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Teamsters & OOIDA leaders to join together for whinefest at Otay Mesa Border Crossing

Oct 182011

18/10/2011 Posted by PMC at 01:41 on 18/10/2011 Comments Off

Embattled President James P. Hoffa announced in a presser today that he and OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer, will be joined by nativist Congressmen Bob Filner (D-CA) and Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to whine about and bash the recent opening of the southern border to safe and closely monitored Mexican carriers. It’s interesting the cowards chose Otay Mesa, more than 1400 miles west of the busiest US border crossing at Laredo and where the first Mexican carrier to obtain provisional authority, Transportes Olympics is expected to begin sending trucks across this week. According to Hoffa, The speakers will whine and ….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

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

The Border is now open to long haul Mexican carriers – And the sky ain’t fallen yet!

Oct 162011

16/10/2011 Posted by PMC at 15:53 on 16/10/2011 Comments Off

With the issuance of provisional operating authority to Transportes Olympics on Friday, October 14, 2011, our southern border is now open to long haul trucks from Mexico who have passed the requirements for participation in the pilot program. This puts the US into long overdue compliance with our obligations under NAFTA. The remaining 50% of the$2.4 billion in legal retaliatory tariff’s Mexico placed on 99 US manufactured exports, will now be lifted within 5 days. “This is a big win for American farmers and consumers, who will no longer have to struggle with onerous tariffs imposed by Mexico,” said U.S. ….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

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