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

Attack on Monterrey casino leaves 63 dead and is an act of DOMESTIC TERRORISM

Aug 272011
 
 27/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 02:32 on 27/08/2011 Comments Off
Attack on Monterrey casino leaves 63 dead and is an act of DOMESTIC TERRORISM

The attack on a popular Monterrey casino yesterday afternoon that left 63 people dead and dozens more injured, mostly women, has elevated the narco violence into Mexico into a de facto act of DOMESTIC TERRORISM and the response to this cowardly attack against innocent civilians should be treated as such. A $30 million peso reward has been offered by the PGR for information leading to the arrest of the individuals involved. One of the cars used by the gunman, a Cooper Mini has been found and is undergoing forensic examination and a sketch of one of the gunmen, based on ….Read More

Mexican Labor Law and the Mexican Cross Border Trucking Debate

Aug 052011
 
 05/08/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:13 on 05/08/2011 Comments Off
Mexican Labor Law and the Mexican Cross Border Trucking Debate

Much of the misinformation coming from opponents of cross border trucking with Mexico seems to be coming from ignorance of the country rather than deliberate attempts to misinform the public, I’d like to think, at least where the regulatory structure in Mexico is concerned. Two of those issues that have been forcibly pushed on the public is lack of Hours of Service Regulations in Mexico and what some perceive as a “weak” or non existent regulations for the Mexican trucking industry. Regulations of the trucking industry in Mexico is neither of those. The differences are enormous as trucking journalist Tim ….Read More

Mexico SCT equal partner in ROADCHECK 2011

Jun 072011
 
 07/06/2011  Posted by PMC at 16:41 on 07/06/2011 Comments Off
Mexico SCT equal partner in ROADCHECK 2011

COMUNICADO 044.- MÉXICO PARTICIPA EN EL “ROADCHECK” INTERNACIONAL DE VERIFICACIÓN EN AUTOTRANSPORTE FEDERAL •  El Roadcheck es un operativo de la Alianza de Seguridad en Vehículos Comerciales (CVSA), de la cual México forma parte desde 1991 •  Forma parte de acciones coordinadas por la Alianza en las tres naciones firmantes del TLC de América del Norte •  Revisiones a autotransporte federal en México, Estados Unidos y Canadá para comprobar que los vehículos estén en condiciones físico-mecánicas seguras. La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), a través de la Dirección General de Autotransporte Federal y los Departamentos de Autotransporte Federal de ….Read More

21 dead in collision between tanker and bus in Sinaloa

Nov 082010
 
 08/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 08:55 on 08/11/2010 Comments Off
21 dead in collision between tanker and bus in Sinaloa

A bus owned by Estrella Blanco of Sonora collided Friday night with a double tanker carrying 40,000 liters of gasoline on the highway outside of Palmillas Escuinapa, resulting in 21 fatalities. The tanker, owned by Specialized Transportation Robles and driven by Ruben Santos Padilla, had loaded at a PEMEX facility in Mazatlan earlier in the afternoon. The bus, was traveling from Mexico City, where it departed at 0600 with it’s final destination being Tijuana. The bus company is taking care of all funeral, travel and per diem expenses for the victims and the victims families, even though, according to officials, ….Read More

Ministry of Defense (SEDENA) asks funding for additional checkpoints

Nov 022010
 
 02/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 07:25 on 02/11/2010 Comments Off
Ministry of Defense (SEDENA) asks funding for additional checkpoints

The Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) acknowledging  limitations on the inspection and review of motor vehicles on Federal  roads in states considered drug corridors, has asked the Ministry of Finance for 1.6 million pesos to establish 13 permanent inspection stations. Current checkpoints see an average of 1,776 inspections daily, of commercial vehicles, and private autos. The Army desires to increase that to more than 5,000 a day to combat the trafficking of arms, drugs and human contraband.

Translation of Mexican Laws and Regulations Available on MTO

Sep 042010
 
 04/09/2010  Posted by PMC at 10:32 on 04/09/2010 7 Responses »
Translation of Mexican Laws and Regulations Available on MTO

At the moment, we are undertaking the monumental task of translating Mexican trucking regulations and traffic laws into English and making them available in our downloads section of the site. We’re putting them under the category of “Mexican Transportation Laws & Regulations” The first files to be made available are:

Fighting cross border trucking with fabrications and fear mongering

Aug 312010
 
 31/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 09:12 on 31/08/2010 Comments Off
Fighting cross border trucking with fabrications and fear mongering

A caller to a nationally known trucking news report show recently starting spewing his objections and telling all who would listen why Mexican trucks should be forever banned from US highways. The days guest, a well known and respected journalist and trucking expert asked the caller; “Where do you get this information?” The caller, stunned at having his views questioned, stuttered and stammered for a moment and then blurted, “OOIDA of course!” And the journalist responded that , and I’m paraphrasing, “That for all the time OOIDA has been objecting to Mexican trucks, they have not ventured one fact to ….Read More

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