Data becomes available on progress of Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

Nov 242011
 
 24/11/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:52 on 24/11/2011 No Responses »
Data becomes available on progress of Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

Sufficient data is becoming available for the FMCSA to begin to publish status reports for the Mexican carriers participating in the Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program. The weekly updates can be accessed at FMCSA’s website. This is part of the transparency of the program required under the rules for the program and which groups who oppose Mexican trucking claims not to exist. Here’s an overview of the first report published. It covers the week of 10/21/2011 through 10/31/2011. Transportes Olympic has made 2 crossings using 2 drivers in one truck. There was one inspection done on Transportes Olympics trucks as ….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

Teamsters and OOIDA “punked” by FMCSA

Oct 162011
 
 16/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 16:28 on 16/10/2011 Comments Off
Teamsters and OOIDA "punked" by FMCSA

The headline from OOIDA reads; OOIDA comments prompt second look at cross-border applicant which is true to a point. OOIDA’s protest outlined research of the vehicle identification numbers from inspection reports contained on FMCSA’s CSA website and questioned whether Grupo Behr would be using a 1991 Class 8 Freightliner, which does not comply with the EPA requirement for vehicles of model year 1998 or later. Well, as it turns out, Grupo Behr has no intention of using the 1991 Freightliner, nor the Ford 8 passenger van that was termed a “gross polluter” during a smog check and repaired and passed the ….Read More

FMCSA publishes response to PASA’s in Federal Register as required by law

Oct 142011
 
 14/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:04 on 14/10/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA publishes response to PASA's in Federal Register as required by law

This morning, the FMCSA, as required by law, published their responses to comments made by interested parties concerning the first two companies to pass their initial Pre-Authorization Safety Audits, the first step to acquiring provisional operating authority for the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico. This is the content of FMCSA’s reply: AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice; response to public comments. SUMMARY: On September 12 and 14, 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced and requested public comment on data and information concerning the Pre-Authorization Safety Audits (PASAs) for two motor carriers that applied to ….Read More

Tariff’s are lifted as first Mexican carrier receives authority to operate in the United States

Oct 142011
 
 14/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 11:38 on 14/10/2011 Comments Off
Tariff's are lifted as first Mexican carrier receives authority to operate in the United States

What can only be described as a resounding success in our efforts to see the United States come into compliance with it obligations under the NAFTA accords, the remaining 50 percent of the $2.4 billion regulatory tariffs imposed by Mexico in 2009 will now be lifted. The tariff’s, imposed after the Obama Administration signed a funding bill in 2009 that shut down the previous demonstration program which in it’s 18 months was highly successful, have cost American workers more than 25,000 jobs and 14% market share in the agricultural sector. Transportes Olympics, despite frivolous objections by OOIDA, Teamsters and others ….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

FMCSA: NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING

Oct 022011
 
 02/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:57 on 02/10/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA: NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING

Just as we’ve suggested all along, and now, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the availability of a Final Environmental Assessment that evaluates the potential environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of its U.S.-Mexico cross-border long-haul trucking pilot program. The agency says it received five comments to its draft environmental assessment and responded to those comments in the FEA.

At the end of the day, it’s really none of OOIDA’s business!

Oct 012011
 
 01/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 14:01 on 01/10/2011 Comments Off

As the 2011 Cross Border Pilot Program unfolds, OOIDA continues to whine and grasp at straws in an ineffectual attempt to once again stop the United States from complying with an obligation 17 years overdue. OOIDA continues to demand access to all records concerning the companies applying for provisional authority to participate in the cross border program and I mean all records. In the name of transparency, they are demanding to know every single thing about the companies and the drivers, information they are not entitled to, nor are any of us. In their comments concerning Transportes Olympics fitness to ….Read More

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