[EDITORIAL] Teamsters scare mongering on NAFTA & Mexican Trucks

Sep 192008
 
 19/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 00:27 on 19/09/2008 2 Responses »
[EDITORIAL] Teamsters scare mongering on NAFTA & Mexican Trucks

The home team trails in the third quarter as the underdog visitors steadily advance the ball. Coaches are nervous; fans are grumbling. Desperate for a turnaround, the home team announces a surprise rule change: From now on, the visitors are banned from crossing the 50-yard line. Sounds absurd, but that’s what Congress proposes to do with NAFTA, the free-trade accord it approved in 1993. Sure, NAFTA might not be a crowd pleaser. It is, however, a treaty that legally binds the United States. The rules don’t change just because the home team is in trouble. NAFTA has always included provisions ….Read More

CANACAR members institute fuel surcharge on freight moving in Mexico

Sep 162008
 
 16/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:47 on 16/09/2008 Comments Off
CANACAR members institute fuel surcharge on freight moving in Mexico

As of September 16, Mexican carriers applying a fuel surcharge of just over 43 cents per kilometer Starting this week truckers and Mexican carriers affiliated with the National Chamber of Autotransporte de Carga (CANACAR) will implement a fuel surcharge of just over 43 cents per kilometre in addition to their normal rates of haul which average about $2.50 per kilometer, calculated from the increase in the price of diesel.

Busy Weekend on the border with more than 6500 pounds of pot seized

Sep 162008
 
 16/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:09 on 16/09/2008 Comments Off
Busy Weekend on the border with more than 6500 pounds of pot seized

Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in four separate busts, according to Laredo Sector Border Patrol The most recent seizure occurred Monday at Texas 16 traffic checkpoint. Hebbronville agents observed a white pickup truck heading northbound make an abrupt U-turn prior to reaching the checkpoint. Agents observed the driver of the vehicle pull onto the south side of the road and exit the vehicle. The driver quickly jumped over a barbed wire fence and fled into the brush. Agents saw several bundles of marijuana wrapped in cellophane in plain view inside the passenger ….Read More

[UPDATED]Opposition to Cross Border Truck program has nothing to do with safety or security concerns

Sep 152008
 
 15/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:11 on 15/09/2008 2 Responses »
[UPDATED]Opposition to Cross Border Truck program has nothing to do with safety or security concerns

Those who have followed the debate on the Mexican Cross Border Program, might have noticed as time passed, Todd Spencer and OOIDA for example kept changing their reasons for opposing FMCSA Cross Border Program. First it was “Safety issues”, then economic issues, both which have been debunked here and in other places. Jimmy Hoffa continues to rant about those “dangerous and unsafe” Mexican trucks putting the American motoring public at risk, without offering one iota of proof to back up his accusations. Even Steve Sommers on America’s Trucking Network has toned down the rhetoric, insisting his opposition to the program ….Read More

In Mexico, trailers over 46′ to be restricted to toll road

Sep 112008
 
 11/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:07 on 11/09/2008 Comments Off
In Mexico, trailers over 46' to be restricted to toll road

The Secretary of Communications and Transportation (SCT) announced the immediate prohibition of trucks pulling trailers in access of 46 feet, effectively putting all of the Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey freight movements onto the toll road. In the past, Mexican truckers have opted to take the “free road” to save on tolls that begin at $58.00 for a truck pulling a 53′ trailer. Exceptions are when the shipper agrees to the additional charges to be included in the rate of haul. Luis Roberto Moreno Sesma, Nuevo Laredo manager for CANACAR (the Mexican counterpart to OOIDA and about as effective) immediately asked ….Read More

How about Fighting F.A.I.R. for a change we can all believe in!

Sep 102008
 
 10/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 05:59 on 10/09/2008 1 Response »

So many extremist groups today claim to be America’s Voice or the Voice of the working American when in reality, they are nothing more than Klansmen of old in leisure suits. In Truth,America’s Voice is people such as me and you, tired of the lies and the pompous posturing of those who use the Immigration debate to fill their hip pockets and spread their peculiar brand of hate. We’re coming upon that time of the year when they have what seems to be becoming an annual affair, called “Hold their feet to the fire” or some silly ass name. Remember ….Read More

Mexican Federal Police in shootout with local cops in Torreon Coahuila

Sep 092008
 
 09/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:07 on 09/09/2008 1 Response »
Mexican Federal Police in shootout with local cops in Torreon Coahuila

Federal police opened fire on municipal cops in the northern city of Torreón early Monday, killing at least one and arresting about 30, said the city’s mayor. Mexican news reports characterized the pre-dawn altercation as a firefight between federal and local police officers. Federal authorities had no immediate comment. The incident began when federal police detained two Torreón officers and 28 city patrol vehicles responded to a call for backup, said Mayor José Ángel Pérez by phone Monday afternoon. “It appears (the arrested officers) were discovered mixed up in a problem with a truck that was in an irregular situation,” ….Read More

HR-6630 passes 395-18 The lies of James P. Hoffa carry the day

Sep 092008
 
 09/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 19:40 on 09/09/2008 23 Responses »
HR-6630 passes 395-18 The lies of James P. Hoffa carry the day

Dismissing a White House veto threat, the House voted Tuesday to end a pilot program giving Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways. The Bush administration stressed that the United States is obligated, under the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, to open up American roads to Mexican truckers, and that terminating the year-old demonstration project would have repercussions for American trucks allowed into Mexico. Passage of the House bill, it said “would pose significant and immediate risks to U.S. interests.” But the pilot project, which permits up to 500 trucks from 100 Mexican companies access to U.S. roads, is opposed ….Read More

OOIDA changes position on Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

Sep 092008
 
 09/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:11 on 09/09/2008 Comments Off
OOIDA changes position on Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program

Today is the long anticipated vote on HR-6630 (To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from granting authority to a motor carrier domiciled in Mexico to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border unless expressly authorized by Congress.) Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters were early off the line sending their propaganda spam messages, once again maligning the truth. I got mine about 9 this morning. We need your help! Today the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 6630, a bill that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from allowing unsafe Mexican trucks to cross ….Read More

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