla, president of the Confederation of Customs Brokers Associations of Mexico (CAAAREM), plans are for the system to be fully implemented by March. “It is an excellent tool to simplify procedures, reduce waiting times and this will mean that the clearance of goods will be more agile and efficient,” said ….Read More

Racist Hate Group ALIPAC and President William Gheen use Mexican truck issue to defraud elderly

Nov 052011
 
 05/11/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:25 on 05/11/2011 Comments Off
Racist Hate Group ALIPAC and President William Gheen use Mexican truck issue to defraud elderly

Once again, ALIPAC President William Potter Gheen III is using a current event in his pathetic attempt to defraud American’s elderly population into donating to his nativist hate group, wrongfully called “Americans for Legal Immigration”. That’s right folks, Gheen, in the midst of his third attempt this year to scam unsuspecting old folks and others who are scared to death of a mythical “Mexican invasion” using the issue of Mexican trucks. As my readers already know, one carefully inspected and closely monitored Mexican carrier has been given authority to operate in the United States under the recent Cross Border Pilot ….Read More

Transportes Olympics granted “Permanent Operating Authority” under new Pilot Program Rules. OOIDA cries “Foul”

Oct 282011
 
 28/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 07:05 on 28/10/2011 Comments Off
Transportes Olympics granted "Permanent Operating Authority" under new Pilot Program Rules. OOIDA cries "Foul"

After the completion of their first trip to Garland Texas under the new Cross Border Pilot Program, Transportes Olympics has been granted “permanent operating authority” by the FMCSA as specified in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the cross border program. The announcement was made last Wednesday by FMCSA North American Borders Specialist Carla Vagnini at the fall meeting of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators that was held in Ottawa. Under the rules, Transportes Olympics will no longer be required to undergo a Level I CVSA inspection each time it crosses into the United States under the program. ….Read More

Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program officially underway as first Mexican truck arrives at Laredo

Oct 212011
 
 21/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 13:50 on 21/10/2011 1 Response »
Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program officially underway as first Mexican truck arrives at Laredo

An editorial caught me eye this morning, on this day that the first Mexican carrier to be granted authority to operate beyond the commercial zone enters the U.S. It reads in part; When a nation signs and ratifies a treaty with another, it is in effect a contract between those countries. And when one country later simply decides it does not like the terms of the treaty and unilaterally decides to stop abiding by those terms —- well, that nation isn’t behaving very honorably, is it? The roadblocks being thrown up by groups like OOIDA and the Teamsters that have ….Read More

FMCSA voice concerns over minor issues with Mexican Driver Testing Centers

Oct 102011
 
 10/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 06:38 on 10/10/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA voice concerns over minor issues with Mexican Driver Testing Centers

As part of it’s effort to get the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico up and running, FMCSA has been diligently complying with all the roadblocks thrown in their face by Congress at the behest of lobbyists for those opposing the program. On Friday, October 7, FMCSA reported on minor concerns it had after visits to Mexican testing centers for the Mexican equivalent of the CDL. FMCSA has advised their counterparts at the SCT, Mexico’s DOT of these concerns and the SCT is requiring corrective action on these concerns. The FMCSA also said it will require Mexican drivers trained at ….Read More

ANALYSIS: Mexican Carriers applying for Pilot Program Revealed

Oct 012011
 
 01/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:13 on 01/10/2011 Comments Off
ANALYSIS: Mexican Carriers applying for Pilot Program Revealed

We now know who the 8 Mexican carriers are who have made application to the FMCSA for OP-1MX authority to participate in the cross border pilot program expected to begin later this month. The carriers that are known at this time are: Transportes Olympic of Apodaca Nuevo Leon Grupo Behr de Baja SA de CV of Tijuana B.C. Transportes Unimex of Reynosa, Tamaulipas Alfredo Hernandez Rojas of Celaya, Guanajuato Alejandro Moctezuma Arroyo of Octolan, Tlaxcala  Higiencos Y Desechables Del Bajio of Guadalajara, Jalisco Moises Alvarez Perez of Tijuana, Baja California GCC Transporte of Cd Juarez, Chihuahua All applicants must pass ….Read More

Cross Border Trucking with Mexico – “It’s going to happen, There is no way to stop it”

Sep 012011
 
 01/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 08:28 on 01/09/2011 Comments Off
Cross Border Trucking with Mexico - "It's going to happen, There is no way to stop it"

During the scheduled meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee in Alexandria Virginia yesterday, those were the words of  Carlos Sesma, an attorney representing Mexican trucking interests before the committee. And Sesma was correct. The MCSAC is a subcommittee of the FMCSA charged with overseeing the Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program. OOIDA Executive Vice-President Todd Spencer who is a member of the committee was making the usual asinine and totally false claims about the program. “What’s behind this is access to cheaper sources of labor,” Spencer claimed after the meeting, repeating the thoroughly debunked claim that it will put American ….Read More

1 million truck violations cited at border crossing? The rest of the story

Aug 242011
 
 24/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 06:35 on 24/08/2011 Comments Off
1 million truck violations cited at border crossing? The rest of the story

The rest of the story emerges about the El Paso times story we wrote about earlier this week, concerning the thousands of violations reported by Texas DPS inspectors at two commercial crossings in El Paso Texas. While we have some concerns about the number of violations reported over 4.5 years, the Times story claims 1.2 million inspections were done at the Zaragosa and Bridge of the Americas in El Paso, we could only find 811,574 inspections reported on the FMCSA NAFTA STATISTICS pages. Some have suggested that the numbers are flawed considering the man hours that would need to be ….Read More

OOIDA asks “Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?”

Aug 122011
 
 12/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:19 on 12/08/2011 Comments Off
OOIDA asks "Is it racist to oppose the Mexican cross-border program?"

That’s the question being posed on the Landline Now Media blog by Sandi Soendker, and it’s a valid question. The obvious answer to the question is of course, no. However, in their absence of a credible argument opposing the cross border trucking program with Mexico, OOIDA and other opponents are knowingly and willfully preying on the ignorance and prejudices of their members and the public at large, to turn opinion against Mexican truckers. So far once we can agree with OOIDA when Soendker writes; If American truckers are opposed to cross-border trucking with Mexico, are they racists? If they are ….Read More

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